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Delaware Blue Coats hire Brad Jones as general manager
The Delaware Blue Coats are hiring Brad Jones as general manager.
The team is the G League affiliate of the Philadelphia 76ers, based in Delaware.
Jones replaces Ariana Andonian, who left last month to run the WNBA’s Los Angeles Sparks.
Jones spent eight years working in the G League offices, handling areas including player contracts, transactions and personnel.
The Blue Coats finished last season with an 18-18 record.
They are due to open the 2026-27 G League season at home on Nov.
6 against the Capital City Go-Go.
The Delaware Blue Coats are hiring Brad Jones as their next general manager, ESPN reported, citing team sources.
The Blue Coats are the Philadelphia 76ers’ G League affiliate.
Jones was selected by 76ers president Mike Gansey and executive vice president of basketball operations Jameer Nelson, according to ESPN’s sources.
Jones previously worked for eight years in the G League offices in New York.
- Who
- Brad Jones is being hired as general manager of the Delaware Blue Coats.
- What
- The 76ers’ G League affiliate is hiring a new general manager.
- When
- The report was published on October 13, 2026.
- Where
- Delaware.
- Why
- Former Blue Coats general manager Ariana Andonian left to run the WNBA’s Los Angeles Sparks.
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Former Blue Coats general manager Ariana Andonian left to run the Los Angeles Sparks.
ESPN reported that the Blue Coats are hiring Brad Jones as their next general manager.
The Blue Coats are scheduled to open the 2026-27 G League season at home against the Capital City Go-Go.
- New general manager
- Brad Jones
- Team
- Delaware Blue Coats
- Previous general manager
- Ariana Andonian
- Previous role
- G League offices in New York for eight years
- Next season opener
- November 6, 2026, at home against the Capital City Go-Go
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The Delaware Blue Coats, the Philadelphia 76ers’ G League affiliate, are hiring Brad Jones as their next general manager, team sources told me and @krisrhim1. Jones joins Delaware after working for the G League offices for the last eight years.
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