Dallas Mavericks president Masai Ujiri and general manager Mike Schmitz are keeping the details of their head coach search close to their chest, with two weeks left until the NBA draft. Ujiri promised Dallas he would begin a comprehensive coaching search immediately after the organization agreed to part ways with Jason Kidd on May 19. He also insisted there was not a definitive timeline and a wide net of candidates would be cast from nearly every level of the basketball stratosphere. Both pledges are proving true, as the Mavericks are still without a coach. Ujiri and Schmitz are keeping the cards of their interview process close to their chest, with details coming few and far between, unlike that of the coaching searches in Chicago and Portland. It's been the norm of how the Mavericks have operated since Ujiri was hired May 4. Schmitz recently told The Dallas Morning News that he and Ujiri desire a coach who can connect with players and create clear development plans to coach Cooper Flagg and the rest of the roster. "Each person is gonna be different in their own right, but we want a great communicator, a great leader, someone who's gonna be invested in the alignment of the organization, and those are really important factors for us," Schmitz said. There are two weeks left until the first round of the NBA draft begins June 23. It's an annual tradition for head coaches to be a part of the predraft process, which includes interviews, workouts and exclusive dinners for lottery picks. They also make one of the first phone calls to incoming draftees moments after they shake commissioner Adam Silver's hand. Of course, the Mavericks could have Ujiri and Schmitz shoulder that responsibility if a hire isn't in place by then. The timing of Ujiri's previous two head coaching hires in Toronto suggests that he prefers to have Kidd's successor in place before then, but who could that be? A report from NBA insider Marc Stein linked the Mavericks to a diverse list of candidates, including college giants Dusty May and Jon Scheyer, notable NBA assistants Micah Nori, Royal Ivey, Tony Dobbins and Jama Mahlalela and former Trail Blazers coach Terry Stotts. Stein also reported the Mavs made an overture to San Antonio assistant Sean Sweeney, who was named head coach of the Orlando Magic just before the NBA Finals. Could Ujiri lure away May and Scheyer away from the college ranks? Both run successful programs with storied histories, most notably, Scheyer, Flagg's former coach. While it would be an interesting reunion for Flagg and Scheyer, the Duke coach just added two new members to his staff directly from the NBA: KJ Conklin (from the G-League's Austin Spurs) as an assistant coach and Alexander Powell (Trail Blazers) as the program's first executive director of basketball. What about May, who just led Michigan to a national title in his second season as coach? It's not likely since May agreed to a new contract extension that could keep him as the leader of the Wolverines for several years to come. Ujiri has a track record of hiring and promoting notable assistants. It's possible that he could revisit that method just as he did with Nick Nurse and Darko Rajakovic. Nori, a longtime lead assistant in Minnesota, is a finalist for the Trail Blazers' opening and has been mentioned as a potential candidate for the Mavericks' head coaching job. Ujiri has a history of hiring and promoting notable assistants, and it's possible that he could revisit that method. The Mavericks are still without a coach, and Ujiri and Schmitz are keeping the details of their head coach search close to their chest. With two weeks left until the NBA draft, it's unclear who will be the next head coach of the Dallas Mavericks.