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Tibbetts is the all-time assist leader in the 88-year history of the North Central Conference. He handed out 465 assists, or 6.5 per game, in conference play while leading the Coyotes to three consecutive NCC championships (1999-2001). Tibbetts ranks second on USD’s all-time lists for both career assists (678) and steals (215).Tibbetts earned all-NCC honors in 2001 and was named to the NCC all-tournament team that season. In 112 games, Tibbetts scored 572 points (5.1 ppg) and grabbed 321 rebounds (2.9 rpg) while shooting 55 percent from the field.
Tibbetts is currently an assistant coach with the NBA’s Portland Trailblazers. He previously spent two seasons as an assistant coach with the Cleveland Cavaliers and two seasons as head coach of the NBA Development League’s Tulsa 66ers. In 2011, Tibbetts was selected to be the United States head coach in the 2011 Pan American Games where he led the group of D-League players to a bronze medal, USA’s first medal since 1999.
Tibbetts began his coaching career as an assistant coach for Shane Murphy at the University of Sioux Falls from 2001-05. He was a member of the D-League’s Sioux Falls Skyforce coaching staff for four seasons from 2005-09 and was promoted to head coach after his first two campaigns.
Tibbetts and his wife, Lyndsay, reside in Portland.
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