Donnie Walsh has announced that former Knick coach Jeff Van Gundy is now off the team's list of head coaching candidates after speaking to him today on the phone, the New York Post are reporting.

"(Jeff's) not going to be a candidate for the coaching job for his own personal reasons," Walsh said. "I have nothing but respect for Jeff."

With one of the team's targets Scott Skiles already off the market after taking a job in Milwaukee, the Knicks will interview Mark Jackson in the next few days.