Report: Grizzlies make J.B. Bickerstaff head coach with 3-year deal

The Memphis Grizzlies have reached an agreement with head coach J.B. Bickerstaff on a three-year deal, sources told ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski.

Bickerstaff served as the Grizzlies' interim coach for 63 games following the firing of David Fizdale in November. The team went 15-48 in those games, though it spent most of the second half of the season playing for pingpong balls after falling out of the playoff race before Christmas.

That was Bickerstaff's second stint as an interim head coach. He also guided the Houston Rockets through a transitional season in 2015-16 after they fired Kevin McHale just 11 games in. Bickerstaff coached them to a 37-34 record and a five-game first-round loss to the Golden State Warriors.

Bickerstaff, 39, has been serving on NBA coaching staffs since the Charlotte Bobcats hired him as a 25-year-old assistant in 2003. He also served on the Minnesota Timberwolves' bench before his stops in Memphis and Houston.