John Brady
John Brady (born September 17, 1954)
Teams coached: Samford Bulldogs, LSU Tigers, Arkansas State Red Wolves
Samford record: 89-77 (.536)
LSU record: 192-139 (.580)
Arkansas State record: 121-129 (.484)
Overall record: 402-345 (.538)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 4 (2000, 2003, 2005, 2006)
- NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen: 2 (2000, 2006)
- NCAA Tournament Final Four: 1 (2006)
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 2 (2002, 2004)
- Sun Belt Regular Season Champion: 2 (2011, 2013)
- SEC Regular Season Champion: 3 (2000, 2005, 2006)
- Atlantic Sun Regular Season Champion: 2 (1996, 1997)
Awards:
- Sun Belt Coach of the Year: 1 (2010)
- SEC Coach of the Year: 2 (2000, 2006)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
2023-present | Baton Rouge CC (special asst) |
2008-2016 | Arkansas State |
1997-2008 | LSU |
1991-1997 | Samford |
1990-1991 | New Orleans (asst) |
1982-1990 | Mississippi State (asst) |
1976-1977 | Mississippi State (grad asst) |
John Brady Facts
- John Emmett Brady
- Born September 17, 1954
- Hometown: McComb, Mississippi
- Alma Mater: Belhaven College (BS, 1976) / Mississippi State University (M.Ed., 1977)
- Played at Belhaven College in Jackson, MS, twice earning All-Southern States Conference honors and since inducted into the Belhaven Athletic HOF
- Spent one season as a grad assistant at Mississippi State under Kermit Davis, Sr. while earning his master’s degree in education
- Spent five seasons as head coach at Crowley HS in his home state of Mississippi before returning to MSU in 1982; spent the next eight seasons as a full-time Bulldogs assistant, first under Bob Boyd and then under Richard Williams
- After one season as an assistant to Tim Floyd at New Orleans, Brady was hired as the Samford head coach in 1992; he would go 89-77 in six seasons as the Bulldogs’ head coach
- Left in 1997 for LSU, where he would spend nearly eleven seasons as the Tigers head coach and lead the team to four NCAA Tournaments including an improbable run to the 2006 NCAA Final Four
- 2006 team featured 3 future NBA players: Tyrus Thomas, Glen “Big Baby” Davis and Garrett Temple
- Fired mid-season from LSU in February 2008, but soon after was hired to be head coach at Arkansas State
- Resigned in 2016 after 8 seasons as ASU head coach, winning the Sun Belt West division twice but never reaching a postseason tournament
- Hired as a special assistant coach at Baton Rouge CC (LA) in August 2023
John Brady Coaching Tree
- Isaac Brown (Wichita State)
- Larry Cordaro (LSU Alexandria)
- Kermit Davis (Ole Miss, Middle Tennessee)
- Chico Potts (Mississippi Valley State)
- Donald Reyes (Loyola LA)
- Jimmy Tillette (Samford)
- Donnie Tyndall (Chipola JC, Tennessee, Southern Miss, Morehead State)