Jeff Hornacek has been given the authority by the New York Knicks to have the final call on his coaching staff hires.

Hornacek was given the job of Knicks' head coach despite an apparent preference of Phil Jackson for Kurt Rambis. Whether Rambis will have a role on the Knicks' bench under Hornacek hasn't been determined.

"I can decide who I want to have," he said in an interview with WFAN. "With (ex-Knicks interim coach) Kurt (Rambis), I've had experience with him as a player, we played on the same team in Phoenix. I know Kurt's coaching abilities, what he can provide to us. And I've talked to him once about the possibility and how he would fit on our staff. I'm going to continue to talk to him over these next few days as well as filling out the whole staff altogether. If we go on this process, if I think he'd be good for us, then I'd love to have him. If we talk and we just don't seem like it's going to fit then he'll move on and get another job. Through our talks, we'll figure that out."