Full circle Coaching stops for new — and old — Wolves coach Flip Saunders:

Coach in learning

Saunders was a four-year starting point guard for the Gophers under Bill Musselman and Jim Dutcher.

1977-81

First job as head coach at Golden Valley Lutheran College (92-13 record).

1981-86

Assistant Gophers coach under Dutcher.

1986-88

Assistant coach at Tulsa

1988-95

CBA head coach at Rapid City, La Crosse and Sioux Falls (253-197 record).

1995-2005

Although hired as Wolves GM, he took over coaching duties two months into his first season, holding the job for a decade before being fired. (411-326 record).

2005-08

Head coach with Detroit Pistons (176-70).

2009-12

Head coach with Washington Wizards (51-130).

2014

Hired as Wolves president of basketball operations in May, 2013; named himself head coach a year into presidency.