# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/flip-saunders
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:34:42.398Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/flip-saunders"
name: "Flip Saunders"
slug: "flip-saunders"
description: "Philip Daniel \"Flip\" Saunders was an American basketball player and coach. During his career, he coached the La Crosse Catbirds, Minnesota Timberwolves, Detroit Pistons, and Washington Wizards."
tagline: "American basketball player, coach, executive (1955-2015)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Flip_Saunders.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Basketball Players"
  slug: "basketball-players"
profileType:
  name: "Basketball Player"
  slug: "basketball-player"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3665646"
birthDate: "1955-02-23"
deathDate: "2015-10-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Flip Saunders"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Flip Saunders"
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    title: "Flip Saunders"
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    title: "Flip Saunders"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump