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.

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.

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,