Iowa Wolves Announce Opening Night Roster, Staff Promotions and Additions

The Iowa Wolves announced today the team’s 2026-27 Opening Night roster. The Wolves will tip off their 2026-27 NBA G League schedule, which features 24 home games at Casey’s Center, by hosting the Wisconsin Herd for an opening weekend set of games on Friday, Nov. 6 and Sunday Nov. 8. Tip off for Friday’s game is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. CT and Sunday’s game is slated for a 3:00 p.m. tip. Wolves fans can purchase tickets here.

The Wolves roster stands at 12 players, highlighted by two Minnesota Timberwolves two-way players, Zyon Pullin and Rocco Zikarsky and the Wolves 2026 NBA G League first round draft pick, Jordan Johnson. The Wolves full 2026-27 Opening Night roster is listed below.

Additionally, the Wolves named Alonzo Gee Assistant General Manager and Jon Mesmacque(Mez-MACK) Associate Head Coach and Beau Coberley, Donnell Dobbins, Luke Gdowski(Guh-DOW-ski), Logan Power and Ben Sheridan were named Assistant Coaches. Abiola Sasore was named Head Athletic Trainer, Payton Cox was named Strength Coach and Toby Berggren was named Team Manager.

Gee begins his first season as the Wolves Assistant General Manager. Gee originally joined the Minnesota Timberwolves in 2022 as a Basketball Operations Assistant and has spent the past four seasons with the organization assisting in various basketball operations roles. The Riviera Beach, Fla. native originally joined the organization after completing a 13-year professional playing career that included stop with the Washington Wizards, Cleveland Cavaliers, San Antonio Spurs, Denver Nuggets, Portland Trail Blazers and New Orleans Pelicans.

Mesmacque joins the Wolves as the Associate Head Coach after spending the past five seasons with the Timberwolves, starting as an Assistant Equipment Manager before being promoted to Video Coordinator and Player Development Coach. Originally from France, he played five seasons at Missouri Western State University.

Coberley enters his fourth season with Iowa, starting as Equipment Manager before being promoted to Basketball Operations Associate and now begins his first full season as Assistant Coach. Prior to joining the Wolves, he played football at Iowa State University, earning his master’s degree in journalism and mass communications.

Dobbins joins the Wolves for his first season as Assistant Coach. Prior to Iowa, Dobbins was the Co-Founder and President of Team Thrill Youth Sports Organization, a Baltimore based basketball program that focuses on personal and professional player development for aspiring male and female student athletes.

Gdowski enters his second year with the team and first full season as Assistant Coach. Prior to his coaching career, he played four seasons at Christian Brothers University and one season at Midland University.

Power joins the Wolves in his first season as Assistant Coach, after playing basketball at University of South Dakota for five seasons. Following his collegiate playing career, he began coaching with stops at Angelo State University, the Indiana Pacers, Chicago Bulls and Santa Cruz Warriors.

Sheridan enters his third season with the team and first full season as Assistant Coach after previously serving as Video Coordinator and Basketball Operations Associate. Prior to his time in Iowa, he spent four seasons with the University of Iowa Men’s Basketball program as Graduate Head Manager, earning a master’s degree in Sports and Recreation Management. 

Sasore enters his third season with the Wolves and his first as Head Athletic Trainer after serving as the Assistant Athletic Trainer. After earning his master’s degree in athletic training from the University of Central Florida, he had stops with the San Francisco 49ers and St. Thomas Men’s Basketball program. 

Cox joins Iowa for his first season with the organization as the team’s Head Strength Coach. He played college basketball at Olivet Nazarene University and previously worked in similar roles at Purdue University and Ball State University.

Berggren enters his first season with the team, serving as Team Manager. The Bondurant, Iowa native, attended Grand View University and has previous experience coaching local middle school basketball teams.

2026-27 Iowa Wolves Opening Night Roster

* Timberwolves Two-Way Player

Head Coach: Mahmoud Abdelfattah

Associate Head Coach: Jon Mesmacque

Assistant Coaches: Beau Coberley, Donnell Dobbins, Luke Gdowski, Logan Power, Ben Sheridan

Head Athletic Trainer: Abiola Sasore

Strength Coach: Payton Cox

General Manager: Josh Gershon

Assistant General Manager: Alonzo Gee

Vice President of Basketball Operations: Randi Burrell

Team Manager: Toby Berggren