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Minnesota Timberwolves Director of Scouting
will be in Red Lake Schools Thursday and Friday
Rob Babcock, who has 20 years of NBA management experience, returned to the
Timberwolves in 2006 after spending two seasons as the general manager of the
Toronto Raptors. He spent 12 years with the T-Wolves during his first stint with the
team, the final two seasons as vice president of player personnel. He served as
the teams director of player personnel from 1994-2002, and two seasons 1992-94
as a scout. He joined the NBA in 1987 as the director of scouting for the Denver
Nuggets, where he spent five seasons before joining the Wolves.

A native of Phoenix, Babcock attended Grand Canyon College in Phoenix and
helped lead his team to a second-place finish in the 1974 NAIA final national
rankings. Babcock began his coaching carreer in Mexico City at The American
School Foundation. He later returned to Phoenix where he coached Greenway and
Maryvale high schools. In 1982, he earned Southwest Valley Coach of hte Year
honors.

Rob and his wife, Laura, have two sons, Nathan and Christopher.

He will be speaking to students at St. Mary's Mission School, Red Lake
Elementary, Red Lake Middle School and Red Lake High School on Thursday
afternoon, followed by a clinic from 3:30 - 5pm at the Red Lake Middle School
Gymnasium. On Friday morning he will be in Ponemah speaking to the students
there.

For more information, contact Chris Jourdain at 218-679-3329 ext#1839 (office),
218-368-6432 (cell) or chris.jourdain@yahoo.com