Dan Bisaccio, your Miami HEAT’s Player Development Coach, has been named head coach of the Sioux Falls Skyforce, the team’s G League affiliate. In addition, Kasib Powell, the former Skyforce head coach, will join Miami’s team as Player Development Coach.
Bisaccio, who is presently the head coach of the HEAT’s Summer League team, has a 4-1 record, including a 2-1 stint at the California Classic in San Francisco and a perfect 2-0 record so far at the NBA 2K25 Summer League in Las Vegas. He has been with the organization for ten seasons, most recently serving as Player Development Coach, where he mentored and developed players while also assisting the coaching staff with special projects. He spent the previous five seasons as Video Coordinator, following four seasons as Assistant Video Coordinator, where he assisted the coaching staff and players with film breakdown, opponent and personnel scouting, statistical analysis, and game planning. Bisaccio started with the HEAT as a video intern for the 2014-15 season. He worked as the Graduate Assistant/Video Coordinator for Marquette University’s men’s basketball team for two seasons before joining the HEAT.
Powell spent the previous three seasons as the head coach of the Sioux Falls Skyforce, the HEAT’s G League affiliate. He has taken the team to the playoffs in each of his last two seasons, including the Western Conference Finals in 2023, and his emphasis on development has resulted in an NBA-best 21 players being called up during his three seasons as head coach. He joined the Skyforce as an assistant coach in 2016, where he remained for four seasons until being promoted to head coach. Powell, who was inducted into the Skyforce Hall of Fame in April 2016, played for the Skyforce for two seasons (2007-09), winning the 2007-08 NBA G League MVP award with an average of 22.2 points, 6.0 rebounds, and 3.0 assists. His professional playing career spanned nine seasons, with stops in the NBA, NBA G League, CBA, USBL, and internationally.