Brad Brownell
Brad Brownell (born November 15, 1968)
Current position: Head men’s basketball coach
Current team: Clemson Tigers
Current conference: Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC)
UNC Wilmington record: 83-40 (.675)
Wright State record: 84-45 (.651)
Clemson record: 265-189 (.584)
Overall record: 432-274 (.612)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 7 (2003, 2006, 2007, 2011, 2018, 2021, 2024)
- NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen: 2 (2018, 2024)
- NCAA Tournament Final Four: 0
- NIT Appearances: 4 (2014, 2017, 2019, 2023)
- ACC Regular Season Champion: 0
- Horizon League Regular Season Champion: 1 (2007)
- CAA Regular Season Champion: 2 (2003, 2006)
- ACC Tournament Champion: 0
- Horizon League Tournament Champion: 1 (2007)
- CAA Tournament Champion: 2 (2003, 2006)
Awards:
- Horizon League Coach of the Year: 1 (2008)
- CAA Coach of the Year: 2 (2003, 2006)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2010-present | Clemson |
| 2006-2010 | Wright State |
| 2002-2006 | UNC Wilmington |
| 1994-2002 | UNC Wilmington (asst) |
| 1992-1994 | Indianapolis (asst) |
| 1991-1992 | Evansville (asst) |
Brad Brownell Facts
- Bradley Robert Brownell
- Born November 15, 1968
- Hometown: Evansville, Indiana
- Alma Mater: DePauw University (BA, 1991) / University of Indianapolis (MA, 1994)
- Was a high school teammate of future National POY Calbert Cheaney at William Henry Harrison HS in Evansville, IN
- First coaching jobs were an assistant to Jim Crews at Evansville for one year and at Indianapolis under Royce Waltman for two
- Was an assistant for eight seasons at UNC Wilmington under head coach Jerry Wainwright before becoming head coach in 2002
- Led the Seahawks to two CAA titles and NCAA berths in his four seasons as head coach before leaving for Wright State in 2006
- Went 84-45 over four seasons at Wright State, including one Horizon title and a trip to the 2007 NCAA Tournament
- Became the head coach of the Clemson Tigers in March 2010; is 241-177 overall during his time with the Tigers
- Coached the Tigers to the NCAA Tournament in his first season as head coach, winning 22 games in the process
- Returned to the NCAA Tournament in 2018 following a 23-win season in which the Tigers finished tied for 3rd in the ACC and were ranked in the AP poll for the entire second half of the season
- Reached an agreement with the school in October 2021 on a contract extension through the 2025-26 season
- In 2023-24, Brownell led the Tigers back to the NCAA Tournament and reached the Elite Eight as a 6-seed
Brad Brownell Coaching Tree
- Austin Claunch (UTSA, Nicholls)
- Aaron Coombs (Georgia Southwestern State, Oklahoma Panhandle State)
- Billy Donlon (Kansas City, Wright State)
- Earl Grant (Boston College, College of Charleston)
- Rick Ray (Southeast Missouri State, Mississippi State)
- Richie Riley (South Alabama, Nicholls State)
- Marty Simmons (Eastern Illinois)