Brandon Bailey is an American professional basketball coach who is an assistant coach for the DePaul Blue Demons of the Big East Conference.
DePaul Blue Demons | |
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Position | Assistant coach |
League | Big East |
Personal information | |
Nationality | American |
Career information | |
High school | St. Patrick (Chicago, Illinois) |
Coaching career | 2005–present |
Career history | |
As coach: | |
2017–2019 | Maine Red Claws |
2019–2021 | Boston Celtics (assistant) |
2023–2024 | Ohio State (assistant) |
2024–present | DePaul (assistant) |
Coaching career
editBailey worked for Doug Bruno at DePaul University with their women’s basketball team between 2005 and 2009. Also, during his summers he was working as a player development intern for Tim Grover at Attack Athletics between 2007 and 2009. Afterwards, he was a graduate assistant for Jerry Wainwright and Oliver Purnell at DePaul men's basketball team from 2009–2011.[1]
Boston Celtics
editBailey began his career with the Boston Celtics in their video department as a video intern in 2011.[1]
On October 6, 2017, it was announced that Bailey has been named the head coach of the Maine Red Claws, the Celtics G League affiliate.[2] He coached Maine for the 2017–18 and 2018–19 seasons.[1]
In July 2019, Bailey was hired as an assistant coach under Brad Stevens with the Boston Celtics.[3] Bailey is currently an assistant coach with the Ohio State University as of the 2023-2024 season.
Personal life
editBailey is from Chicago and played basketball for his father at St. Patrick High School. Bailey graduated from St. Patrick in 2004.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Assistant Coach - Brandon Bailey". nba.com. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
- ^ "BRANDON BAILEY NAMED HEAD COACH OF THE MAINE RED CLAWS". nba.com. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
- ^ "Report: Celtics officially hire three assistant coaches". usatoday.com. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
- ^ "How a Mount Prospect native made his way to the NBA". dailyherald.com. Retrieved 1 December 2020.