Nate Bjorkgren is the head coach of the Indiana Pacers of the National Basketball Association. He was previously an assistant coach for the Phoenix Suns from 2015 to 2017 and the Toronto Raptors from 2018 to 2020. He played college basketball for the University of South Dakota and Buena Vista University. He also coached the Iowa Energy in the D-League and the Santa Cruz Warriors in the NBA G-League.
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Nate Bjorkgren is the head coach of the Indiana Pacers of the National Basketball Association. He was previously an assistant coach for the Phoenix Suns from 2015 to 2017 and the Toronto Raptors from 2018 to 2020. He played college basketball for the University of South Dakota and Buena Vista University. He also coached the Iowa Energy in the D-League and the Santa Cruz Warriors in the NBA G-League. He is also the player development coordinator for the Suns’ Summer League team in the 2015 Summer League. He has also coached at Cactus Shadows High School in Cave Creek, Arizona and Linn-Mar High School, in Marion, Iowa in the past. He currently lives in Iowa with his wife and two children. He previously played for the Storm Lake High School Tornadoes basketball team in Storm Lake, Iowa as a senior in 1993 before going on to play for South Dakota in 1994.
He then went on to coach the Sioux Central High School team in Sioux Rapids, Iowa from 1994 to 1996. He later moved to Arizona to coach high school basketball in the 2004 to 2006 seasons. In 2007, he was called up to be the assistant coach of Iowa Energy. In his last season as assistant coach, the team won their first ever D- League championship with his assistance at hand. That led to the Dakota Wizards to call upon Bjorksgren’s service as the team’s new head coach. In 2009, he returned to Iowa Energy as their head coach and improved their record from 14–36 to 31–19. In 2010, he coached the Warriors to an improved 29–21 record after having a 19–31 record the previous season.
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