Washington is adding a veteran NBA voice to Danny Sprinkle’s staff, and it comes with a résumé built over more than two decades at the highest level. Charles Klask has been hired ahead of the 2026-27 season, bringing 25-plus years of NBA experience to Montlake.
Klask’s background reads like a tour through some of the league’s most respected coaching trees. He has worked for Rick Carlisle, Doc Rivers, Jason Kidd, Stan Van Gundy and Mike Malone, giving Washington a staff addition with a deep bench of pro-level experience.
Most recently, Klask was with the Denver Nuggets, where he joined the organization in 2018 and remained on the bench through one of the most successful stretches in franchise history. Denver won its first NBA championship in 2023 with Nikola Jokic leading the way, and Klask was part of that run. He also coached the Nuggets’ NBA Summer League team in 2021.
His time in Denver came with sustained success beyond the title. In Klask’s first season there, the Nuggets snapped a five-season playoff drought.
Over the seven seasons he spent with the organization, Denver won 355 games, which was 75 more than in the previous seven-year span. The Nuggets made the playoffs every year with Klask on staff and reached the Western Conference Semifinals or beyond six times.
Before Denver, Klask spent four seasons with the Detroit Pistons under Van Gundy, working alongside players such as Blake Griffin, Chauncey Billups and Andre Drummond. He also served as an assistant with Detroit under Lawrence Frank for two seasons from 2011-13, then spent one season on Kidd’s staff with the Brooklyn Nets in 2013-14 before returning to the Pistons.
Klask’s NBA career started in 2000-01 with Detroit, where he worked under Carlisle as a video coordinator. He later spent 10 years with the Orlando Magic as a scout and video coordinator before moving into his long run as an assistant coach.
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