When the 2024 WNBA season concluded, Eric Thibault found out that his time with a franchise he spent the last 12 years of his career with — and won a championship with — was also coming to an end.
Thibault, along with his dad Mike as General Manager, parted ways with the Washington Mystics, a place Thibault spent the last two seasons as head coach and the previous 10 seasons as an assistant.
As a result, Thibault was looking for a new home to continue his coaching career. And when that phone rang with Cheryl Reeve on the other end, Thibault ended up jumping at the opportunity to become the Associate Head Coach of the Minnesota Lynx — a place that he is awfully familiar with despite not ever living in the state.