Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN is reporting that the New York Knicks and Tom Thibodeau are finalizng a five-year contract that would make him the team's new head coach.

Thibodeau would be the team's fourth coach in as many seasons. He'd replace Mike Miller, who was named interim head coach after David Fizdale was fired in December.

In 1996, Thibodeau came to the Knicks as an assistant on Jeff Van Gundy's staff.

In 2010, he got his first head coaching job with the Chicago Bulls. He was named Coach of the Year in 2011, after tying the record for most wins by a rookie head coach with 62.

Escalating tensions between Thibodeau and Chicago's front office lead to his firing in 2015. A year later, he was linked to the then-open Knicks job, but instead accepted the position of head coach and president of basketball operations of the Minnesota Timberwolves. Minnesota fired Thibodeau in January.

Thibodeau would come to New York with a reputation as a defensive-minded coach, which largely stems from his work with the 2008 NBA Champion Boston Celtics. However, the Timberwolves were consistently ranked near the bottom of the league in multiple defensive metrics over the course of his tenure.

The Knicks were 21-45 this year before the coronavirus forced the NBA to pause their season in March.

Over the last four seasons the team is 98-187.