PHOENIX-- The Phoenix Mercury today named Nate Tibbetts the group's head trainer. A widely-respected professional train with almost twenty years of experience in the NBA and NBA G League, Tibbetts will certainly sign up with Mercury General Supervisor Nick U'Ren in bringing championship-level results back to the Mercury. " Nate is an exceptional basketball instructor and an even much better person," claimed U'Ren. "I am thrilled to work with him as we build an organization that our gamers, followers and community will certainly be happy of. His understanding of the video game, and dedication to creating a winning society on and off the floor will be invaluable as we lead the Mercury into our following championship age. " Named the 12th head coach in Mercury history, Tibbetts brings 18 years of specialist mentoring experience, including 12 years as an NBA assistant trainer with the Orlando Magic, Portland Trail Blazers and Cleveland Cavaliers, and six years in the G League with the Tulsa 66ers and Sioux Falls Skyforce. " I am exceptionally excited to invite Nate to our Phoenix Mercury household," stated Mat Ishbia, Phoenix Mercury and Phoenix Suns proprietor Mercury Store. "From bringing the WNBA All-Star video game to Phoenix metro, building a devoted method center for the Mercury, and currently to inducing Nate as our head trainer, whatever we do, on and off the flooring, centers around our fans, raising Phoenix metro as the center of basketball, and setting a new criterion for investment in females's sports. "