BYU added a familiar NBA name to Kevin Young’s staff on Monday, bringing in Patrick Mutombo as an assistant coach.
Young said the hire brings both pedigree and personality to Provo. “We are absolutely thrilled to welcome Patrick and his family to Provo,” Young said.
“Patrick is one of the best humans I’ve met in the game of basketball. Cougar Nation will love him and his family.
He has tremendous experience in the NBA and with USA Basketball that will be of great benefit to all of our players and staff. We couldn’t be more excited to add the Mutombo family to BYU basketball.”
Mutombo is not related to Dikembe Mutombo, and he arrives with a résumé built around elite-level coaching. He has worked with stars such as Kawhi Leonard, Devin Booker, Kevin Durant and Giannis Antetokounmpo, and his NBA track record includes a stint with the Toronto Raptors during their 2019 championship run.
That Raptors title team finished 58-24, earned the No. 2 seed, and beat the Orlando Magic in five games before surviving a Game 7 buzzer-beater from Leonard to get past the Philadelphia 76ers. Toronto then came back from down 0-2 against the Bucks, won four straight, and beat the Golden State Warriors in six games to become the first non-US team to win an NBA title.
Mutombo’s most recent work came with USA Basketball, where he spent the past two years as an assistant coach. The Americans went 3-1 during the World Cup Qualifying Window #1 and #2, and he also worked on Stephen Siilas’ staff at the 2025 FIBA Men’s AmeriCup, where the team went 4-2 and won a bronze medal.
He also spent the 2024-25 season as an assistant with the Memphis Grizzlies, who went 48-34, finished second in the Southwest Division and earned the No. 8 seed in the playoffs. Before that, he spent a season with Antetokounmpo in Milwaukee after working with Young and the Phoenix Suns during the 2022-23 season.
Mutombo’s coaching path also includes two seasons as head coach of the Raptors 905. In back-to-back years, the club finished with the best record in its division for the first time in organization history.
During the COVID-19 shortened 2019-20 season, the team went 12-3 and reached the semifinals before losing to the Delaware Blue Coats. The next year, the Raptors 905 went 24-8, finished first in the Eastern Conference and again fell to the Blue Coats, this time in the conference final.
His earlier NBA coaching stops included the Denver Nuggets from 2012-15 and the Austin Spurs in 2015-16.
Before his coaching career, Mutombo was a 6-foot-5 forward at Metro State from 1999-2003. He helped the Roadrunners win two NCAA Division II national titles under Mike Dunlap, played in 20 games as a true freshman during the 2000 title run, and later earned RMAC Player of the Year honors as a junior in 2002 after averaging 16.6 points and 4.4 rebounds per game while shooting 53.6 percent from the field and 88.4 percent from the free-throw line.
He was named the Most Outstanding Player of the 2002 Elite Eight after scoring 29 points across a three-game run that ended with an 80-72 championship game win over Kentucky Wesleyan. Mutombo was inducted into the Metro State Athletic Hall of Fame in 2011.
After his college career ended, he played overseas from 2003-09, including five seasons in Italy with Pallacanestro Messina, Roseto, Air Avellino, Pallalcesto Udine and Ferrara. He finished his playing career with Bakersfield Jam of the NBA Development League.
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