Thomas Joseph Thibodeau Jr. ( ; born January 17, 1958) is an American

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coach who is the head coach for the

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of the

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(NBA). He served as an assistant coach for the

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from 2013 to 2016, and helped Team USA win a gold medal at the 2016 Olympic Games. As a defensive coach, he helped the

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rank among the Top 5 in the league in scoring defense and

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percentage defense from

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, and he has helped his team finish in the league's Top 10 in team defense 15 times.Christopher L. Gasper
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'', June 4, 2008. He has coached in 214 playoff games as an assistant coach, associate head coach, and head coach. Also, he was part of the 1999 NBA Finals as an assistant coach with the

before joining the

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, with whom he won the

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as well as helping guide them back to the

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, serving as a defensive coach. In 2011, he was named the

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after leading the

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to a 62-win season, and would win the award again in 2021 after leading the Knicks to their first playoff berth in eight seasons.

College and early coaching career

Thibodeau played basketball at

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, serving as captain during the 1980-81 season. During his time with the Vikings, the six-foot-two-inch Thibodeau helped Salem State to consecutive Division III national tournaments (1980–81). In 1980, Thibodeau helped Salem State to the league championship and the school's first NCAA Tournament bid. Upon graduating, he became an assistant coach at the school in 1981. In 1984, at age 25, he became head coach at Salem State after serving three years as an assistant. One season later he became an assistant coach at

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, where he spent the next four seasons. While coaching in college, Thibodeau attended coaching clinics and visited the practices of many of the top coaches in the U.S., including Hall of Fame coaches

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, Rick Pitino, Hubie Brown, Gary Williams, Morgan Wootten, and

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. In 1987, Thibodeau befriended Bill Musselman, a former head coach in the NBA, ABA and NCAA who was coaching the

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of the

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. According to the ''New York Times'', "the Patroons’ practices, the attention to detail, the efficiency, the sheer number of offensive sets, fed into Thibodeau's addiction."

Professional career

After four years at Harvard, he entered the NBA in 1989, as an assistant coach with an

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, the

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, who had hired Bill Musselman as the team's first head coach. Prior to the 1991–92 season, he joined the Seattle SuperSonics as an advance scout. Thibodeau moved to the

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the following season, where he worked as an assistant coach to Jerry Tarkanian,

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and John Lucas for two seasons. After the 1993–94 season, he left the Spurs along with Lucas to become an assistant under Lucas with the

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. After the 1995–96 season, he again left simultaneously with Lucas, this time joining the

as an assistant to head coach

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. During his tenure with the Knicks, he helped the team set a then-NBA record by holding 33 consecutive opponents under 100 points in the 2000–01 season. As part of the Knicks coaching staff, he also helped Van Gundy to coach the Eastern Conference All-Stars in the 2000 All-Star Game. He spent seven years with the Knicks before joining the

prior to the 2003–04 season, where again he was an assistant to head coach Van Gundy, who has described Thibodeau as "brilliant".

Boston Celtics

On August 30, 2007, Thibodeau was named associate head coach of the

, who hoped his hiring would bolster their defense. Eventually, he helped the Celtics become the best defensive team in the league. On November 4, 2007, Thibodeau took over head coaching duties against the Toronto Raptors in place of Doc Rivers, who was unable to coach due to the death of his father earlier that day. During the 2008 playoffs, Thibodeau was rumored to be a candidate for the vacant head coaching job with the

, for whom he had worked as an assistant coach for seven years, as well as the

, but he was not hired by either. Thibodeau led the Celtics to the best rating in several defensive categories in 2007–08, and was a key factor in containing

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during the 2008 Finals.

Chicago Bulls

On June 2, 2010, Thibodeau interviewed with officials from the

for their vacant head coach position. On June 23, he was confirmed as the Bulls' head coach. Thibodeau was named the NBA Coach of the Year on May 1, 2011, after tying the record for most wins by a rookie head coach with 62. He also led the Bulls to their first 50-win season and first division title since the

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era. The Bulls lost the Eastern Conference Finals to the

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. On February 14, 2012, Thibodeau clinched the position of Eastern Conference All-Star Coach for the

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in Orlando. At the time, the Bulls were first in the Eastern Conference. With a win over the

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on March 19, 2012, Thibodeau became the fastest coach in NBA history to earn 100 career victories. He accomplished this in 130 games, one game fewer than the record set previously by Avery Johnson in 2006. Thibodeau and the Bulls were the East's top seed entering the

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and also had the league's best regular-season record and home-court advantage throughout the playoffs. In Game 1 of the Bulls' first-round series against the

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tore his ACL. Commenting on Thibodeau's decision to leave Rose in the game, Bulls

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Gar Forman stated, "There is absolutely no issue there. It's a playoff game. They had cut a lead down (from 20) to 12. We're going to have our guys on the floor making sure we win the game. Tom is a terrific coach who does a lot of things well. One of the best things he does is pace our team." Thibodeau finished second to Gregg Popovich of the San Antonio Spurs in 2012 NBA Coach of the Year voting. The Bulls' season was cut short after a 4–2 defeat by the 76ers. 20140814 World Basketball Festival Team USA assistant coaches

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Rose missed the entire 2012–13 season, but despite his absence, the Bulls finished 45-37, second in the Central Division (behind the

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) and 5th in their conference. They defeated the

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4-3 (after leading 3-1) in the first round of the playoffs and lost to the Miami Heat 4–1 in the next round. On May 13, 2013, Thibodeau was fined $35,000 for defending his players while commenting on the seemingly inadequate foul calls by the referees during the Eastern Conference Semifinals against the Miami Heat. Thibodeau finished third in 2014 NBA Coach of the Year voting. He led the second year straight

-less Bulls to the fourth-best record in the Eastern Conference. The Bulls' season ended with a 4-1 series loss to the fifth-seeded

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. Tension between the Bulls' front office and Thibodeau grew considerably over the 2014-15 season, which ended in a six-game series loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers in the Eastern Conference Semifinals. Shortly thereafter, on May 28, 2015, the Bulls decided to move in a different direction and let go of Thibodeau.

USA Basketball

Thibodeau was named on June 10, 2013, an assistant coach for the 2013-16

. As a member of the 2014-16 USA Basketball Men’s National Team coach staff, Thibodeau assisted the USA to a sterling overall record of 26-0. The USA finished 9-0 to win the gold medal at the 2014 FIBA World Cup in Spain, while the 2014 USA National Team compiled a 4-0 record during its exhibition tour before the World Cup. Two years later, Thibodeau was again on the USA bench and helped lead the U.S. to the 2016 Olympic championship as the Americans rolled to an 8-0 record and the gold medal in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Before heading to Rio, the 2016 USA National Team posted a 5-0 record during its domestic exhibition tour. Head coach Mike Krzyzewski heaped enormous praise on Thibodeau, who served as his right-hand man during the victories. "Tom is one of the great coaches on this planet," Krzyzewski said. "To be honest, he talked to the team more than I did," said Krzyzewski.

Minnesota Timberwolves

On April 20, 2016, it was announced that the

had hired Thibodeau as head coach and president of basketball operations. The Timberwolves had spent the better part of a decade in the NBA wilderness, having not made the playoffs since 2004. In his second season, the Timberwolves made their first playoff appearance in 14 years, losing in the

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to the top-seeded

in five games. The Timberwolves had a tumultuous off season involving the exit of Jimmy Butler from Minnesota. Thibodeau would be released from the Timberwolves in January 2019 after a period of regression following the end of the playoff drought.

New York Knicks

On July 30, 2020, the

announced that they hired Thibodeau as their head coach. In the shortened 2020–21 season, his first as head coach of the Knicks, Thibodeau guided the Knicks to their first playoff appearance since the 2012–13 season. After the season Thibodeau was named Coach of the Year for the second time in his career.

Head coaching record

College

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Coaching style

In his five years as the head coach of the Chicago Bulls, the franchise was 255–139 ( winning percentage), and led the league in close-game winning percentage at (66–40). Thibodeau has been compared to legendary NFL coach

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because of his attention to detail, organization, and game planning. “ hibodeauwas meticulously organized, almost scary organized, and he reminded me of Bill Belichick. I’ve spent a lot of time with Belichick and Thibodeau’s got a lot of the same mannerisms, the same attention to detail that Belichick has. And that’s about the highest compliment I could give someone," said Rick Pitino. " hibodeau isvery similar to Bill Belichick if you ever to go to a Bill Belichick practice,” said former NBA player Brian Scalabrine. “Every smallest detail of his practice is talked about. Every pass has to be seamed. Every shot has to be quick and balanced. Every pick-and-roll you have to come off shoulder-to-hip,” said Scalabrine. He has been called "one of the best coaches in the NBA", sometimes ranking among the top five coaches in the league among NBA general managers. He was ranked 13th best coach in 2017 by ESPN, despite the Timberwolves finishing outside of playoff contention. Highly regarded as a defensive strategist, in January 2013, ESPN praised Thibodeau's defensive system as "the pinnacle of team defensive strategy in the NBA." However, according to a 2010 Boston Globe article, "one of the many misconceptions about Thibodeau is that he’s strictly a defensive specialist." Jeff Van Gundy hired Thibodeau because he was drawn to "his innovative offensive sets" and "player development skills."

Player development

Thibodeau has been described as a "no-nonsense coach, but his personal authenticity and the success of his strategies endear him to his players." According to Kevin Garnett, who played for Thibodeau in Boston, Thibodeau is "a worker. He's a guy that loves his job. He does it with passion." Thibodeau also helped develop a young

. " hibodeauwas crucial o my development He was with me when I was 16 or 17 years old,” Bryant said in 2010. "Just doing drills and just working on ballhandling and just teaching me the game. He was there from Day 1." In 2005, while an assistant with the Houston Rockets, Thibodeau began working with

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, traveling to China to hone Yao's skills. According to Jon Barry, a former NBA player who worked as an assistant with the Rockets, "Thibodeau was an effective one-on-one teacher ho spentcountless hours ... working with Yao Ming on his footwork...." Also, former Rockets head coach

praised Thibodeau for his development of Yao. "Tom was tremendous in developing a routine that Yao could follow — a blueprint to take him from being good to being great,” said Van Gundy. During the 2004–05 season, Yao averaged 18.3 points and 8.4 rebounds per game. The following season, after working with Thibodeau, Yao averaged 22.3 points and 10.2 rebounds. A number of Thibodeau's former players have praised him for his ability to develop their talent. According to Joakim Noah, who played for Thibodeau and finished 4th in MVP voting with the Bulls in 2014, "I feel like I really improved as a player because of him." Rose, who became the youngest MVP in league history under Thibodeau, also had similar praise for his former coach, telling the Detroit News, “I figured out that Thibs loved me unconditionally. He’s the first coach up here that I felt like loved me unconditionally and it wasn’t about what I did for him."

Personal life

A native of

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, Thibodeau was born to Thomas J. Thibodeau Sr., and Ann M. (Montanile) Thibodeau and has four siblings (two brothers and two sisters). He graduated with a

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degree and a

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from Salem State University. In 1998, he was inducted into the ''New Britain Sports

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''. Thibodeau has never been married.Greenstein, Teddy

ChicagoTribune.com, May 14, 2011. Retrieved May 18, 2011. According to a 2012 ''New York Times'' article, Thibodeau was engaged while he was in graduate school at Salem State, but eventually called it off.

References

External links

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