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The Chicago Bulls announced today that Shawn Respert has been named the team’s Director of Player Development and Arnold Lee has been promoted to the team as Assistant Athletic Trainer.  On the coaching side, Windy City Bulls Head Coach Nate Loenser has returned to the Bulls to join Head Coach Fred Hoiberg’s coaching staff, while Assistant Coach Charlie Henry heads to Hoffman Estates as the Head Coach of Chicago’s G League affiliate.

Respert, an NBA veteran of four seasons, comes to the Bulls having served in multiple developmental roles as an assistant coach in the NBA.  Most recently, he was a regional scout and assistant coach with the Memphis Grizzlies.  While with the Grizzlies, he was a member of David Joerger’s staff for three seasons (2013-16).  Prior to that, Respert spent three seasons in Minnesota as an assistant coach with an emphasis on player development.  He also spent four seasons with the Houston Rockets as an assistant coach (2008-11).  Before entering the coaching ranks, he spent two seasons as director of basketball operations for the NBA D-League (2006-08).  The Detroit native worked in a similar capacity at Rice University where he was the Owls' director of basketball operations for two seasons (2004-06). A former college Player of the Year at Michigan State (1990-95), the Portland Trail Blazers selected him with the eighth pick in the 1995 NBA Draft.  Following a draft-night trade to the Milwaukee Bucks, he played for the Bucks (1995-97), the Toronto Raptors (1997-98), Dallas Mavericks (1998) and Phoenix Suns (1999).  After his career in the NBA, he went on to play four more seasons in the European Basketball League.

“Shawn is a great addition to our staff.  His knowledge of the game and track record in player development are a great fit for our team,” said Chicago Bulls Head Coach Fred Hoiberg.  "He is respected in the NBA and I know he is excited to begin working with our players."

"I am excited to join an organization that has such a storied tradition like the Bulls.  I am also thankful to have the chance to work with Fred Hoiberg and the rest of his staff,” said Respert.  “Knowing the organization’s commitment to player development, I am here to support the players and coaches, as well as management, in our pursuit of developing and improving our team.”

Loenser reunites with the Bulls after serving as the head coach of the Chicago’s G League affiliate in its inaugural season last year.  While with the Windy City Bulls, he guided the team to a record of 23-27 (.460), while playing a role in helping develop Chicago’s young players such as Denzel Valentine, Bobby Portis, Cristiano Fel?cio,

Jerian Grant and Paul Zipser.  In 2015-16, Loenser served as Chicago's Video Coordinator.  During that time, he developed Bulls players and worked with Hoiberg and his staff to organize and present all scouting breakdowns for opponents, and edits of practice and game video.  He also updated and maintained the Bulls’ offensive and defensive playbooks.

Lee has been promoted to the Bulls after spending last season as the head athletic trainer for the Windy City Bulls.  In 2016, he served as a preseason intern with the Chicago Bears.  Prior to that, he worked three years as the head athletic trainer at Kennedy King College in Chicago (2013-16).  Lee graduated from the University of Illinois at Chicago with a B.S. in Kinesiology and he holds a Masters in Athletic Training from California Baptist University.

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Bulls announce basketball operations additions and promotions

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The Chicago Bulls announced today that Randy Brown and Charlie Henry have been hired as assistant coaches, while Mike Wilhelm will be retained as an assistant coach on Fred Hoiberg’s coaching staff.  In accordance with club policy, terms of the contracts were not announced.

Brown, 47, has spent the last six seasons with the Bulls as assistant general manager (2013-15), special assistant to the general manager (2010-13) and director of player development (2009-10).  Prior to his return to Chicago, Brown spent two seasons as an assistant coach for the Sacramento Kings.  Originally drafted by the Kings in the second round (31st overall) of the 1991 NBA Draft, Brown played 12 seasons and was a member of three NBA Championship teams with the Bulls (1996, 1997, 1998), including the 1996 team that won an NBA-record 72 games during the regular season.         

Henry, 29, spent the last three seasons at Iowa State University as an assistant coach (2014-15), director of player development (2013-14) and graduate assistant (2012-13).  A native of Canton, Mich., he spent the 2011-12 campaign with the Indiana Pacers as a video intern and the 2010-11 season as a graduate manager at the University of Utah.  Henry graduated from Madonna University in Livonia, Mich., where he was a four-year member of the basketball team.       

Wilhelm, 49, returns for his 14th season with the Bulls as an assistant coach.  Prior to joining the Bulls, Wilhelm spent the 2001-02 season as a regional advance scout for the Denver Nuggets.  He entered the NBA with the Cleveland Cavaliers during the 1993-94 season as the team’s video coordinator, and in 1999 he became the team’s advance scout.  

Brown, Henry and Wilhelm join associate head coach Jim Boylen and assistant coach Pete Myers to round out Fred Hoiberg’s coaching staff.  

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