April 28, 2024 6:08 pm CT
The NBA announced Oklahoma City Thunder’s Mark Daigneault as the winner of the 2023-24 Coach of the Year award on Sunday.
This comes after Daigneault also won the NBCA’s version of the Coach of the Year award this season. Chris Finch and Jamahl Mosley were the other finalists for the award.
In his fourth season as the head coach, Daigneault led OKC to the youngest top seed in league history. The Thunder finished with a 57-25 record, a 17-win jump from last season’s 40-42 record.
Here’s how X, formerly known as Twitter, reacted to the news:
— Top 5 in ORTG, DRTG and NETRTG
— First in STL, BLK and 3P%
— Best record since 2013-14
— Youngest 1-seed ever
Coach of the Year. pic.twitter.com/VLty9IpxzP
— StatMuse (@statmuse) April 28, 2024
— Rylan Stiles (@Rylan_Stiles) April 28, 2024
03-07 Student Manager – UConn
07-10 Assistant – Holy Cross
10-14 Graduate school – Florida + assistant to Billy Donovan
2014 Head Coach Blue
2019 Thunder Assistant
2020 Head Coach – Thunder
20-21 (22-50)
21-22 (24-58)
22-23 (40-42)
23-24 (57-25)
— Andrew Schlecht (@AndrewKSchlecht) April 28, 2024
Shouts to Coach Mark and his entire staff.
This year was great but the award really is the culmination of the last four years, planting seeds and stacking those days.
— Royce Young (@royceyoung) April 28, 2024
He just led the Thunder to their BEST record since KD-Russ era 🔥 pic.twitter.com/DkXC9Si3zO
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) April 28, 2024
— NBA Communications (@NBAPR) April 28, 2024