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List of Minnesota Timberwolves head coaches

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Summary

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The Minnesota Timberwolves are an American professional basketball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. They play in the Northwest Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association (NBA). There have been 14 head coaches for the Timberwolves.

The franchise's first head coach was Bill Musselman, who coached for two complete seasons. Musselman, along with Kurt Rambis and Rick Adelman, are the only Timberwolves head coaches to have not been involved in a mid-season replacement. In the , Flip Saunders became the first and to date only Timberwolves head coach to have led the team to a division championship. Saunders, along with current head coach Chris Finch, are the only two to have led the team to the Western Conference Finals. With a playoffs record of 17 wins and 30 losses, 819 regular season games coached, 427 regular season wins, and 392 regular season losses, Saunders leads all Timberwolves head coaches and is second to Finch's regular season winning percentage of .557. Saunders, Adelman, Tom Thibodeau, and Finch are the only four who have been head coach of the Timberwolves for more than two complete seasons. Saunders returned to the Timberwolves in 2013 as President of Basketball Operations and part-owner, and became head coach once again in 2014.

Though none of the Timberwolves coaches have been elected into the Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach, Kevin McHale has been elected into the Hall of Fame as a player in 1999. McHale coached the Timberwolves in two separate stints, and was the Timberwolves Vice President of Basketball Operations from 1995 to 2009. Sidney Lowe and Sam Mitchell are the only persons to have been both a player and a head coach for the Timberwolves.

Key

AbbreviationDefinitionGCWLWin%#—
Games coached
Wins
Losses
Winning percentage
Number of coaches
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Head coaches

Note: Statistics are current through April 13, 2025.

NameTermGCWLWin%GCWLWin%AchievementsReferenceRegular seasonPlayoffs
–16451113.311
–1112190.189
–13533102.244
–1022775.265
–737411326.558471730.362Midwest Division championship
311912.613
–1225369.434
–14338105.266
632043.317
–16432132.195
–23097133.422
821666
822953
–20497107514
–1374394————
–present369209160422121

File:Rick Adelman.png|Rick Adelman coached the team for three seasons. File:Flip Saunders.jpg|Flip Saunders was the head coach of the Timberwolves for 10 seasons. File:Sam Mitchell (1705066) (cropped).jpg|On October 25, 2015, Saunders died and Mitchell took head coaching duties. File:Tom Thibodeau cropped.jpg|Tom Thibodeau coached the team for three seasons. File:Saunders-20190120 (cropped).jpg|Ryan Saunders was the head coach of the team for two seasons.

Head coaches with multiple tenures

NameTermGCWLWin%ReferenceRegular season
;943955.415
–;819427392

Notes

  • A running total of the number of coaches of the Timberwolves. Thus, any coach who has two or more separate terms as head coach is only counted once.
  • Each year is linked to an article about that particular NBA season.

References

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References

  1. "Teams". Turner Sports Interactive, Inc.
  2. "Timberwolves Basketball Operations Staff". Turner Sports Interactive, Inc.
  3. "Kevin McHale Playing Record". Sports Reference LLC.
  4. (June 20, 2009). "McHale says he wanted to remain coach". [[ESPN.com]].
  5. "Bill Musselman Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
  6. "Jimmy Rodgers Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
  7. "Sidney Lowe Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
  8. "Bill Blair Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
  9. "Flip Saunders Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
  10. "Kevin McHale Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
  11. "Dwane Casey Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
  12. "Randy Wittman Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
  13. "Kurt Rambis Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
  14. "Rick Adelman Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
  15. "Sam Mitchell Coaching Record".
  16. "Tom Thibodeau Coaching Record". Sports Reference LLC.
  17. "Ryan Saunders Coaching Record".
  18. "Chris Finch Coaching Record".
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