Phil Jackson will NOT be back as a coach this season. He said so himself Tuesday.

“I have no intention of ever coaching again,” Jackson told SheridanHoops.com in a brief statement.

He offered no elaboration, nor any details of how hard — if at all — the Brooklyn Nets had pushed to bring him in as the permanent replacement for Avery Johnson, who was fired last month.

via Chris Sheridan of Sheridan Hoops