Nate Tibbetts is a former basketball player who is the head coach of the Phoenix Mercury in the WNBA as of August 2024. He started his basketball journey at Roosevelt High School and then joined the South Dakota Coyotes men's basketball team for college. His coaching career started just after he graduated from The University of South Dakota. Tibbetts’s first coaching job was as assistant coach of The Sioux Falls Cougars basketball team.
In 2005, he got his big break and became an assistant coach for the NBA G League team affiliated with the Miami Heat, the Sioux Falls Skyforce. In 2009, Tibbetts took on the role of head coach for the Tulsa 66ers. During his two seasons there, he achieved a record of 64-41 and led the team to the playoffs both years. In 2011, he expanded his coaching experience by serving as the head coach of Team USA at the Pan American Games. After so many years serving as an assistant coach finally, Tibbetts got a chance to lead a team and became head coach of the Phoenix Mercury team in 2024. Under Tibbetts' leadership this season, the Mercury achieved 13 wins and 12 losses, securing the 6th seed in the league standings.
Nate Tibbetts salary
In 2024 as the head coach of the Phoenix Mercury, Tibbetts got a $1.2 million per year salary and became the highest-paid head coach in the WNBA as per Front Office Sports. The details of his salary are not disclosed to the public right now.
For the previous two seasons, he was the assistant coach of the Orlando Magic team and for eight seasons to the Portland Trail Blazers from 2013 to 2021, under head coach Terry Stotts of the NBA.
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A. Nate Tibbets did his graduation from The University of South Dakota.
