Tom Thibodeau was fittingly named the 2020-21 NBA Coach of the Year on Monday after whipping long-time lottery team New York Knicks into a playoff contender right in his first year.
Thibodeau narrowly edged Phoenix Suns’ Monty Williams, 351-340, to win his second NBA Coach of the Year award becoming the 10th head coach in league history to win multiple times.
Interestingly, Thibodeau first won the award also during his rookie season with the Chicago Bulls in 2010-11 thus making the first coach in the NBA to win the award in his first season as head coach with two different teams.