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Wes Unseld Jr. is an American basketball assistant coach with the Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball Association (NBA).

Early life and education
Unseld grew up in Catonsville, Maryland. At a young age he developed a close attachment to basketball; his father is Hall of Fame member Wes Unseld Sr. From the age of five he was in locker rooms with his father before games, and after drove home with him. As an adult he remembers "a great family atmosphere in the locker room." He played high school basketball at Loyola High School, Towson, Maryland. He was center at 6 ft 3 in, but his skill set as a center did not carry over to the backcourt; he played college basketball for three years at Division III Johns Hopkins University, graduating in 1997.

Washington Wizards
He went directly from college to the to the NBA, starting as a personnel scout for the Washington Wizards, working for his father who was general manager. He had planned to go to graduate school after graduation, but decided to give basketball one year, to see if he would enjoy it. In his ninth year, after eight years of personnel and advance scouting, he was promoted to assistant coach. Unseld has been given credit for creating Washington's offensive game plan, which led to three consecutive (2004-2007) top-ten offensive seasons. He also worked as a scout and assistant coach for the Washington Mystics of the WNBA.

Golden State Warriors
In 2011, after 14 years, he left the Wizards after being denied a position as a front row bench coach (one of three per team). He was with Golden State for one year.

Orlando Magic
After one season with the Warriors, he went to the Orlando Magic as an assistant coach in 2012. After a 15-37 start to the 2014-2015 season Unseld was fired, along with coach Jacque Vaughn, in February, 2015.

Denver Nuggets
When his lifelong friend, Tim Connelly, became general manager of the Denver Nuggets in 2015, he offered Unseld a job as an assistant coach. In 2016 he was made lead assistant coach. His special assignment has been to manage a defense that had been poor; the Nuggets went from 28th in defense in 2017-2018 to 10th in the 2018-2019 season. In 2019 he interviewed for the vacant Cleveland Cavalier head coaching job, but didn't get it.

Personal
As a player he was described as "someone who thinks team first," with a good understanding of the game. As a coach he has "an unbelievable work ethic...a grinder". He has a reputation for developing young talent.