Mark Daigneault

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Mark Daigneault
Oklahoma City Thunder
PositionHead coach
LeagueNBA
Personal information
Born (1985-08-12) August 12, 1985 (age 36)
Leominster, Massachusetts
NationalityAmerican
Career information
High schoolLeominster
(Leominster, Massachusetts)
CollegeConnecticut
Coaching career2007–present
Career history
As coach:
2007–2010Holy Cross (assistant)
2010–2014Florida (assistant)
2014–2019Oklahoma City Blue
2019–2020Oklahoma City Thunder (assistant)
2020–presentOklahoma City Thunder

Mark Daigneault (pronounced DAYG-nolt; born August 12, 1985) is an American professional basketball coach and head coach for the Oklahoma City Thunder of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Daigneault is the current youngest active head coach in the NBA.

Coaching career[]

Daigneault began his coaching career as a student manager at UConn from 2003 to 2007 under Jim Calhoun. After earning his bachelor's degree in education, Daigneault initially intended to go for a master's degree, but was urged by Calhoun and associate head coach George Blaney to pursue an assistant coaching role at Holy Cross and offered strong recommendations.[1]

Daigneault was an assistant coach of the Florida Gators from 2010 to 2014 and was head coach of the NBA G League's Oklahoma City Blue, which is affiliated with the Oklahoma City Thunder of the NBA, from 2014 to 2019. During the 2019–20 NBA season, Daigneault joined the Thunder as an assistant, reuniting him with head coach Billy Donovan, who was the Gators' coach, while Daigneault served as an assistant.[2] On November 11, 2020, the Thunder promoted Daigneault to head coach.[3]

Head coaching record[]

Legend
Regular season G Games coached W Games won L Games lost W–L % Win–loss %
Playoffs PG Playoff games PW Playoff wins PL Playoff losses PW–L % Playoff win–loss %
Team Year G W L W–L% Finish PG PW PL PW–L% Result
Oklahoma City 2020–21 72 22 50 .306 5th in Northwest — — — — Missed playoffs
Career 72 22 50 .306   — — — —  

Personal life[]

Daigneault's father, Rick, is a 1980 graduate of the College of the Holy Cross, and was a member of the Crusader baseball team.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ "UConn men notebook: Former Husky student manager Mark Daigneault now on Thunder's NBA staff". Hartford Courant. Retrieved November 11, 2020.
  2. ^ Pickman, Ben (November 11, 2020). "Thunder Promote Assistant Mark Daigneault to Head Coach". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved November 11, 2020.
  3. ^ "Thunder Names Mark Daigneault Head Coach". NBA.com. November 11, 2020. Retrieved November 11, 2020.
  4. ^ "Mark Daigneault Holy Cross Crusaders". goholycross.com. Retrieved November 11, 2020.

External links[]

Retrieved from ""