<Ul> <Li> NBA champion (2008) </Li> </Ul> <Li> NBA champion (2008) </Li> <P> Thomas Joseph Thibodeau Jr. (/ ˈθɪbədoʊ / THIB - ə - doh; born January 17, 1958) is an American basketball coach who is head coach and president of basketball operations of the Minnesota Timberwolves of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Since June 2013, he has served as an assistant coach for the USA Basketball Men's National Team . </P> <P> As a defensive coach, he helped the Houston Rockets rank among the Top 5 in the league in scoring defense and field goal percentage defense from 2004 to 2007, and he has helped his team finish in the league's Top 10 in team defense 15 times . He coached in 87 playoff games and was part of the 1999 NBA Finals as an assistant coach with the New York Knicks before joining the Boston Celtics, with whom he won the 2008 NBA Championship, serving as a defensive coach . In 2011, he was named the NBA Coach of the Year after leading the Bulls to a 62 - win season . In 2012, he became the fastest coach in NBA history to earn 100 victories and finished as runner - up for Coach of the Year . </P>

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