Mike Thibault
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| Washington Mystics | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Head coach / General manager | |||||||||||||||||||||
| League | WNBA | |||||||||||||||||||||
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September 28, 1950 St. Paul, Minnesota |
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| Nationality | American | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| College | Saint Martin's | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Coaching career | 1980–present | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1980–1982 | Los Angeles Lakers (assistant) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1982–1986 | Chicago Bulls (assistant) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1988 | Calgary 88's | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1989–1997 | Omaha Racers | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1998–2002 | Milwaukee Bucks (assistant) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2003–2012 | Connecticut Sun | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013–present | Washington Mystics | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Mike Francis Thibault (September 28, 1950) is an American basketball head coach, formerly of the Connecticut Sun of the WNBA, and now of that league's Washington Mystics.
Upon his graduation from Saint Martin's University in 1979, Thibault entered into the employ of the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association, for whom he worked first as a scout and, after 1980, as director of scouting and as an assistant coach; during Thibault's tenure, the Lakers twice won the league championship.
Thibault left the Lakers for the Chicago Bulls in 1982 and remained with the latter organization through the 1985-86 season, serving as an assistant coach and director of scouting; under Thibault, the team drafted shooting guard Michael Jordan and power forward Charles Oakley and acquired John Paxson, each of whom would contribute to the Bulls' earning six league championships between 1991 and 1999.
Thibault left the NBA for the World Basketball League in 1988 and served for two seasons as the head coach and franchise general manager for the Calgary 88's, winning the league's coach of the year award in 1988.
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