Now Christie gets a longer chance in the role after being hired by new Kings general manager Scott Perry to be the full-time head coach of a franchise that has made the playoffs only once in the last 19 seasons.

Former player and interim coach Doug Christie will get his shot as head coach. On Thursday, the Kings posted to their social media profiles a graphic of Christie with the caption "Here to stay." Then,

The Kings officially announced Christie as their new coach after his 51-day “Baptism by fire” interim run following the firing of former coach Mike Brown. Under Christie, Sacramento posted a 27-24 record and finished as the Western Conference’s No. 9 seed.