Lynx hire former Minnesota legend Lindsay Whalen, Mystics coach Eric Thibault to staff

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The Minnesota Lynx hired former Washington Mystics coach Eric Thibault as associate head coach and former Lynx star and University of Minnesota coach Lindsay Whalen as an assistant coach, coach Cheryl Reeve announced Saturday.

Thibault and Whalen will fill the spot left vacant by Katie Smith, who joined Ohio State’s staff, and add a fourth assistant coaching spot on the Lynx bench. The WNBA runners-up have yet to announce a general manager hire, a spot vacated by Clare Duwelius, who left in November to become the GM and executive vice president of the new basketball league, Unrivaled.

“I am excited to add both Eric and Lindsay to our coaching staff,” Reeve said in a statement Saturday. “Eric has vast experience coaching in the WNBA as both a head and an assistant coach and is a WNBA Champion. Lindsay adds a unique perspective as a Lynx legend and Naismith Hall of Famer. I look forward to working with both in our quest for another WNBA Championship.”

Thibault, a longtime Mystics assistant under his father Mike Thibault, spent the last two seasons as the Mystics’ head coach. The franchise went 33-47 in those two seasons, making the playoffs in 2023 but failing to…

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