The Chris Finch file

The new Wolves coach has been a longtime NBA assistant but last served as a head coach more than a decade ago in the D-League.

February 22, 2021 at 6:23AM
Houston Rockets head coach Kevin McHale, left, looks on with assistant coach Chris Finch while facing the Denver Nuggets in the first quarter of an NBA basketball game in Denver on Wednesday, April 9, 2014. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski) ORG XMIT: OTKDZ109
Chris Finch, right, was an assistant coach for Kevin McHale with the Houston Rockets. Finch most recently was an assistant in Toronto. (AP/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Age: 51 (Born Nov. 6, 1969, in Cambridge, Ohio)

College: Franklin & Marshall in Lancaster, Pa. He was an All-America guard at the Division III level.

Overseas coaching: Finch started his coaching career in Great Britain, then moved to Germany, Belgium and the NBA's D-League. He has also coached Great Britain's national team, including the 2012 Olympic Games.

NBA assistant coaching stops: Houston (2011-16), Denver (2016-17), New Orleans (2017-20), Toronto (2020-21).

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