Brett Reed
Brett Reed (born May 29, 1972)
Current position: Head men’s basketball coach
Current team: Lehigh Mountain Hawks
Current conference: Patriot League
Lehigh record: 276-240 (.535)
Overall record: 276-240 (.535)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 2 (2010, 2012)
- NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 0
- CBI Appearances: 1 (2013)
- Patriot League Regular Season Champion: 1 (2010)
- Patriot League Tournament Champion: 2 (2010, 2012)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2007-present | Lehigh |
| 2006-2007 | Lehigh (assoc. HC) |
| 2002-2006 | Lehigh (asst) |
| 2000-2002 | High Point (asst) |
| 1999-2000 | UNC Greensboro (DBO) |
| 1995-1997 | Oakland CC (asst) |
Brett Reed Facts
- Dr. Brett Reed
- Born May 29, 1972
- Hometown: Waterford, Michigan
- Alma Mater: Eckerd College (BA, 1995) / Wayne State University (MA, 1998 & Ph.D, 2003)
- Played PG at Eckerd College (FL), helping lead the Tritons to the Division II NCAA Tournament
- Spent two seasons as an assistant for his father at Oakland CC (MI) while earning his master’s degree at nearby Wayne State
- Would later earn a Ph.D in Instructional Technology with a Cognate in Sports Administration, putting him on a short list of Division I head coaches with doctorate degrees
- Started his Division I career in 1999 as DBO for UNC Greensboro head coach Fran McCaffery
- Became a full-time assistant a year later at High Point, spending two seasons working under head coach Jerry Steele
- First arrived at Lehigh in 2002, working as an assistant under Billy Taylor; elevated to associate head coach in 2006
- Reed took over the team as head coach a year later and has since become the winningest coach in program history
- Taken the Hawks to two NCAA Tournaments (2010 & 2012) by way of Patriot League Tournament titles
- The 2012 NCAA appearance including a stunning first round upset of #2 Duke by the #15 Mountain Hawks, 75-70
- Recruited and coached two-time Patriot League POY and future NBA shooting guard C. J. McCollum (2016 NBA Most Improved Player)
- Reed’s teams have won 20+ games five different times; there had only been two 20+ win seasons in the program’s history prior to his arrival
- Taken the Hawks to two NCAA Tournaments (2010 & 2012) by way of Patriot League Tournament titles
Brett Reed Coaching Tree
- Matt Logie (Montana State, Point Loma, Whitworth)