Gary Brokaw

Gary Brokaw

Personal information
Born	(1954-01-11) January 11, 1954 (age 68) New Brunswick, New Jersey
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight	178 lb (81 kg)
Career information
High school	New Brunswick (New Brunswick, New Jersey)
College	Notre Dame (1972–1974)
NBA draft	1974 / Round: 1 / Pick: 18th overall
Selected by the Milwaukee Bucks
Playing career	1974–1977
Position	Shooting guard
Number	25, 7
Career history
As player:
1974–1977	Milwaukee Bucks
1977	Cleveland Cavaliers
1977	Buffalo Braves
As coach:
1986–1991	Iona
Career highlights and awards
Third-team All-American – UPI (1974)
Career statistics
Points	1,928 (8.0 ppg)
Rebounds	407 (1.7 rpg)
Assists	715 (3.0 apg)
Stats  at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Gary George Brokaw (born January 11, 1954) is a retired American basketball player and a basketball coach.

Playing career[]

Brokaw attended New Brunswick High School.^[1] He played collegiately for the University of Notre Dame.

He was selected by the Milwaukee Bucks in the 1st round (18th pick overall) of the 1974 NBA draft.

He played for the Bucks (1974–76), Cleveland Cavaliers (1976–77) and Buffalo Braves (1977–78) in the NBA for 241 games.

Coaching career[]

In the 1980s he worked as a head coach for Iona College basketball team and as an assistant coach for Notre Dame under Digger Phelps. He later worked as NBA director of basketball operations (1991–95) and an assistant coach for the Charlotte Bobcats (2004–05), where he was hired to replace Sam Mitchell after Mitchell left the Bobcats to become the head coach for the Toronto Raptors.

Brokaw continues to coach in the Tampa Bay area with the private coaching service, CoachUp.^[2]

References[]

External links[]

• Career statistics and player information from NBA.com  and Basketball-Reference.com
• NBA page on Brokaw

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