Brandon Bailey (basketball)

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Brandon Bailey
Personal information
NationalityAmerican
Career information
High school St. Patrick
(Chicago, Illinois)
PositionAssistant coach
Coaching career2005–present
Career history
As coach:
2017–2019 Maine Red Claws
20192021 Boston Celtics (assistant)

Brandon Bailey is an American professional basketball coach who is an assistant coach for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA).

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Coaching career

Bailey 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

Bailey 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]

Personal life

Bailey is from Chicago and played basketball for his father at St. Patrick High School. Bailey graduated from St. Patrick in 2004. [4]

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  3. "Report: Celtics officially hire three assistant coaches". usatoday.com. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  4. "How a Mount Prospect native made his way to the NBA". dailyherald.com. Retrieved 1 December 2020.