Minneapolis-St. Paul -The Minnesota Timberwolves announced the team has hired
Jerry Sichting as Assistant Coach. This marks Sichting’s third stint with the
Wolves after initially spending 10 years with the organization from 1995-2005
and two seasons from 2007-09. Per team policy, terms of the contract were not
disclosed.
Sichting began his career with the Timberwolves in 1995 as Director of Scouting
and Player Development. He then became an Assistant Coach under Flip Saunders
when Saunders took over the team during the 1995-96 season and remained in that
role until 2005. Sichting returned to the Wolves bench in 2007 under Randy
Wittman and completed the 2008-09 season on his former Boston Celtics teammate
Kevin McHale’s coaching staff. Between his first two stints with the Wolves, he
served as Assistant Coach at Marquette University.
Sichting went on to join the Golden State Warriors in 2010 as Assistant Coach on
Keith Smart’s staff. In 2012, he was hired at his alma mater, Martinsville High
School (Ind.), to finish out the season as Head Coach of the Varsity Boys’
Basketball program. Sichting returned to the NBA a few months later and went on
to serve as Assistant Coach for the Washington Wizards (2012-13), Phoenix Suns
(2013-15) and New York Knicks (2016-18).
As an NBA player, Sichting averaged 6.9 ppg, 1.4 rpg and 3.3 apg in 598 NBA
career games, collecting an NBA title with Boston in 1986. Following his playing
career, he remained in Boston to run the “Jerry Sichting Basketball Camp” for
five years. Sichting went on to serve as an analyst for Celtics radio. In 2002,
Sichting was inducted into the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame as a graduate of
Purdue University and captain of the 1978-79 Boilermakers club that tied for the
Big Ten championship with Michigan State. He and his wife, Joni, have four
children: Jared, Jason, Jordan and Jenna.
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