| Brendan Suhr | |
| Birth Date: | 28 April 1951 |
| Birth Place: | Fair Lawn, New Jersey |
| Player Years1: | 1970–1973 |
| Player Team1: | Montclair State |
| Player Positions: | Guard |
| Coach Years1: | 1973–1974 |
| Coach Team1: | U of Detroit (asst.) |
| Coach Years2: | 1974–1979 |
| Coach Team2: | Fairfield (asst.) |
| Coach Years3: | 1979–1988 |
| Coach Team3: | Atlanta Hawks (asst.) |
| Coach Years4: | 1988–1992 |
| Coach Team4: | Detroit Pistons (asst.) |
| Coach Years5: | 1992–1994 |
| Coach Team5: | New Jersey Nets (asst.) |
| Coach Years6: | 1995–1997 |
| Coach Team6: | Grand Rapids Mackers/Hoops |
| Coach Years7: | 1996–1997 |
| Coach Team7: | Toronto Raptors (asst.) |
| Coach Years8: | 1997–1999 |
| Coach Team8: | Orlando Magic (asst.) |
| Coach Years9: | 2000–2001 |
| Coach Team9: | Detroit Pistons (asst.) |
| Coach Years10: | 2004–2007 |
| Coach Team10: | New York Knicks (asst.) |
| Coach Years11: | 2010–2012 |
| Coach Team11: | UCF (dir. development) |
| Coach Years12: | 2012–2013 |
| Coach Team12: | UCF (asst.) |
| Coach Years13: | 2013–2015 |
| Coach Team13: | UCF (dir. development) |
| Coach Years14: | 2015–2017 |
| Coach Team14: | LSU (assoc. HC) |
| Coach Team15: | Stetson (asst.) |
| Coach Years15: | 2019–2020 |
| Overall Record: | 65–47 (CBA) |
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Brendan Ahearn Suhr (born April 28, 1951) is an American former basketball coach.
Suhr received his bachelor's degree from Montclair State University in 1973 and his master's degree in education administration from Fairfield University in 1979. He began his coaching career on the college level as an assistant at the University of Detroit Mercy, before moving to Fairfield University for five seasons.[1] Suhr was a longtime NBA assistant coach and worked on two NBA championship teams with the Detroit Pistons, in 1988-89 and 1989–90.
From 1995 to 1997, Suhr was head coach for the Grand Rapids Mackers (later Hoops) of the Continental Basketball Association. He was CBA Coach of the Year in 1996 for leading Grand Rapids to a 33–23 record and first-place finish in the Eastern Division.[2] [3] Grand Rapids went 32–24 and second in the CBA Eastern Division in 1996–97.[3]
Suhr was named an assistant on Donnie Jones' staff at Stetson on May 15, 2019.[4]