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style="background-color:#C41230;color:#FFFFFF;box-shadow: inset 2.5px 2.5px 0 #13284C, inset -2.5px -2.5px 0 #13284C;">Fresno State Bulldogs</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;">Position</th><td class="infobox-data role"><a href="/wiki/Associate_head_coach" class="mw-redirect" title="Associate head coach">Associate head coach</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;">League</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mountain_West_Conference" title="Mountain West Conference">Mountain West</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C41230;color:#FFFFFF;box-shadow: inset 2.5px 2.5px 0 #13284C, inset -2.5px -2.5px 0 #13284C;">Personal information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1963-02-17</span>) </span>February 17, 1963<span class="noprint 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href="/wiki/UNLV_Runnin%27_Rebels_basketball" title="UNLV Runnin' Rebels basketball">UNLV</a> (1985–1986)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/NBA_draft" title="NBA draft">NBA draft</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/1986_NBA_draft" title="1986 NBA draft">1986</a>: <a href="/wiki/Undrafted" class="mw-redirect" title="Undrafted">undrafted</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;">Position</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Guard_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Guard (basketball)">Guard</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;">Coaching career</th><td class="infobox-data">1986–present</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C41230;color:#FFFFFF;box-shadow: inset 2.5px 2.5px 0 #13284C, inset -2.5px -2.5px 0 #13284C;">Career history<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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href="/wiki/2019%E2%80%9320_NBA_season" title="2019–20 NBA season">2020</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.2em;text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Clippers" title="Los Angeles Clippers">Los Angeles Clippers</a> (assistant)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal;text-align: left;">2022</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.2em;text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Ostioneros_de_Guaymas_(basketball)" title="Ostioneros de Guaymas (basketball)">Ostioneros de Guaymas</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal;text-align: left;">2023–2024</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.2em;text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Kentucky_Wildcats_men%27s_basketball" title="Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball">Kentucky</a> (assistant)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal;text-align: left;">2024–present</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.2em;text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Fresno_State_Bulldogs_men%27s_basketball" title="Fresno State Bulldogs men's basketball">Fresno State</a> (associate HC)</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C41230;color:#FFFFFF;box-shadow: inset 2.5px 2.5px 0 #13284C, inset -2.5px -2.5px 0 #13284C;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546">Career highlights and awards</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align: left;"><b>As player:</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_NBL_Most_Outstanding_Guard_Award" title="New Zealand NBL Most Outstanding Guard Award">New Zealand League Most Outstanding Guard</a> (<a href="/wiki/1988_New_Zealand_NBL_season" title="1988 New Zealand NBL season">1988</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_NBL_All-Star_Five" title="New Zealand NBL All-Star Five">New Zealand League All-Star Five</a> (1988)</li></ul> <p><b>As assistant coach:</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mountain_West_Conference" title="Mountain West Conference">Mountain West Conference Tournament</a> champion (2000)</li></ul> </td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>John Welch</b> (born February 17, 1963) is an American professional <a href="/wiki/Basketball" title="Basketball">basketball</a> coach and former player who is the <a href="/wiki/Assistant_coach" class="mw-redirect" title="Assistant coach">associate head coach</a> at <a href="/wiki/Fresno_State_Bulldogs_men%27s_basketball" title="Fresno State Bulldogs men's basketball">Fresno State</a>. He previously served as assistant coach for the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Clippers" title="Los Angeles Clippers">Los Angeles Clippers</a> of the <a href="/wiki/National_Basketball_Association" title="National Basketball Association">National Basketball Association</a> (NBA). He played professionally in <a href="/wiki/National_Basketball_League_(New_Zealand)" title="National Basketball League (New Zealand)">New Zealand</a> where in <a href="/wiki/1988_New_Zealand_NBL_season" title="1988 New Zealand NBL season">1988</a>, he earned <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_NBL_Most_Outstanding_Guard_Award" title="New Zealand NBL Most Outstanding Guard Award">Most Outstanding Guard</a> and <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_NBL_All-Star_Five" title="New Zealand NBL All-Star Five">All-Star Five</a> honors playing for <a href="/wiki/Waitemata_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Waitemata (basketball)">Waitemata</a>. Throughout his coaching career, he has worked with or worked under various notable basketball people, including <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Tarkanian" title="Jerry Tarkanian">Jerry Tarkanian</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jerry_West" title="Jerry West">Jerry West</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hubie_Brown" title="Hubie Brown">Hubie Brown</a>, <a href="/wiki/George_Karl" title="George Karl">George Karl</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tim_Grgurich" title="Tim Grgurich">Tim Grgurich</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Welch_(basketball)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Born in <a href="/wiki/Portland,_Maine" title="Portland, Maine">Portland, Maine</a>, Welch attended <a href="/wiki/Rancho_High_School" title="Rancho High School">Rancho High School</a> in <a href="/wiki/North_Las_Vegas,_Nevada" title="North Las Vegas, Nevada">North Las Vegas, Nevada</a> and was an All-State selection. He later played college basketball for <a href="/wiki/Nevada_Wolf_Pack_men%27s_basketball" title="Nevada Wolf Pack men's basketball">Nevada</a> and <a href="/wiki/UNLV_Runnin%27_Rebels_basketball" title="UNLV Runnin' Rebels basketball">UNLV</a> before starting a successful coaching career. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Coaching_career">Coaching career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Welch_(basketball)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Coaching career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Fresno_State">Fresno State</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Welch_(basketball)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Fresno State"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>At <a href="/wiki/Fresno_State_Bulldogs_men%27s_basketball" title="Fresno State Bulldogs men's basketball">Fresno State</a>, Welch worked under head coach <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Tarkanian" title="Jerry Tarkanian">Jerry Tarkanian</a>, a 2013 <a href="/wiki/Naismith_Memorial_Basketball_Hall_of_Fame" title="Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame">Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame</a> coach inductee. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Denver_Nuggets">Denver Nuggets</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Welch_(basketball)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Denver Nuggets"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Welch worked under <a href="/wiki/George_Karl" title="George Karl">George Karl</a> during his tenure with the <a href="/wiki/Denver_Nuggets" title="Denver Nuggets">Denver Nuggets</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Karl expressed his appreciation towards Welch, saying, "he's got great passion ... [and] tries something every day that we can get better at."<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Brooklyn_Nets">Brooklyn Nets</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Welch_(basketball)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Brooklyn Nets"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Welch began his tenure with the Nets in 2013, the first season <a href="/wiki/Jason_Kidd" title="Jason Kidd">Jason Kidd</a> was head coach.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sacramento_Kings">Sacramento Kings</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Welch_(basketball)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Sacramento Kings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On July 31, 2015, Welch was hired by the <a href="/wiki/Sacramento_Kings" title="Sacramento Kings">Sacramento Kings</a> to be an assistant coach.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Los_Angeles_Clippers">Los Angeles Clippers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Welch_(basketball)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Los Angeles Clippers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On September 23, 2016, Welch was hired as an assistant coach by the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Clippers" title="Los Angeles Clippers">Los Angeles Clippers</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and served in the position until November 16, 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ostioneros_de_Guaymas">Ostioneros de Guaymas</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Welch_(basketball)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Ostioneros de Guaymas"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On February 22, 2022, Welch was hired as the head coach of the <a href="/wiki/Ostioneros_de_Guaymas_(basketball)" title="Ostioneros de Guaymas (basketball)">Ostioneros de Guaymas</a>, a Mexican team in the <a href="/wiki/Circuito_de_Baloncesto_de_la_Costa_del_Pac%C3%ADfico" title="Circuito de Baloncesto de la Costa del Pacífico">Circuito de Baloncesto de la Costa del Pacífico</a> (CIBACOPA).<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Kentucky">Kentucky</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Welch_(basketball)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Kentucky"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On May 22, 2023, Welch was hired as an assistant coach by the <a href="/wiki/Kentucky_Wildcats_men%27s_basketball" title="Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball">Kentucky Wildcats</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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