Tom Thibodeau thought his job with the New York Knicks was on the line for the first half of the 2022-23 season, but things have changed. The Knicks earned the fifth seed in the East and beat the Cavaliers in the first round of the playoffs.
Under Thibodeau, New York finished second in the conference last season. Injuries disrupted the season, but the Knicks beat the Sixers in the first round. The team’s season ended in the second round for the second straight year.
Over the past year and a half, it’s become increasingly clear that Thibodeau is the right coach for this Knicks team. The players management has signed or traded fit perfectly into his system.
The 66-year-old was awarded a three-year extension this summer. He’s not going anywhere.
July 30, 2020, New York Hires Thibodeau as the next head coach after a two-month search.
Thibodeau is 175-143 in the regular season with New York and 14-15 in the playoffs.
Thibodeau start of coaching career as an assistant at Minnesota in 1989. He also served as an assistant for San Antonio (1992–94), Philadelphia (1994–96), New York (1996–2003), Houston (2003–06) and Boston (2007–10).
He got his first head coaching job in 2010 with the Bulls and remained with Chicago through the 2014–15 season. Thibodeau spent the 2015–16 season away from coaching, but returned in 2016 when he was hired as Minnesota’s head coach. The Timberwolves fired him midway through the 2018–19 season.
Thibodeau posted a 255-139 regular season record in Chicago and a 23-28 playoff record.
Thibodeau posted a 97-107 regular season record with the Timberwolves and a 1-4 playoff record.
Thibodeau has a combined record of 38-47 in the playoffs.
Tom Thibodeau won his first NBA Coach of the Year award in 2011 after leading the Bulls to a 62-win season. In his first year in New York, he won the award for the second time after leading the Knicks to the playoffs. An ESPN panel of experts predicted he would win the award for the third time in 2025.
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