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Apr 30, 2024 · Minnesota Timberwolves head coach Chris Finch is expected to undergo surgery Wednesday on his torn patellar tendon in his right knee, per ESPN, after colliding with his point guard, Mike...
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College
Finch is a 1992 graduate of Franklin & Marshall College, where he was an NCAA Division III All-American in 1991 and 1992. In 1991, as one of the best defenders in the nation's third division, he helped lead F&M to the NCAA Division III championship game, which it lost to Wisconsin–Platteville. Finch ranks among the school's all-time leaders in points, rebounds, assists, blocks and steals.
Professional
Finch began his playing career in England with the Sheffield Forgers of the then-second tier of British basketball, the National Basketball League. Before the 1994–95 season, Finch and Sheffield moved into the first tier of British basketball, the British Basketball League, as the renamed Sheffield Sharks.
Sheffield Sharks
Finch started his head coaching career in England, with the Sheffield Sharks of the British Basketball League, the same team he had played on during his pro career. He led them to several titles, making the franchise the most successful in league history. After winning the regular season title with Sheffield in the 1998–99 season, he was named the BBL Coach of the Year.
Gießen 46ers
Finch then moved to Germany, where he was the head coach of the Giessen 46ers in the German Basketball Bundesliga. The team had a 4–13 record and was on the verge of relegation, and Finch was fired.
Euphony Bree
Finch moved to Belgium, where he was the head coach of Euphony Bree. He led Bree to its first and only Belgian Basketball Leaguechampionship in 2005.
Finch also coached the Great Britain men's national team at the FIBA EuroBasket 2009, FIBA EuroBasket 2011, and the 2012 Summer Olympics. He resigned after his team was eliminated from the Olympics to focus on his NBA coaching career.
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.
NameTerm [b]Gc(regular Season)W(regular Season)142021 –present287132019 – 2021137122016 – 20192041182Feb 22, 2021 · Minneapolis/St. Paul – Minnesota Timberwolves President of Basketball Operations Gersson Rosas today announced he has named Chris Finch as the Timberwolves Head Coach.
Feb 23, 2021 · Regarded as one of the brightest offensive minds in the game, the Minnesota Timberwolves’ new Head Coach, Chris Finch, has over 24 years of coaching experience in professional basketball.
Apr 29, 2024 · Timberwolves coach Chris Finch was helped off the court late in his team's series-clinching win over the Suns with a ruptured patellar tendon in his right knee after Mike Conley collided with...
Apr 29, 2024 · Minnesota Timberwolves head coach Chris Finch was helped off the court after a mid-game collision with point guard Mike Conley during the team’s game against the Suns in Phoenix on Sunday.
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