After PJ Carlesimo, Eddie Jordan and Sam Mitchell, now comes Randy Wittman. The Minnesota Timberwolves had finally given the former Atlanta Hawk swingman the pink slip.
Wittman was fired after guiding the Twin City outfit to a poor 4-15 start and after dropping seven of the last ten games this season. He compiled an over-all record of 38 wins and 105 loses in more than two years at helm of the T-Wolves. Before mentoring Minnesota, Wittman also coached the Cleveland Cavaliers from 1999 to 2001, posting a record of 62-102 slate.
Before embarking on a coaching career in the NBA, Wittman saw action for 9 years in the league suiting up for the Hawks, Sacramento Kings and Indiana Pacers. He can be best remembered as the spot-up shooter of the high-flying Hawks team in the 1980s, which was led by the "Human Highlight Film" Dominique Wilkins.
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Named as replacement for Wittman on an interim capacity is the T-Wolves' Vice President for Basketball Operations Kevin McHale. It will be the second tenure of the former Celtic great as interim head coach of Minnesota. During the 2004-05 season, he took over from Flip Saunders and guided the Timberwolves to a 19-12 card in the last 31 games of the season.
There are talks that McHale may give up his front office position to his deputy Fred Hoiberg to fully concentrate on his head coaching job.
Now, the million-dollar question is: can the ex-University of Minnesota star change the fortunes of the floundering franchise? Or shall we see the likes of Saunders, Avery Johnson, Jeff Van Gundy and Doug Collins roaming the NBA sidelines once again, sooner than we expect? For now, that remains to be seen.
Wittman was fired after guiding the Twin City outfit to a poor 4-15 start and after dropping seven of the last ten games this season. He compiled an over-all record of 38 wins and 105 loses in more than two years at helm of the T-Wolves. Before mentoring Minnesota, Wittman also coached the Cleveland Cavaliers from 1999 to 2001, posting a record of 62-102 slate.
Before embarking on a coaching career in the NBA, Wittman saw action for 9 years in the league suiting up for the Hawks, Sacramento Kings and Indiana Pacers. He can be best remembered as the spot-up shooter of the high-flying Hawks team in the 1980s, which was led by the "Human Highlight Film" Dominique Wilkins.
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Named as replacement for Wittman on an interim capacity is the T-Wolves' Vice President for Basketball Operations Kevin McHale. It will be the second tenure of the former Celtic great as interim head coach of Minnesota. During the 2004-05 season, he took over from Flip Saunders and guided the Timberwolves to a 19-12 card in the last 31 games of the season.
There are talks that McHale may give up his front office position to his deputy Fred Hoiberg to fully concentrate on his head coaching job.
Now, the million-dollar question is: can the ex-University of Minnesota star change the fortunes of the floundering franchise? Or shall we see the likes of Saunders, Avery Johnson, Jeff Van Gundy and Doug Collins roaming the NBA sidelines once again, sooner than we expect? For now, that remains to be seen.
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