Brad Brownell

College coach infobox


Name = Brad Brownell
Sport = Basketball
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DateOfBirth = birth date and age|1968|11|15
Birthplace = flagicon|United States Evansville, Indiana
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College = Wright State
Title = Head coach
Awards = CAA Coach of the Year (2003, 2006)

Horizon League Coach of the Year (2008)
Championships = Horizon League Tournament Championship (2007)
Horizon League Regular Season Championship (2007)
CAA Tournament Championship (2003, 2006)
CAA Regular Season Championship (2003, 2006)
CurrentRecord = 23-10 (.697)
OverallRecord = 106-50 (.679)
Player =
Years =
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Coach = *
CoachYears = 1991–1992
1992–1994
1994–2002
2002–2006
2006–present
CoachTeams = Evansville (asst.)
Indianapolis (asst.)
UNC-Wilmington (asst.)
UNC-Wilmington
Wright State
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Brad Brownell (born November 15, 1968 in Evansville, Indiana) is the current head basketball coach at Wright State University. Prior to coming to Wright State, he held the same position at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington.

Brownell graduated from DePauw University in 1991, where he was a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity. He immediately went into coaching after graduating. He spent one season as an assistant to Jim Crews at the University of Evansville, then spent the next two seasons on the bench at the University of Indianapolis while earning his master's degree.

Upon completing his master's degree in 1994, Brownell began his tenure at UNC-Wilmington as an assistant to then-head coach Jerry Wainwright. Brownell helped guide the Seahawks to four postseason tournament berths while serving as an assistant, including a memorable upset win over the fourth-seeded USC Trojans in the first round of the 2002 NCAA tournament. Following that season, Wainwright left UNC-Wilmington to take over at Richmond, and Brownell was promoted to head coach.

During his time as the Seahawks' head coach, Brownell led the UNC-Wilmington to Colonial Athletic Association titles and NCAA tournament berths in 2003 and 2006, narrowly losing in the first round each season. For his efforts, Brownell was named CAA Coach of the Year in 2003 and 2006. In his four years, the Seahawks never finished below .500, and the 2005–2006 season produced a school-record 25 wins.

Following the 2006 season, Brownell left UNC-Wilmington to take the head coach's job at Wright State, and he immediately made an impact. In his first season at Wright State, Brownell led the Raiders to their first-ever Horizon League title, beating out nationally-ranked Butler to capture both the regular season and tournament titles. The Raiders earned the 14th seed in the West Region, and lost in the first round of the 2007 NCAA tournament to Pittsburgh. The team's 23 wins was a school record on the Division I level.

Head coaching record

CBB Yearly Record Start
conference=
postseason=
poll=noCBB Yearly Record Subhead
name=UNC-Wilmington
startyear=2002
conference=Colonial Athletic Association
endyear=2006CBB Yearly Record Entry
championship = conference
season = 2002–2003
name = UNC-Wilmington
overall = 24-7
conference = 15-3
confstanding = 1st
postseason = NCAA 1st Round
ranking = no
ranking2 = noCBB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
season = 2003–2004
name = UNC-Wilmington
overall = 15-15
conference = 9-9
confstanding = 7th
postseason =
ranking = no
ranking2 = noCBB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
season = 2004–2005
name = UNC-Wilmington
overall = 19-10
conference = 13-5
confstanding = T-2nd
postseason =
ranking = no
ranking2 = noCBB Yearly Record Entry
championship = conference
season = 2005–2006
name = UNC-Wilmington
overall = 25-8
conference = 15-3
confstanding = T-1st
postseason = NCAA 1st Round
ranking = no
ranking2 = noCBB Yearly Record Subtotal
name = UNC-Wilmington
overall = 83-40
confrecord = 52-20CBB Yearly Record Subhead
name=Wright State
startyear=2006
conference=Horizon League
endyear=CBB Yearly Record Entry
championship = conference
season = 2006–2007
name = Wright State
overall = 23-10
conference = 13-3
confstanding = T-1st
postseason = NCAA 1st Round
ranking = no
ranking2 = noCBB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
season = 2007–2008
name = Wright State
overall = 21-10
conference = 12-6
confstanding = 3rd
postseason =
ranking = no
ranking2 = noCBB Yearly Record Subtotal
name = Wright State
overall = 44-20
confrecord = 25-9CBB Yearly Record End
overall=127-60
poll=no

References

*cite web
url = http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=2392731|title = Brownell resigns at UNCW to take Wright St. job|accessdate=2007-07-17|date = 2006-04-01|publisher = ESPN.com

External links

* [http://wsuraiders.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/brownell_brad00.html Bio on Wright State's athletics site]