Jerry Sichting

On January 18, 2019, the Timberwolves hired Sichting as their assistant coach.

After waiting for close to nine months since being fired from the Suns midway through the 2015–16 season, Sichting would reunite with coach Jeff Hornacek on his new coaching staff with the New York Knicks, which includes former Knicks head coach Kurt Rambis, Corey Gaines (another assistant coach from the Suns he used to work with), Howard Eisley, and Joshua Longstaff.

Jerry Sichting, the 6 ft 1 in (185 cm), 175 lb (79 kg) guard from Martinsville, Indiana, attended Martinsville High School. In his junior year, he led the Artesians to a IHSAA Sectional title. He had an excellent senior season, leading his school to a 21–2 record and another IHSAA Sectional title; he averaged 21 points, while shooting 53 percent from the field and 83 percent at the line in three seasons. Chosen as a 1975 Indiana All-Star, the team toured Europe and Russia.

He also played football at the quarterback position, where he led his team to an undefeated 10–0 season in 1974 and earned 10 letters in basketball, football and baseball.

On February 14, 2012, Sichting volunteered to be the interim coach for the Martinsville High School varsity boys' basketball team. He volunteered after head coach Timothy Wolf retired.

On February 14, 2012 Sichting was hired by the Martinsville High School Artesians as head coach of the boys' varsity team, after their coach abruptly resigned. His record as the Artesians head coach was 4–1, they finished their season with a loss in the IHSAA Sectional.

In August 2012, Sichting became an assistant coach with the Washington Wizards.

On September 27, 2010, Sichting was hired by the Golden State Warriors as an assistant coach to Keith Smart.

Sichting is a member of the Beta Mu Chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity at Purdue University. Everyone in Sichting's family has a name starting with the letter J, including Jerry himself, his wife Joni, his three sons Jared, Jason and Jordan and his daughter Jenna. His son Jared was a walk-on on the Marquette University basketball team that reached the Final Four in 2003.

In 1995, Sichting became the Minnesota Timberwolves' director of scouting and development. During that year he also became an assistant on the Wolves' bench, a position he held until the 2004–05 season. He returned to Minnesota as an assistant once again under head coach and former Celtics teammate Kevin McHale for the 2008–09 and 2009–10 seasons.

Sichting played on the Portland Trail Blazers during the 1988–89 season and then was traded to the Charlotte Hornets for his last full season. He retired in 1990 after playing one game with the Milwaukee Bucks.

After five seasons with the Pacers, Sichting was traded to the Boston Celtics to start the 1985–86 season. Sichting and fellow Indiana native Larry Bird were the only two Celtics players that season to play in all 82 games. Jerry became a role player off the bench for the Celtics' 1986 NBA championship team. He is known for being involved in a fight with Houston Rockets center Ralph Sampson during Game 5 of the 1986 NBA Finals, resulting in Sampson's ejection.

Sichting was selected in the fourth round of the 1979 NBA draft by the Golden State Warriors, although he did not play a game for the Warriors; after being waived, he spent time as a member of the CBA's Maine Lumberjacks. He was signed for the 1980–81 NBA season by the Indiana Pacers, after completing their free-agent training camp; he spent five seasons with the Pacers. His best season in his career came in 1983–84, where he averaged 11.5 points, 2.1 rebounds, and 5.7 assists a game, while holding a .532 field goal percentage.

Jerry Lee Sichting (born November 29, 1956) is an American basketball coach and retired player of the National Basketball Association (NBA).