Education
Bloomington Jefferson High School.
Bloomington Jefferson High School.
Lynch played at Bloomington Jefferson High School, leading the Jaguars to two state championships in 1986 and 1987. He then became a part of the first recruiting class put together by then University of Minnesota coach Clem Haskins. During the 1988-1989 season, Lynch teamed with forward Willie Burton to lead the Gophers to the National Collegiate Athletic Association Tournament Sweet Sixteen (losing to Duke) and during the 1988-1990 season, to a 20-7 record, a national ranking as high as Number 17, and despite being up by twelve points at halftime, suffered a two-point loss in the Elite Eight to Georgia Technology
Lynch scored 1355 points in his four seasons with the Gophers, 11th all-time at the University.
During his senior season, Kevin averaged 18.1 points per game and was named to the All Big Ten team Following the season, Lynch was drafted by the Charlotte Hornets with the 1st pick in the 2nd round (28th overall) of the 1991 National Basketball Association Draft.
After two seasons with Charlotte, where he averaged 3.3 points and 12 minutes per game, Kevin continued his professional career overseas, playing two years in Spain and four in Germany, where he played for Music Television 1846 Giessen Flippers. After retiring from professional basketball in 2000, Lynch returned to Minnesota and completed his degree in History (with an emphasis in Modern European History) in 2001.
Lynch was then hired as a men"s basketball radio analyst for the Golden Gophers in 2001, taking the place of long-time Gopher radioman Ray Christiansen.
Later he was hired to call games for the National Basketball Association"s Minnesota Timberwolves.