Hometown: Staples, Minn.
Age: 40 (born Jan. 21, 1974)
College: Concordia College in Moorhead, Minn., and Moorhead State
NBA coaching record: 52-30 in one season
Did you know?
• He won five titles in seven years during a decade spent coaching in the minor leagues in North Dakota and South Dakota before Memphis hired him as an assistant coach in 2007.
• Before he replaced Lionel Hollins as Grizzlies head coach in June 2012, Joerger was responsible for a Memphis defense that improved yearly under his guidance.
• He holds a retreat for coaches from high school to the pro level every fall.
• He and his wife, Kara, are the parents of two daughters, Alli and Kiana.
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