Armstrong, who also played for the Mavs, was arrested Feb. 15 arrest on an aggravated assault charge.
Darrell Armstrong, one of the longest-tenured members of the Dallas Mavericks’ coaching staff, has been removed from the staff directory on their media website. His name and photo remain onA hearing to dismiss the case in civil court has been set for Aug.
4, according to Dallas County court records. The judge’s notice for dismissal states that the plaintiff has yet to either serve or file a motion for default judgment against the defendant.The Mavericks have not provided an official update on Armstrong’s employment status since suspending him Feb. 16. Messages sent Friday to team representatives were not immediately returned.Dallas Mavericks guard Luka Doncic shoots past assistant coach Darrell Armstrong as the team practices at TD Garden in preparation for Game1 of the NBA Finals against the Boston Celtics on Wednesday, June 5, 2024.in the second game of the Play-In Tournament. Kidd lauded his coaching staff during his final postgame news conference of the season. “With all the different pieces that we’ve had, as a staff, I think everyone has done an incredible job to keep these guys prepared and motivated,” Kidd said.The Mavericks are expected to have several personnel changes this offseason. Dallas will lose assistant coach Alex Jensen, who will leave after two seasons to become the new men’s basketball coach at the University of Utah.Mavericks assistants Jared Dudley and Sean Sweeney, who interviewed for head coaching jobs last summer, are expected to be candidates for the head coaching vacancy in Phoenix., general manager Nico Harrison said he did not have any updates on Armstrong’s status but commented on other possible changes to Kidd’s coaching staff. “When you look at Alex Jensen, you mentioned Dudley may be up for a promotion, I think that’s a great thing,“ Harrison said. ”It just shows that the staff that we had is elite, which I think is super important. And when people leave, we’ll replace them with other elite people. We haven’t spent time on that, and we won’t until the season’s over with."Armstrong was on his second stint in Dallas. He played two seasons for the Mavericks from 2004 until 2006. He joined Rick Carlisle’s staff midway through the 2008-09 season as a player development coach. Before entering the coaching ranks, Armstrong played in the NBA for 14 years with the Mavs, Magic, Hornets, Pacers and Nets. In 1999, Armstrong won the NBA’s Sixth Man of the Year Award, as well as the league’s Most Improved Player Award.NBA players talk Luka Doncic trade in anonymous poll: ‘Psychotic. It didn’t make sense.’Mike is the Mavericks Beat Writer for The Dallas Morning News. Before his arrival at the DMN, he spent two seasons covering the Detroit Pistons at The Detroit News. Mike earned his bachelor's degree in Communications from Tennessee State University and received his master's degree in Media and Communication from Middle Tennessee State University.
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