Jeff Bower

Teams coached: New Orleans Pelicans, Marist Red Foxes
Marist record: 12-19 (.387)
Overall record^: 12-19 (.387)

Jeffrey Bower
Born April 26, 1961
Hometown: Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania
Alma Mater: Saint Francis University (BA, 1983)
Started his coaching career as an assistant at Penn State under head coach Bruce Parkhill
Next he worked on the staff at Marist under Dave Magarity for nine seasons, including five as associate head coach
Left Marist in 1995 to become a scout for the Charlotte Hornets in the NBA; in 1997 he was promoted to Director of Scouting
- Spent the 1998-99 season as an assistant under Hornets’ head coach Dave Cowens
- Returned to the front office, serving as assistant GM for two years and then the GM for two years
- Later spent another season as an assistant with the then-New Orleans Hornets under Tim Floyd
- Spent one year as Director of Player Personnel (2003-04) and then again served as GM from 2005-10
- After firing Byron Scott nine games into the 2009-10 season, Bower took over himself and went 34-39 over the rest of the year
- Bower hired Monty Williams as head coach in 2010 before mutually parting ways with the franchise
Returned to Marist in 2013 to be the head coach of the Red Foxes; went 12-19 (9-11) that season at the helm
- The following off season, he decide to go back to the NBA and became the GM of the Detroit Pistons
Spent four years as the Pistons’ GM (2014-18), then spent three seasons as Senior VP of Basketball Ops with the Phoenix Suns (2019-22)

^ overall record includes head coaching positions at the NCAA Division I level only