Brad Brownell

Brad Brownell

File:Brad Brownell 2013.jpg Brownell in 2013
Sport(s)	Basketball
Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Clemson
Conference	ACC
Record	107–87 (.552)
Biographical details
Born	(1968-11-15) November 15, 1968 Evansville, Indiana
Playing career
1988–1991	DePauw
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1991–1992	Evansville (asst.)
1992–1994	Indianapolis (asst.)
1994–2002	UNC Wilmington (asst.)
2002–2006	UNC Wilmington
2006–2010	Wright State
2010–present	Clemson
Head coaching record
Overall	274–172 (.614)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Horizon League Tournament championship (2007) Horizon League regular season championship (2007) 2× CAA Tournament championship (2003, 2006) 2× CAA regular season championship (2003, 2006)
Awards
2× CAA Coach of the Year (2003, 2006) Horizon League Coach of the Year (2008)

Brad Brownell (born November 15, 1968) is an American college basketball coach and the current head basketball coach at Clemson University. Prior to coming to Clemson, he held the same position at Wright State and UNC Wilmington.

Born in Evansville, Indiana, Brownell played high school basketball at William Henry Harrison High School with current Saint Louis University assistant coach and Indiana University legend Calbert Cheaney. 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 as an assistant on Royce Waltman's staff 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, against the wishes of Ron Burns, and yet 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

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
UNC Wilmington (Colonial Athletic Association) (2002–2006)
2002–03	UNC Wilmington	24–7	15–3	1st	NCAA First Round
2003–04	UNC Wilmington	15–15	9–9	7th
2004–05	UNC Wilmington	19–10	13–5	T–2nd
2005–06	UNC Wilmington	25–8	15–3	T–1st	NCAA First Round
UNC Wilmington:		83–40 (.675)	52–20 (.722)
Wright State (Horizon League) (2006–2010)
2006–07	Wright State	23–10	13–3	T–1st	NCAA First Round
2007–08	Wright State	21–10	12–6	3rd
2008–09	Wright State	20–13	12–6	3rd
2009–10	Wright State	20–12	12–6	2nd
Wright State:		84–45 (.651)	49–21 (.700)
Clemson (Atlantic Coast Conference) (2010–present)
2010–11	Clemson	22–12	9–7	T–4th	NCAA Second Round
2011–12	Clemson	16–15	8–8	7th
2012–13	Clemson	13–18	5–13	11th
2013–14	Clemson	23–13	10–8	6th	NIT Semifinals
2014–15	Clemson	16–15	8–10	T–9th
2015–16	Clemson	17–14	10–8	T–7th
Clemson:		107–87 (.552)	50–54 (.481)
Total:		274–172 (.614)
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion

Coaching tree

Several of Brownell's assistant coaches have gone on to their own careers as head basketball coaches:

• Billy Donlon – Wright State (2010–2016)
• Earl Grant - College of Charleston (2014–present)
• Rick Ray – Mississippi State (2012–2015)

External links

• Clemson bio