They play in the Northwest Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
Musselman, along with Kurt Rambis and Rick Adelman, are the only Timberwolves head coaches to have not been involved in a mid-season replacement.
In the 2003–04 season, Flip Saunders became the first and to date only Timberwolves head coach to have led the team to a division championship.
Saunders, along with current head coach Chris Finch, are the only two to have led the team to the Western Conference Finals.
Saunders, Adelman, Tom Thibodeau, and Finch are the only four who have been head coach of the Timberwolves for more than two complete seasons.