Timberwolves Basketball Operations Staff

David Kahn
President of Basketball Operations

David Kahn was introduced as the Timberwolves' President of Basketball Operations on May 22, 2009, bringing nearly 15 years of front office experience in both the NBA and the NBA Development League, and 24 years of experience in positions directly related to professional basketball, to the Timberwolves front office. In his role with the Timberwolves, Kahn oversees all decisions made within the Timberwolves basketball operations department.

Kahn brings a wealth of diverse skills to the Timberwolves stemming from previous positions in both the on-court and business sides of professional basketball, including nine years on the basketball operations staff of the Indiana Pacers. In addition to holding the titles of Assistant to the President for one season and Assistant General Manager for two years, Kahn also served four seasons as the team's General Manager, where he worked with and learned from one of the most storied minds in the league in Donnie Walsh.

In his role as GM, Kahn assisted Walsh with player acquisitions, trades, the NBA Draft, contract negotiations and salary cap management. Additionally, Kahn represented the Pacers on the NBA's Competition Committee, and also oversaw the design, development and marketing of Conseco Fieldhouse, widely considered one of the premiere venues in the league. The Fieldhouse elevated the Pacers into the top third of the league in local revenue, despite being the NBA's fifth-smallest market. From the time Kahn joined the Pacers organization in 1995 until his departure in 2004, the team compiled a 430-276 (.609) record, made eight playoff appearances and advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals four times, including an NBA Finals appearance in 2000.

In 2003, Kahn transitioned his work with the Pacers into a consulting role to focus on spearheading an effort to bring Major League Baseball to his hometown of Portland, Ore. Kahn created the Oregon Stadium Campaign, a private entity that led Portland's drive for an MLB franchise during the league's relocation of the Montreal Expos. He led the lobbying efforts that resulted in a $150 million construction bill for a new baseball stadium in Portland while serving as Mayor Vera Katz's Special Advisor on baseball until her retirement in 2004.

Prior to joining the Timberwolves, Kahn spent the previous four years working with the NBA Development League through his ownership of Southwest Basketball, LLC. Kahn's group owned and operated five D-League teams. Kahn's involvement proved instrumental in the growth of the D-League from eight to 16 teams and the development of the D-League as an NBA farm system with affiliations to NBA teams.

After graduating from UCLA in 1983, Kahn began his career in sports as a writer and columnist covering the NBA for the Portland Oregonian from 1984-89 before joining the staff of NBC's "NBA Showtime" studio show from 1990-95. While serving as a basketball consultant for the show and working closely with the on-air talent including Bob Costas, Julius Erving and Pat Riley, Kahn earned his law degree at New York University in 1993 and began working for Proskauer Rose LLP, the firm that provides outside counsel to the NBA and a variety of other sports entities.

Kahn and his wife, Kerry, have a daughter, Marika, and a son, Kellen.

Fred Hoiberg
Vice President of Basketball Operations

On April 17, 2006, Fred Hoiberg announced his retirement from the NBA and joined the Timberwolves front office. Hoiberg begins his first year as the Timberwolves assistant general manager. He will have duties and responsibilities relating to both the Timberwolves’ basketball department and business operations. The 34-year-old underwent successful heart surgery on June 28, 2005 to correct an enlarged aortic root and did not play during the 2005-06 season.

Hoiberg played 10 seasons in the NBA for the Timberwolves (2003-05), Bulls (1999-2003) and Pacers (1995-99). In his final season, 2004-05, Hoiberg led the NBA in three-point shooting accuracy at 48.3 percent. The previous season he finished fourth in that category. Hoiberg averaged career-highs of 9.1 points, 4.2 rebounds and 3.6 assists in 2000-01 with Chicago. He registered a career-high 28 points to accompany a career-best 13 assists in a career-high 52 minutes March 3, 2001 at Milwaukee.

Hoiberg played four seasons at Iowa State University, appearing in 126 games and averaging 15.8 points, 5.9 rebounds and 2.8 assists. He left the Cyclones ranked third in career scoring and first in career three-pointers made and attempted.

As a high school senior, Hoiberg was named Iowa's top high school football and basketball player, and led Ames High to the Iowa state basketball championship.

Hoiberg met his wife, Carol, in high school and the couple has four children: Paige, Jack, and twins Sam and Charlie.

Rob Babcock
Director of Scouting/Administration

Rob Babcock, who has 19 years of NBA management experience, returns to the Timberwolves after spending the past two seasons as the general manager of the Toronto Raptors. He will be responsible for overseeing the Timberwolves draft and scouting efforts, both at the collegiate and NBA level.

Babcock spent 12 years with Minnesota during his first stint with the team, the final two seasons as vice president of player personnel. Babcock served as the team’s director of player personnel from 1994-2002, and two seasons (1992-94) as a scout. Babcock joined the NBA in 1987 as the director of scouting for the Denver Nuggets, where he spent five seasons before joining the Wolves.

A native of Phoenix, Babcock attended Grand Canyon College in Phoenix and helped his team to a second-place finish in the 1974 BAIA final national rankings. Babcock began his coaching career in Mexico City at The American School Foundation. He later returned to Phoenix where he coached at Greenway and Maryvale high schools. In 1982, he earned Southwest Valley Coach of the Year honors.

Rob and his wife, Laura, have two sons, Nathan and Christopher.

Jim Stack
Regional Scout

Jim Stack enters his second season with the Timberwolves after being named the team's General Manager on July 9, 2004. Stack came to the organization with 22 years of professional basketball experience as a player and front office executive. Stack has served in the basketball operations departments of the Chicago Bulls, Indiana Pacers and New York Knicks.

Stack spent the 2003-04 campaign as an advance scout with the Knicks. Before his stint in New York, Stack spent three years as an assistant coach with the Pacers, beginning with the 2000-01 season.

During Stack's 13-year tenure with Chicago, the team won six NBA titles and established a record for most wins in a season, with 72 regular-season wins in 1995-96. Stack last served as the Assistant Vice President of Basketball Operations for the Bulls for four years after being promoted from his previous job as Special Assistant to the Vice President of Basketball Operations, where he spent eight years. As the Special Assistant, his duties included scouting on all levels, contract negotiations and analysis. Stack played an active role in the acquisition of every Bulls player, and his duties also included free agent scouting and all playoff advance scouting. Stack began as a scout with the Bulls organization prior to the 1988-89 campaign.

Upon his 1983 graduation from Northwestern University, Stack was drafted by the Houston Rockets in the sixth round (117th overall) in the 1983 NBA Draft. He spent five years playing professionally with teams in Belgium, Israel and France.

Zarko Durisic
Director of College and European Player

Durisic begins his 13th season with the Timberwolves and his fourth as the team's director of player personnel after serving eight years as the team's director of international scouting. He continues to focus on international and college prospects, salary cap issues and the NBA draft.

A native of Montenegro (part of the former Yugoslavia), Durisic played for the national teams of Yugoslavia at all levels (cadets, juniors and seniors). He came to the United States in 1980 and attended Wichita State University, where he studied computer science. Durisic was a member of two NCAA tournament qualifiers. His 1982 team - ranked No. 2 in the country - lost to eventual national champion North Carolina State. Durisic's teammates at Wichita State included former NBA standouts Cliff Levingston, Antoine Carr and Xavier McDaniel. After graduation from Wichita State in 1984, Durisic played professionally for 11 seasons in Slovenia, where his teams won six Slovenian national titles and a European Cup in 1992.

Following his playing career, Durisic coached in Slovenia for Olympia Ljubljana and won a National Championship in 1996, qualifying for the Euro League for the first time in team history. His 1995-96 squad included future NBA players Rasho Nesterovic, Vladimir Stepania and Marco Milic. Durisic is well known around the basketball community due to his hoops past, in addition to his continued work in basketball clinics around the globe. Durisic, his wife, Tatjana, and their daughters, Jelena and Alexsandra, reside in Minneapolis.

Kurt Rambis
Head Coach

On August 11, 2009 Kurt Rambis, 51, was named head coach for the Wolves after serving as an assistant coach on Phil Jackson's Los Angeles Lakers staff for seven seasons (2001-04, 2005-09). As an assistant, Rambis helped guide the Los Angeles to four NBA Finals appearances (2002, 2004, 2008, 2009), with the Lakers winning the NBA Championship in 2002 and 2009. Rambis also served as an assistant coach on Del Harris' staff from 1994-98. Twelve games into the 1998-99 season, Rambis took over as the Lakers' interim head coach. He tied an NBA record with nine consecutive victories to start his head coaching career and compiled a 24-13 overall record, leading the team to the Western Conference Semifinals.

Rambis also served in the Lakers' front office in three different capacities. He served as advisor and assistant general manager from 1999-2001, and held the title of Vice President of Business and Basketball Integration during the 2004-05 season before rejoining Jackson's coaching staff midway through the campaign.

As a player, Rambis played 14 seasons in the NBA (1981-95), including nine seasons with the Los Angeles Lakers (1981-88, 1993-95), as well as stops in Charlotte, Phoenix and Sacramento. A member of the Los Angeles Lakers during the team's "Showtime" era, Rambis helped the club win four NBA titles (1982, 1985, 1987, 1988).

For his career, Rambis averaged 5.2 points and 5.6 rebounds in 880 games. His best season, statistically, was 1988-89 with the expansion Charlotte Hornets when he averaged career highs with 11.1 points and 9.4 rebounds.

The Cupertino, Calif., native played college basketball at Santa Clara University, where he still ranks first in points (1,735) and second in rebounds (1,037). Rambis earned West Coast Athletic Conference (WCAC) Freshman of the Years honors and was named the WCAC Player of the Year following his senior season.

Dave Wohl
Assistant Coach

Wohl brings over 30 years of NBA experience to the Timberwolves bench, having served in a variety of capacities through the years, including as a head coach, an assistant coach and as a member of the front office. The last two seasons he was the assistant general manager of the Boston Celtics. Wohl has spent several years as an assistant coach in the NBA with various teams: Boston (2004-05 - 2006-07), Orlando (1999-00 - 2003-04), L.A. Clippers (1993-94), L.A. Lakers (1982-83- 1984-85, 1998-99), Miami (1989-90- 1990-91) and Sacramento (1992-93). As an assistant coach under Pat Riley, Wohl was a member of the Lakers' 1985 NBA Championship team. Wohl was the head coach of the New Jersey Nets for two-plus seasons (1985-88), leading the team to the NBA Playoffs in 1986. From 1995-97, Wohl was the Executive Vice President of Basketball Operations for the Miami Heat.

Selected in the third round of the 1971 NBA Draft by the Philadelphia 76ers, Wohl spent seven seasons as a player in the NBA (1971-78). He appeared in 410 games with Philadelphia, Portland, Buffalo, Houston and New York-New Jersey Nets, scoring 2,553 points. A two-time Ivy League selection at the University of Pennsylvania, Wohl led the Quakers to two Ivy League titles and two NCAA Tournament appearances.

Reggie Theus
Assistant Coach

Theus joins the Timberwolves staff after serving as head coach of the Sacramento Kings (44-62, .415) for one-plus seasons. He guided the Kings to a 38-44 record in 2007-08, which was a five-win improvement over the previous year, despite being short-handed for most of the season due to injuries to key players.

Prior to his head coaching stint with Sacramento, Theus spent the previous two years as the head coach at New Mexico State University, leading the Aggies to a berth in the NCAA Tournament during the 2006-07 campaign (a first for the school since '99). He compiled a 41-23 record in his two years with the Aggies. In his first year at the helm of the NMSU program, Theus guided the Aggies to a tie for the fifth-best turnaround in Division I basketball and the best single-season improvement of any NMSU squad since the 1985-86 season. He turned around a program that went 6-24 the year before he arrived (2004-05), leading the team to a 16-14 record. Theus' Aggies improved to 25-9 in 2006-07, winning the Western Athletic Conference Tournament. Before his NMSU assignment, Theus spent two seasons as an assistant coach at the University of Louisville under head coach Rick Pitino.

Before turning his attention to the coaching profession, Theus' 13 years as a player in the NBA were spent with the Chicago Bulls, Kansas City/Sacramento Kings, Atlanta Hawks, Orlando Magic and New Jersey Nets. After being drafted by the Bulls as the ninth overall pick in 1978, Theus finished runner-up in the NBA Rookie of the Year voting to Kansas City’s Phil Ford and was named to the 1979 All-Rookie team. For his career, Theus averaged 18.5 points, 6.3 assists and 3.3 rebounds per game while being named to the 1981 and 1983 NBA All-Star teams. He is one of only seven players in NBA history to score at least 19,000 points and dish out 6,000 assists, joining John Havlicek, Oscar Robertson, John Stockton, Gary Payton, Clyde Drexler and Jerry West with that distinction. When Theus retired, he ranked 22nd on the NBA’s all-time scoring list with 19,105 career points and 11th on the all-time assists list with 6,453 career assists.

Bill Laimbeer
Assistant Coach

Laimbeer joins the Timberwolves after seven successful seasons as the head coach and general manager of the WNBA's Detroit Shock. During that time, Laimbeer coached the Shock to three WNBA Championships (2003, 2006, 2008), four Eastern Conference titles, including the past three (2006, 2007, 2008) and a historic worst-to-first turnaround (the Shock, 9-23 a year earlier won a league-best 25 games the following season) for which he was named 2003 WNBA Coach of the Year. Laimbeer amassed a regular-season record of 136-90 (.602) and a postseason mark of 27-16 (.628), which includes the most postseason wins (27) and WNBA Finals victories (10) in league history. Laimbeer, who became head coach on June 19, 2002 despite no previous coaching experience, resigned from the Shock on June 15, 2009 to pursue NBA coaching opportunities.

A four-time NBA All-Star center (1983-85, 1987), Laimbeer played 13-plus seasons in the NBA and finished with career averages of 12.9 points and 9.7 rebounds in 1,068 games. He totaled 13,790 points and 10,400 rebounds in his career, making him the 19th player in NBA history to reach 10,000 in both categories. He led the NBA in rebounding during the 1985-86 season (13.1 rpg), collected more defensive rebounds than any other NBA player from 1982-1990 and finished his career as the Pistons' all-time leading rebounder with 9,430. In 113 playoff games (second most in franchise history), Laimbeer averaged 12.0 points and 9.7 rebounds as Detroit posted a 71-42 (.628) mark with him at center. A key member of the Pistons' "Bad Boys" teams that won back-to-back NBA championships in 1989 and 1990, Laimbeer had his No. 40 jersey retired (one of six in franchise history) by the team on Feb. 4, 1995. Originally drafted by the Cleveland Cavaliers in the third round (65th overall) in the 1979 NBA Draft, the Notre Dame product was traded to Detroit in a multiplayer deal on Feb. 16, 1982.

John-Blair Bickerstaff
Assistant Coach

The youngest assistant coach in the NBA at 26 years old, John-Blair Bickerstaff follows in the footsteps of his father, Bobcats General Manager & Head Coach Bernie Bickerstaff, who was the youngest assistant coach when he joined the NBA in 1973 at 29 years old.

Around basketball his whole life, Bickerstaff provided color analysis on radio broadcasts in 2003-04 for the Minnesota Timberwolves when the team won the Midwest Division and advanced to the Western Conference Finals. Prior to that, he served as the director of operations for the University of Minnesota men’s basketball program where he oversaw all administrative areas of the program and assisted the coaching staff with recruiting, scouting and coaching. John-Blair also worked together with Bernie Bickerstaff to prepare draft prospects for predraft workouts at a facility in Washington, DC.

Born March 10, 1979, Bickerstaff played collegiately at Oregon State University, where he was the youngest NCAA Division I player as a 17-year-old freshman, and the University of Minnesota. He played two seasons with the Golden Gophers from 1999-2001 and averaged 9.4 points and 5.8 rebounds. As a senior, he had 10.9 points and 6.1 rebounds and paced the team in field goal percentage.

Brent Haskins
Advance Scout

Brent Haskins is in his seventh season with the Timberwolves and his second as an NBA advance scout. Previously, he served three seasons as an advance scout for the team and an additional three campaigns as the club's video coordinator. Prior to joining the Timberwolves, Haskins spent three seasons as an assistant coach at the University of Minnesota.

Haskins assists the coaching staff during draft preparation, summer league, training camp and the playoffs. He is also responsible for assembling the club's summer league team. His duties as an advance scout require him to travel throughout the country to watch the Wolves' upcoming opponents and prepare a detailed scouting report on the upcoming opposition. The scouting report, along with individual and team breakdown tapes prepared by the Wolves' video department, allows the coaching staff to formulate a game plan for an opponent.

Haskins graduated with a sports management degree from Minnesota in 1996. The native of Wayzata, Minn., resides in Plymouth, Minn.

Mike Lindahl
Video Coordinator

Mike Lindahl enters his seventh season as the team's video coordinator.

Lindahl is responsible for the recording and editing of all videotapes of Wolves games, opponents games and numerous college contests. The videos are used for evaluating the team's performances, scouting upcoming opponents and assessing collegiate talent.

Lindahl is a 2003 graduate of the University of Minnesota with a bachelor's degree in sports management. He and his wife, Heidi, and children, Charlie and Peyton, reside in Shakopee, Minn.







Gregg Farnam
Athletic Trainer

Gregg Farnam enters his 13th season with the Timberwolves and his ninth as the team's head athletic trainer.

In addition to being responsible for every aspect of the Wolves' training room operations, Farnam works closely with the team's medical staff in monitoring each player's physical condition as well as assessing and treating injuries. He is also responsible for coordinating team travel.

This offseason, Farnam served as the trainer for USA Basketball's National Team Mini Camp in Las Vegas. Farnam also served as the head athletic trainer for the NBA's Basketball without Borders Asia contingent that visited New Delhi, India in 2008. The group, which included current NBA players Samuel Dalembert, Pat Garrity, Kyle Korver and Ronny Turiaf, worked with local players to promote the game and encourage positive social change in the areas of education, health and wellness, with an emphasis on HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention.

Farnam was also the athletic trainer for the United States Men's U19 team that brought home the silver medal at the 2007 FIBA World Championships in Nova Sad, Serbia, in July 2007, as well as the athletic trainer for the gold-medal-winning United States men's basketball team at the Goodwill Games in Brisbane, Australia, in September 2001. He also provided medical coverage for the women's volleyball team at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo., in July 2003.

Farnam graduated with a bachelor's degree in sports medicine from St. Cloud State University and has a master's degree in exercise science and health promotions from California University of Pennsylvania. He is a certified member of the National Trainers Association, the National Strength and Conditioning Association and the National Academy of Sports Medicine.

Farnam and his wife, Tiffany, along with their sons, Nolan and Maximilian, and daughters, Mae and Ella, reside in Rogers, Minn.

Dave Vitel
Strength and Conditioning Coach

Dave Vitel enters his fourth season as the team's strength and conditioning coach. A specialist in the field for 10 years, he is responsible for developing and prescribing individualized training programs for each of the Timberwolves players.

Vitel joined the Wolves training staff after serving as the head strength and conditioning coach at Loyola University Chicago for the previous five years. In that capacity, he was responsible for improving student athletes' individual athletic performance with specific training regimens as well as overseeing all 15 of Loyola's varsity athletic teams in their use of the weight room. Throughout his career, Vitel has trained professional athletes in the NBA, including multiple first- and second-round NBA Draft picks, NFL and Major League Soccer.

The Elgin, Ill., native has also previously worked for the Chicago Bulls and University of Arizona. Vitel received his bachelor's degree in education from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater and his master's degree in education from Loyola. Vitel, his wife, Jessica, and son, Jacob, reside in St. Louis Park, Minn.

Andre Deloya
Physical Therapist

Andre Deloya enters his 10th season as the team's physical therapist. He joined the team after serving for 10 years as a supervisor for the Institute for Athletic Medicine in Minneapolis.

Deloya has over 25 years of experience in the field of physical therapy. He graduated with a master's degree in physical therapy from Columbia University and has a doctorate in physical therapy from Boston University. He has extensive experience in neuro-rehabilitation, orthopaedic rehabilitation and sports and dance medicine.

He has worked with professional athletes from Major League Baseball's Minnesota Twins and the Minnesota Wild of the National Hockey League, as well as local and national dance companies and touring musicians and figure skaters. Deloya is certified as a strength and conditioning specialist by the National Strength and Conditioning Association.

Deloya and his wife, Eileen, along with their daughters, Amanda and Hailey, reside in Edina, Minn.

Clayton Wilson
Equipment Manager

Clayton Wilson begins his 21st season associated with the Minnesota Timberwolves, and his 18th as the team's equipment manager. Wilson started with the organization working game nights for the Wolves during the team's inaugural 1989-90 season at the Metrodome, before becoming the equipment manager during the 1992-93 campaign.

In his role, Wilson's duties include managing all of the team's equipment and uniform-related matters, both at home and on the road; setting up team practices on the road; and overseeing the Wolves practice facility inside Target Center.

Wilson brings over 35 seasons of sports experience to the position, having started his career in professional sports with Major League Baseball's Minnesota Twins as a bat boy. During this time, he was on the field as the Twins captured their two World Series Championships (1987 and 1991). Additionally, he served as the Twins clubhouse attendant for several seasons.

A graduate of the University of Minnesota, Wilson now lives in Minneapolis with his wife, Amanda, and their children, Jack and Anna.