Gregg Polinsky

Biography

Empty heading THE POLINSKY FILE Personal Information Full Name: Gregg Irwin Polinsky Born: March 15, 1958, in St. Louis, Mo. Hometown: St. Louis, Mo. High School: Ladue Horton Watkins College: Northern Arizona, 1981 Wife: Cindy Children: Abby and Brooke Coaching/Front Office Experience 1981-83: Howard Junior College, assistant coach 1983-84: Texas, part-time assistant coach 1984-86: Texas, assistant coach 1986-94: Alabama, assistant coach 1994-95: Alabama, associate head coach 1995-99: Georgia Southern, head coach 1999-2004: New Jersey Nets, scout 2004-08: New Jersey Nets, director of scouting 2008-18: Brooklyn Nets, director of player personnel 2018-20: Detroit Pistons, director of player personnel 2020-21: Detroit Pistons, senior director of player personnel 2021-22: Tennessee, volunteer analyst 2022-Present: Tennessee, assistant coach In March 2022, University of Tennessee head men’s basketball coach Rick Barnes promoted Gregg Polinsky to an assistant coach role after he served one year as a volunteer analyst. The 2026-27 season will be Polinsky’s sixth with the Volunteers, including his five as an assistant coach. A native of St. Louis, Mo., Polinsky was a Division I head coach at Georgia Southern University from 1995-99 before transitioning to a successful 22-year scouting and front office career in the NBA. He has 45 years of experience working at the college or NBA level, including 21 in Division I. “GP added so much to our program this season,” Barnes said upon announ