Brandon Bailey (basketball) explained

Brandon Bailey
League:Big East
Team:DePaul Blue Demons
Position:Assistant coach
Nationality:American
High School:St. Patrick
(Chicago, Illinois)
Coach Start:2005
Cyears1:2017–2019
Cteam1:Maine Red Claws
Cyears2:
Cteam2:Boston Celtics (assistant)
Cyears3:2023–2024
Cteam3:Ohio State (assistant)
Cyears4:2024–present
Cteam4:DePaul (assistant)

Brandon Bailey is an American professional basketball coach who is an assistant coach for the DePaul Blue Demons of the Big East Conference.

Coaching career

Bailey worked for Doug Bruno at DePaul University with their women’s basketball team between 2005 and 2009. Also, during his summers he was working as a player development intern for Tim Grover at Attack Athletics between 2007 and 2009. Afterwards, he was a graduate assistant for Jerry Wainwright and Oliver Purnell at DePaul men's basketball team from 2009–2011.[1]

Boston Celtics

Bailey began his career with the Boston Celtics in their video department as a video intern in 2011.[1]

On October 6, 2017, it was announced that Bailey has been named the head coach of the Maine Red Claws, the Celtics G League affiliate.[2] He coached Maine for the 2017–18 and 2018–19 seasons.[1]

In July 2019, Bailey was hired as an assistant coach under Brad Stevens with the Boston Celtics.[3] Bailey is currently an assistant coach with the Ohio State University as of the 2023-2024 season.

Personal life

Bailey is from Chicago and played basketball for his father at St. Patrick High School. Bailey graduated from St. Patrick in 2004.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Assistant Coach - Brandon Bailey . nba.com . 1 December 2020.
  2. Web site: BRANDON BAILEY NAMED HEAD COACH OF THE MAINE RED CLAWS . nba.com . 1 December 2020.
  3. Web site: Report: Celtics officially hire three assistant coaches . usatoday.com . 1 December 2020.
  4. Web site: How a Mount Prospect native made his way to the NBA . dailyherald.com . 1 December 2020.