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CHIP ENGELLAND
ASSISTANT COACH
In his third season as a Spurs assistant coach … a sought after speaker, clinician and
advisor on shooting technique for numerous NBA players including Steve Kerr, Grant
Hill and Larry Hughes … served as a shooting consultant with the Pistons during the
1999–2000 season … was director of player development for the Nuggets for two
seasons before joining the Spurs … served as a ball boy for John Wooden’s 1975
NCAA Championship UCLA team … in 1979 led Los Angeles in scoring while at
Pacific Palisades High School … lettered four seasons at Duke University … team
captain for Mike Krzyzewski’s 1982–83 Blue Devil squad … spent nine years playing
professionally in the Philippines, Canada and the CBA … in 1995 founded In-Net Corporation to establish his
“Chip Shots” basketball camps to help players of all ages improve their shooting… he and wife, Jessica, have
a son, Press.
CHAD FORCIER
ASSISTANT COACH
Joined the Spurs in the summer of 2007 … a 1995 graduate of Seattle Pacific
University … started his coaching career while in college, joining the Seattle
SuperSonics as an intern in 1992 … spent five seasons with the Sonics, working
for head coach George Karl … from 1994–97 served as varsity assistant coach
and JV head coach at Lake Washington High School in Kirkland, Washington …
in 1997 was named an assistant coach at Oregon State University … spent three
seasons at OSU before moving to the University of Portland where he served as
an assistant during the 2000–01 season … in the summer of 2001 was named an
assistant coach with the Detroit Pistons, working for Head Coach Rick Carlisle … after two seasons with the
Pistons joined the Indiana Pacers in the summer of 2003 … spent four seasons as an assistant coach with
the Pacers … his brother, Todd, is the strength and conditioning coach for the University of Kentucky men’s
basketball team and his sister, Jade Hayes, is the girl’s basketball coach at Bellevue Christian High School in
Bellevue, Washington.
MIKE WELLS
ASSISTANT COACH/ADVANCE SCOUT
Joined the Spurs in the summer of 2005 … spent 10 seasons in Houston in a variety
of positions (spending nine years with Rudy Tomjanovich and one with Jeff Van
Gundy) … first joined the Rockets in 1995 as the team’s assistant video coordinator
… was promoted to video coordinator in 1996 … prior to the 1998–99 season
was named video coordinator/assistant coach … in the summer of 1999 became
a full-time assistant … prior to joining the Spurs, spent the 2004–05 season as
an assistant coach with the Lakers (reuniting with Tomjanovich) … served as an
advance scout for Team USA from 1998–2003 … played two seasons of basketball
at Mount Vernon Nazarene … following his graduation in 1993 served as an assistant coach for the Cougars for
two seasons while he obtained his master’s in sports science from the United States Sports Academy … he and
wife, Jacqueline, were married in August of 2006 … in September of 2007 they had their first son, Trenton.
JAMES BORREGO
HEAD VIDEO COORDINATOR
In his sixth season with the Spurs … joined the team in the summer of 2003 as an
assistant video coordinator … was named the Spurs head video coordinator in the
summer of 2004 … has served as an assistant coach for the Spurs summer league
teams each of the last five years … born and raised in Albuquerque … as a high
school basketball player led Albuquerque Academy to a pair of state championships
… played three seasons at University of San Diego … as a senior, during the
2000–01 season, earned a spot on the West Coast Conference All-Academic Team
… earned a bachelor’s degree in English and a master’s in leadership studies at San
Diego … served as an assistant coach at San Diego, for Brad Holland, for two seasons (2001–03) … during the
2002–03 campaign USD won the WCC Championship and appeared in the 2003 NCAA Tournament … he and
his wife, Megan, have a daughter, Grace and a son, Zachary.
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