The New York Knicks no longer have a vacancy for their head coaching job, hiring Mike Brown after nearly a month of looking for a candidate. Brown, 55, has coac

Brown is notorious for holding players accountable. His new employer is betting on his personality and diligence more than anything else.

Here are four key differences the 55-year-old Brown brings that Rose, team owner Jim Dolan and the club's legion of fans are hoping can guide New York back to the promised land after 52 years of waiting.

After the New York Knicks' coaching search led them to Dawn Staley, the longtime women's coach at South Carolina is not considered a finalist for the vacant position, according to The Athletic. One of the most accomplished players and coaches the women's game has ever seen reportedly "impressed" in conversation with the Knicks.

There have been few coaching situations that have been bungled in quite the way the Knicks have bungled their situation this offseason. The team started with firing Tom Thibodeau after he led them to 51 wins and a trip to the conference finals for the first time in 25 years.

The lone NBA team without a head coach, the Knicks interviewed South Carolina women's basketball coach Staley for their vacancy