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Flip Saunders

1955 - 2015

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Philip Daniel "Flip" Saunders (February 23, 1955 – October 25, 2015) was an American basketball player and coach. During his career, he coached the La Crosse Catbirds, Minnesota Timberwolves, Detroit Pistons, and Washington Wizards. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Flip Saunders is the 444th most popular coach (down from 395th in 2024), the 16,488th most popular biography from United States (down from 14,955th in 2019) and the 11th most popular American Coach.

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Among COACHES

Among coaches, Flip Saunders ranks 444 out of 471. Before him are Andreas Heraf, Neil Lennon, Raúl Gutiérrez, Diego Martínez, Michele Serena, and Joe Royle. After him are Gustavo Morínigo, Johnny Mølby, Per Frandsen, Steve Staunton, André Schubert, and Corneliu Papură.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Flip Saunders ranks 712. Before him are Steve Wooddin, Geraldine Brooks, Hariharan, Rebecca Blank, John Baldacci, and John H. Cox. After him are Sanal Edamaruku, Gail Neall, Mary Landrieu, Anneline Kriel, Glenn Roeder, and James Edwards. Among people deceased in 2015, Flip Saunders ranks 577. Before him are Billy Casper, Claudia Alexander, Darryl Dawkins, Annarita Sidoti, Richard Bakalyan, and Sergey Sharikov. After him are Alexis Vastine, Ronnie Carroll, Jean-Luc Sassus, Olga Syahputra, Jerome Kersey, and Gregory Mertens.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Flip Saunders ranks 16,495 out of 20,380. Before him are Dominick Cruz (1985), Travis Van Winkle (1982), Matt K. Miller (1960), Derrick Alston (1972), Barbara Perry (1921), and James Valentine (1978). After him are Leon Robinson (1962), Shawn Colvin (1956), Mike Brown (1970), Tracey Gold (1969), Otis (1991), and Lucille Clifton (1936).

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Among COACHES In United States

Among coaches born in United States, Flip Saunders ranks 11. Before him are John Madden (1936), Bill Belichick (1952), Bob Bradley (1958), Tom Thibodeau (1958), Bob Knight (1940), and Steve Sampson (1957). After him are Fabian Hürzeler (1993), Billy Donovan (1965), Quin Snyder (1966), Roy Lassiter (1969), Shannon MacMillan (1974), and Fred Hoiberg (1972).

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