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'''Vin Bhavnani''' is a Indian-American professional [[basketball]] coach who is the assistant coach of the [[Toronto Raptors]] of the [[NBA]]. He is also the only male assistant coach of Indian origin in the NBA. He also runs RISE Skill Development, a basketball academy in Oklahoma City.
'''Vin Bhavnani''' is an Indian-American professional [[basketball]] coach who is the assistant coach of the [[Toronto Raptors]] of the [[NBA]]. He is also the only male assistant coach of Indian origin in the NBA. He also runs RISE Skill Development, a basketball academy in Oklahoma City.


== Coaching career ==
== Coaching career ==

Revision as of 16:02, 6 July 2023

Vin Bhavnani
Toronto Raptors
PositionAssistant coach
LeagueNBA
Personal information
BornLos Angeles, California, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Career information
CollegeUniversity of Southern California
Career history
As coach:
20062008San Antonio Spurs (assistant)
20082019Oklahoma City Thunder (assistant)
2023–presentToronto Raptors (assistant)

}} Vin Bhavnani is an Indian-American professional basketball coach who is the assistant coach of the Toronto Raptors of the NBA. He is also the only male assistant coach of Indian origin in the NBA. He also runs RISE Skill Development, a basketball academy in Oklahoma City.

Coaching career

Bhavnani born and raised in Los Angeles he majored in biomedical engineering from the University of Southern California Bhavnani spent one season as an assistant coach for the women’s basketball team at Santa Monica Junior College. An acquaintance from University of Southern California got him in touch with a scout working with the Denver Nuggets, helped Bhavnani get an internship with the Los Angeles Clippers in 2004 he was an unpaid intern in the video department for 3 years. James Borrego, who back then worked with Bhavnani at the Clippers, offered him a job with the San Antonio Spurs in 2006 where he was hired as the assistant video coordinator with the Spurs. He was then hired by the Oklahoma City Thunder 2008 as head video coordinator he then became manager of advance scouting/player development for five seasons, then was hired to be an assistant coach with the Thunder. In 2023 he was hired as an assistant coach as a part of new head coach Darko Rajaković with the Toronto Raptors.[1][2][3]