While the Minnesota Timberwolves decided to name Ryan Saunders the permanent head coach after taking over as the interim following Tom Thibodeau’s firing last year, Saunders and new president of basketball operations Gersson Rosas did decide to revamp the rest of the coaching staff.
The most prominent move on the coaching staff was hiring David Vanterpool as the team’s defensive coordinator.
Vanterpool had spent the last seven seasons working as an assistant under Terry Stotts in Portland where the Blazers consistently seemed to overachieve each year, especially on the defensive end.