Tim Grgurich

Tim Grgurich
Personal information
Born (1942-07-10) July 10, 1942
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Career information
High schoolCentral Catholic
(Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
CollegePittsburgh (1961–1964)
PositionAssistant coach
Coaching career1964–2022
Career history
As a coach:
1964–1975Pittsburgh (assistant)
1975–1980Pittsburgh
1981–1992UNLV (assistant)
1992–1994Seattle SuperSonics (assistant)
1994–1995UNLV
19921999Seattle SuperSonics (assistant)
19982002Portland Trail Blazers (assistant)
20022005Phoenix Suns (assistant)
20042006Portland Trail Blazers (assistant)
20052011Denver Nuggets (assistant)
20102017Dallas Mavericks (assistant)
20162019Milwaukee Bucks (assistant)
20182021Detroit Pistons (assistant)
Career highlights

Tim Grgurich (born June 10, 1942) is an American basketball coach. Grgurich served as the head coach at his alma mater, the University of Pittsburgh, for 5 seasons in the mid to late 1970s. He also served as the head coach at UNLV for the first seven games of the 1994–95 season before abruptly resigning. He arrived at UNLV in the mid-1980s, importing the amoeba defense developed when he was a Pitt assistant under Bob Timmons and Charles Ridl to Jerry Tarkanian's teams.