Dave Joerger

Quick Facts

Full Name	Dave Joerger
Occupation	American Basketball Coach
Date Of Birth	Feb 21, 1974(1974-02-21)
Age	50
Birthplace	Staples
Country	United States
Birth City	Minnesota
Horoscope	Aquarius

Dave Joerger Biography

Dave Joerger is one of the most popular and richest American basketball coach who was born on February 21, 1974 in Staples, Minnesota, United States. David Joerger (/’ J eI G @r [YAY-gerDavid Joerger (/’ J eI g@r/ [YAY) (born on 21st February 1974) is an American professional basketball coach. He was most recently the director of basketball for the Sacramento Kings of the National Basketball Association (NBA) for three years. He was chief coach for the Dakota Wizards from 2000-2004 and 2006-2007 with the International Basketball Association, Continental Basketball Association as well as the NBA Development League, winning championships in 2001, 2002, 2004 and 2007. He also played for his team the Sioux Falls Skyforce from 2004-2006 and won a championship in 2005. He was also the head coach of the Memphis Grizzlies as the head coach for the Memphis Grizzlies of the NBA from 2013 until 2016.

Five minor league titles in his resume The National Basketball Association finally took note and Joerger was appointed to the Memphis Grizzlies as an assistant coach during the 2007-08 season, under director Marc Iavaroni. In 2011 under the guidance of Lionel Hollins, Joerger was appointed as the lead assistant and became the team’s defensive specialist. The Grizzlies have seen their defense improve by moving from 24th in the overall rankings of 2010, to 9th in 2011 and 7th in 2012 and 2nd in 2013.

Following another championship season and a stint with the USBL’s Cedar Rapids River Raiders, Joerger left the Wizards for an opportunity to coach the Sioux Falls Skyforce. With the Skyforce, a franchise that had missed the play-offs the past few seasons, Joerger had immediate success, guiding them to a 31–17 record and faced off against his former assistant, Casey Owens, and the Dakota Wizards in the conference finals. In 5 games, the Skyforce came out on top and went on to defeat the Rockford Lightning 3–1 for the 2004–05 CBA championship. In the 2005–06 season, despite going 2–0 in a round-robin playoff format based on quarter point percentage, Joerger missed out on just his second championship as a head coach after a 30–18 regular season.

Joerger continued to have success with the Wizards in the CBA, reaching the conference finals with a league-leading 31–17 regular season record in 2002–03 before losing to the Yakima Sun Kings 3–1. Throughout the 2003–04 season, Joerger lost six players to NBA call-ups, which included Sean Lampley, Oliver Miller, Kaniel Dickens, Maurice Carter, Eddie Gill, and Rodney Buford. Despite losing talent, Joerger still managed to coach his team to a league-best 34–14 regular season record, and was again named the CBA Coach of the Year. With Dickens and Carter back from the NBA, the Wizards defeated the Rockford Lightning 3–1 in the semi-finals and won their second CBA championship with a 132–129 victory over the Idaho Stampede.

In April of 2006 the Skyforce and the Wizards and The Idaho Stampede made the jump from the CBA to the NBA Development League. At the end of May, Joerger quit the Skyforce and was re-admitted with the Wizards as head coach for the Wizards once more. It was as expected that Joerger enjoyed immediate success in the D-League and led the Wizards to an all-time league record of 33-17. After a first-round bye Joerger’s team swept the Skyforce with a score of 115-113 during a one-and-done semi-final before going on to beat the Colorado 14ers with 129-121, in a classic final game that was played in overtime.

Dave Joerger Net Worth

Dave Joerger is one of the richest American Basketball Coach from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Dave Joerger 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

After a successful playing career in Concordia College and Moorhead State (now called Minnesota State University Moorhead), Joerger joined the Dakota Wizards of the International Basketball Association as the general manager of the team. He was promoted to head coach after 1997. He then became director of the team for 2001-2002 IBA season. Joerger experienced immediate success as head coach taking his team to an overall record of 30-10. After losing 2-0 to the IBA Finals best-of-5 series, the Wizards were able to win the series and beat Des Moines Dragons 3-2. Des Moines Dragons 3-2, winning their first title.

Joerger was a part of his Wizards for the duration of IBA, IBL, and CBA teams were merged to create an entirely new Continental Basketball Association after the league declared bankruptcy under control by Isiah Thomas. As an IBA team and a former IBA team, the Wizards were deemed “lower-tier” in the 2001-02 season and were assigned the opportunity to play a smaller schedule alongside two other ex- IBA teams and an expanded team that would form the National Conference. With Joerger as their coach the Wizards ended the season with an overall record of 26-14. To celebrate his accomplishments, Joerger was named the CBA Coach of the year. After taking down his team Fargo-Moorhead Beez 3-0 in the finals of the conference tournament, Joerger won his first CBA championship when his team beat his team the Rockford Lightning 116-109 in a winning-take-all championship game.

On June 10, 2013, the Grizzlies organization announced that Lionel Hollins would not be returning as the team’s head coach, despite reaching the conference finals for the first time in franchise history. On June 27, 2013, Joerger was hired as the Grizzlies’ head coach for the 2013–14 season.

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Dave Ranked on the list of most popular American basketball coach. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Dave Joerger celebrates birthday on February 21 of every year.