The NBA announced Sunday evening that Mark Daigneault had been elected coach of the year. Aged 39, Daigneault is finishing his fourth season at the helm of the Thunder, which he led to the top of the Western Conference this season with 57 wins and 25 defeats in the regular season, with a young squad (25 years old on average). age) which created the surprise.
Daigneault began his career as an assistant university coach at Holy Cross (Massachussetts) then at the University of Florida before joining as head coach the Oklahoma City development team in the G-league, then in as an assistant with the Thunder for the 2019-2020 season.
