Dennis Lindsey is entering his first season as executive vice president of basketball operations for the Utah Jazz, after serving seven seasons as the team’s general manager. In his new role he will oversee all of Jazz basketball operations. During his tenure as general manager, Lindsey added support staff to the team’s basketball operations department, implemented enhanced performance and analytics tracking systems, oversaw a remodel of Zions Bank Basketball Campus and led six drafts as the primary day-to-day contact for Jazz basketball operations while assembling a team that reached the Western Conference Semifinals in 2017. Lindsey also helped return NBA summer league basketball to Salt Lake City for the first time since 2008 by organizing and overseeing the Utah Jazz. Summer League, a four-team, six-game event which has drawn more than 120,000 fans over the past six summers.
Lindsey came to Salt Lake City after spending five seasons with San Antonio as the Spurs’ vice president and assistant general manager. During his tenure with San Antonio he was responsible for directing all of the team’s player personnel matters, leading all draft-related efforts, managing the Spurs’ professional, college and international scouting aspects and overseeing the team’s analytical department, as well as handling the day-to-day management of basketball operations including salary cap management and interfacing with the NBA, coaches, and player agents. Over his five seasons with San Antonio, the Spurs compiled a 271-123 (.688) regular season record, third-best in the NBA during that span. The Spurs won 50-plus games and advanced to the NBA Playoffs all five seasons, winning three Southwest Division titles, twice finishing with the best record in the Western Conference, and reaching two Western Conference Finals (2008, 2012).
Prior to joining the Spurs, Lindsey spent 11 seasons with the Houston Rockets,
serving as the team’s vice president of basketball operations and player personnel from 2002-2007. Lindsey originally joined the Rockets as video
coordinator and scout in 1996, later serving as director of basketball development and then director of player personnel. Before joining the Rockets, Lindsey worked as an assistant coach at Fort Worth Southwest High School and Pensacola (FL) Junior College.
A native of Freeport, Texas, Lindsey earned his bachelor’s degree from Baylor University in 1992 and a graduate degree in sports management from the U.S. Sports Academy in 1994. Lindsey played guard on the Baylor basketball team for four seasons (1988-92), teaming with future NBA players David Wesley and Michael Williams to lead the Bears to the 1988 NCAA Tournament.
He and his wife, Becky, have four children, Jacob, Matthew, Meredith and Jessica Claire.
