What is Tom Thibodeau?
[[File:Tom Thibodeau cropped.jpg|thumb|right|180px|Thibodeau in February 2011]] '''Tom Thibodeau''' (born January 17, 1958 in [[New Britain, Connecticut|New Britain]], [[Connecticut]]) is an [[Americans|American]] basketball coach. He was the head coach of the [[Chicago Bulls]]. He was the assistant coach for many teams in the [[National Basketball Association]] including the [[Philadelphia 76ers]], for the [[New York Knicks]], and for the [[Boston Celtics]]. He won [[NBA Coach of the Year]] in 2011<ref>[http://www.nba.com/celtics/roster/coaches/tom-thibodeau.html Tom Thibodeau – Associate Head Coach], ''[[Boston Celtics|Celtics]].com''</ref>and in 2012 he won the [[NBA All-Star Game head coach]]. In 2012, he became the fastest coach in NBA history to earn 100 victories and finished as the runner-up for Coach of the Year. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/basketball/nba/05/01/gregg.popovich.coach.of.year.ap/index.html?sct=hp_t2_a5&eref=sihp|title=Popovich named Coach of the Year|publisher=SI.com|date=May 1, 2012|accessdate=May 2, 2012}}{{Dead link|date=January 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{US-sports-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Thibodeau, Tom}} [[Category:1958 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Chicago Bulls head coaches]] [[Category:Sportspeople from Connecticut]]