Brendan Suhr

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Brendan Suhr
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Suhr in 2007
Biographical details
Born (1951-04-28) April 28, 1951 (age 73)
Fair Lawn, New Jersey
Playing career
1970–1973 Montclair State
Position(s) Guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1973–1974 U of Detroit (asst.)
1974–1979 Fairfield (asst.)
1979–1988 Atlanta Hawks (asst.)
1988–1992 Detroit Pistons (asst.)
1992–1994 New Jersey Nets (asst.)
1995–1997 Grand Rapids Mackers/Hoops
1996–1997 Toronto Raptors (asst.)
1997–1999 Orlando Magic (asst.)
2000–2001Detroit Pistons (asst.)
2004–2007 New York Knicks (asst.)
2010–2012 UCF (dir. development)
2012–2013UCF (asst.)
2013–2015UCF (dir. development)
2015–2017 LSU (assoc. HC)
2019–2020 Stetson (asst.)
Head coaching record
Overall65–47 (CBA)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Awards
  • CBA Coach of the Year (1996)

Brendan Ahearn Suhr (born April 28, 1951) is an American former basketball coach.

Suhr received his bachelor's degree from Montclair State University in 1973 and his master's degree in education administration from Fairfield University in 1979. He began his coaching career on the college level as an assistant at the University of Detroit Mercy, before moving to Fairfield University for five seasons. [1] Suhr was a longtime NBA assistant coach and worked on two NBA championship teams with the Detroit Pistons, in 1988-89 and 1989–90.

From 1995 to 1997, Suhr was head coach for the Grand Rapids Mackers (later Hoops) of the Continental Basketball Association. He was CBA Coach of the Year in 1996 for leading Grand Rapids to a 33–23 record and first-place finish in the Eastern Division. [2] [3] Grand Rapids went 32–24 and second in the CBA Eastern Division in 1996–97. [3]

Suhr was named an assistant on Donnie Jones' staff at Stetson on May 15, 2019. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "Brendan Suhr". LSU. Archived from the original on December 26, 2016. Retrieved December 25, 2016.
    - "Brendan Suhr". NBA. Archived from the original on January 9, 2017. Retrieved December 25, 2016.
  2. ↑ "CBA Coach of the Year". APBR. Retrieved December 25, 2016.
  3. 1 2 "History of the Continental Basketball Association".
  4. ↑ "Coaching Veteran Brendan Suhr Joins Men's Basketball Staff". Stetson University Athletics. May 15, 2019. Retrieved October 2, 2019.
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