Gary Brokaw Explained

Gary Brokaw
Position:Shooting guard
Height Ft:6
Height In:4
Weight Lb:178
Number:25, 7
Birth Date:11 January 1954
Birth Place:New Brunswick, New Jersey, U.S.
High School:New Brunswick
(New Brunswick, New Jersey)
College:Notre Dame (1972–1974)
Draft Year:1974
Draft Round:1
Draft Pick:18
Draft Team:Milwaukee Bucks
Career Start:1974
Career End:1977
Years1:
Team1:Milwaukee Bucks
Team2:Cleveland Cavaliers
Team3:Buffalo Braves
Cyears1:1986–1991
Cteam1:Iona
Highlights:
Stat1label:Points
Stat1value:1,928 (8.0 ppg)
Stat2label:Rebounds
Stat2value:407 (1.7 rpg)
Stat3label:Assists
Stat3value:715 (3.0 apg)
Bbr:brokaga01

Gary George Brokaw (born January 11, 1954) is a retired American basketball player and a basketball coach.

Playing career

Brokaw attended New Brunswick High School.[1] He played collegiately for the University of Notre Dame.

He was selected by the Milwaukee Bucks in the 1st round (18th pick overall) of the 1974 NBA draft.

He played for the Bucks (1974–76), Cleveland Cavaliers (1976–77) and Buffalo Braves (1977–78) in the NBA for 241 games.

NBA career statistics

Regular season

|-| align="left" | 1974–75| align="left" | Milwaukee| 73 || - || 22.5 || .455 || - || .685 || 2.0 || 3.0 || 0.4 || 0.2 || 8.1|-| align="left" | 1975–76| align="left" | Milwaukee| 75 || - || 19.6 || .457 || - || .700 || 1.7 || 3.3 || 0.5 || 0.2 || 8.4|-| align="left" | 1976–77| align="left" | Milwaukee| 41 || - || 21.7 || .401 || - || .766 || 1.6 || 2.7 || 0.5 || 0.6 || 8.9|-| align="left" | 1976–77| align="left" | Cleveland| 39 || - || 15.3 || .467 || - || .707 || 1.5 || 3.0 || 0.4 || 0.3 || 7.2|-| align="left" | 1977–78| align="left" | Buffalo| 13 || - || 10.0 || .419 || - || .750 || 0.9 || 1.5 || 0.2 || 0.4 || 4.2|- class="sortbottom"| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career| 241 || - || 19.6 || .446 || - || .713 || 1.7 || 3.0 || 0.4 || 0.3 || 8.0|}

Playoffs

|-| align="left" | 1975–76| align="left" | Milwaukee| 3 || - || 36.0 || .622 || - || .944 || 3.7 || 8.0 || 1.0 || 1.0 || 21.0|-| align="left" | 1976–77| align="left" | Cleveland| 3 || - || 14.7 || .474 || - || .333 || 1.3 || 4.0 || 0.7 || 0.3 || 6.7|- class="sortbottom"| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career| 6 || - || 25.3 || .571 || - || .792 || 2.5 || 6.0 || 0.8 || 0.7 || 13.8|}

Coaching career

In the 1980s he worked as a head coach for Iona College basketball team and as an assistant coach for Notre Dame under Digger Phelps. He later worked as NBA director of basketball operations (1991–95) and an assistant coach for the Charlotte Bobcats (2004–05), where he was hired to replace Sam Mitchell after Mitchell left the Bobcats to become the head coach for the Toronto Raptors.

Brokaw continues to coach in the Tampa Bay area with the private coaching service, CoachUp.[2]

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/b/brokaga01.html Gary Brokaw
  2. http://www.coachup.com/coaches/garyb-11 www.coachup.com/coaches/garyb-11