Out of all current NBA head coaches who is shorter than IT4?

[Androslav]

I think SVG is the only one and for an inch.
Thibs is 5'10"/5'11" as far as my eyes serve me, I can't find the exact data.
I find it amazing, for a guy to be that good and 5'9".
Bravo IT, for making rebuilding fun.

[celticsclay]

I know you didn't mean this in a bad way, but it kind of rubs me the wrong way a little bit. I am not sure what coaches heights have to do with IT as a basketball player except for some of them that were former players themselves (in which case it is barely relevant cause it was a different era and most likely a differnet position). Would we do a post saying what coaches are skinnier than Brando Ingram? What coaches have shorter hair than KO? What coach has darker skin than Marcus Smart?  There are probably a lot of reasons to talk about IT's height, but the comparison to coaches height just feels pretty weird to me.

Just my two cents though.

[green_bballers13]

Clay, I'm not sure if bringing up race is similar to how talking about how short IT is. He's at a disadvantage b/c of his height. You can say, "they're picking on his height", or "wow, IT is an amazing athlete who is overcoming his disadvantage". Your pick.

I took the OP's comments as the latter. Only SVG is shorter. Gives context to how short IT is.

[celticsclay]

Clay, I'm not sure if bringing up race is similar to how talking about how short IT is. He's at a disadvantage b/c of his height. You can say, "they're picking on his height", or "wow, IT is an amazing athlete who is overcoming his disadvantage". Your pick.

I took the OP's comments as the latter. Only SVG is shorter. Gives context to how short IT is.

Ok well what about my other examples of just bringing up his weight or hair length. Both of these are about as equally relevant to anything as the height of coaches in the NBA. It's bizarre to bring in another occupation that doesn't have anything to do with height to just to compare them to IT.

I understand there are a ton of legit reasons to discuss IT's height/length in a topic including

How he compares to historically small players statistically
What do players shoot near the rim when being guarded by him
What do players shoot from 3 against him
How does his block percentage compare to much taller players
What is the average career peak of someone that is historically small by NBA standards
What percentage of his shots are blocked compared to other players
Has there every been a player within 2 inches of his height that drew as many fouls
How does his contested shots at the rim compare to other small/tall players

I mean these are all actually kind of interesting. The heights of coaches seems just like
pointing out that IT is short by real life standards which is kind of a weird reason to have a topic.

Again this isn't going to ruin my life, I just don't understand the point and some may find it a little obnoxious.