Mark Daigneault began as a student manager at UConn, soaking up basketball knowledge. Now he has coached the Thunder into the NBA Finals.

Daigneault, 40, seems to distinguish himself in every basketball setting he enters. Take, for instance, his time as a UConn student-manager in the mid-2000s. "Mark was just so confident," Patrick ...

Former UConn student manager Mark Daigneault is looking to become the sixth former Husky to have won an NBA championship.

From the Basketball Capital of the World to winning the NBA championship, Mark Daigneault has made his mark on the sport. Daigneault led the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 103-91 victory over the Indiana ...

What are Mark Daigneault's coaching accolades? Since joining the Thunder in 2020, Daigneault has won the NBA Coach of the Year award once, in 2023-24. He was named an NBA All-Star Game coach in 2025.

The UConn men's basketball team congratulated Mark Daigneault and the Thunder on a historic championship season on X. STORRS, Conn. (WTNH) — The Oklahoma City Thunder won the 2025 NBA Finals on ...

Daigneault — a Massachusetts native — was a student manager under Jim Calhoun at Connecticut, ... Oklahoma City Thunder head coach Mark Daigneault gestures during the second half of Game 4 ...

Oklahoma City’s Mark Daigneault has the best record of any NBA coach this season. And he has the second-best record of any coach in his house.

HARTFORD, Conn. — Mark Daigneault didn’t come to UConn to play basketball, and he didn’t join the basketball program just to hang out. That was readily apparent to those around him soon ...