Chris Finch

Awards & Honours

Awards Won

Honours

Rankings

Records

Chris Finch's coaching career includes a Belgian League championship, a British League Cup, and an NBA Western Conference Coach of the Month award. He led the Great Britain national team at the London 2012 Olympics and became the first British-born head coach to reach the NBA Western Conference Finals in 2024. His induction into the Franklin Pierce University Hall of Fame honors his college playing career.

AwardsFinch won the Belgian League championship in 2005 as head coach of Bree BBC and the British Basketball League Cup in 1998 with the Brighton Bears. He was named NBA Western Conference Coach of the Month in November 2023 after leading the Timberwolves to a 12–4 start.

Honours & Distinctions

Franklin Pierce University Hall of Fame

Franklin Pierce University·2000

Inducted for his playing career

Great Britain National Team Head Coach – London 2012 Olympics

British Basketball·2012

Led Team GB during the home Olympics

Rankings & Lists

#5th

NBA Coach of the Year Voting

NBA·2024

Records & Feats

First British-born head coach to reach NBA Western Conference Finals

Historic First·2024

Finch led the Minnesota Timberwolves to the Western Conference Finals in 2024, the first time a British-born head coach achieved this.