After coaching basketball since the '70s, Flip Saunders has passed away today (Oct. 25) after his battle with Hodgkin’s lymphoma. He was 60 years old. The Timberwolves revealed the loss through a public release.
It is with extreme sadness to report that today Phil “Flip” Saunders has passed away at age 60. pic.twitter.com/l8tthTocAt
Saunders became the Timberwolves' president of basketball operations in 2013 and returned as head coach last year after previously coaching the team from 1995 through 2005. He's survived by his wife and four children.