HEAD COACH BRAD BROWNELL
@ClemsonMBB
THE BROWNELL FILE Born: November 15, 1968 Family: Wife, Paula, and children, Abby and Kate Education: Earned a bachelor’s degree in history from DePauw University in May 1991. Earned a master’s degree from University of Indianapolis in May 1994. Playing Experience: Earned three varsity letters at DePauw from 1988-91. Ranks seventh in school history in career assists. Assistant Coaching Experience: Graduate Assistant at the University of Evansville (1991-92); Assistant Coach at the University of Indianapolis (1992-94); Assistant Coach at UNC Wilmington (1994-2002). Head Coaching Experience: UNC Wilmington (2002-06); Wright State (200610); Clemson (2010-Present). Honors: • Colonial Athletic Association Coach of the Year, 2002-03 & 2005-06 • Horizon League Coach of the Year, 2007-08 • NABC District 10 Coach of the Year, 2006-07 Brownell guided UNC Wilmington to the NCAA Tournament in 2003 and 2006 and Wright State to the NCAAs in 2007. Brownell joined the Clemson family after coaching Wright State to a 20-12 record in 2009-10, with a third straight 12-6 Horizon League record. In four seasons with the Raiders, his teams compiled an overall mark of 84-45, including 49-21 against Horizon League foes. Brownell’s 2007 NCAA Tournament appearance at Wright State was the school’s first in 14 seasons. He did it behind the strength of a 15-3 conference record and two wins in the conference tourney. Brownell coached several standouts at Wright State, including the Horizon League Player of the Year, a firstteam selection, an all-league defensive team member and two all-newcomer members in 2007-08. In 200910, he coached guard Vaughn Duggins to second-team All-Horizon League honors. Brownell was the head coach at UNC Wilmington from 2002-03 through the 2005-06 season and posted an 83-40 record, including a 52-20 mark against conference teams. In his four years at Wright State he posted an a 55-24 record against conference foes (including conference tournament games). Brownell was named CAA Coach of the Year in 2002-
03 and 2005-06 and the Horizon League Coach of the Year in 2007-08. Additionally, Brownell was one of 15 finalists for the Hugh Durham Coach of the Year Award for mid-major programs in 2007 and was the NABC District 10 Coach of the Year. FoxSports.com also named him the Mid-Major Coach of the Year in 2006, his final year at UNC Wilmington. Brownell began his coaching career as a graduate assistant at Evansville under Jim Crews in 199192 and he helped that program to a 24-6 record. He served as an assistant at the University of Indianapolis in 1992-93 and 1993-94. He then started a 12-year-run at UNC Wilmington, eight as an assistant or associate head coach, and four as the head coach. He was an assistant for the Seahawks from 1994-95 through 2001-02. His final year as an assistant under Jerry Wainwright, UNC Wilmington posted a 23-10 record, including a 17-4 mark versus conference teams (including the CAA Tournament). That team defeated Southern California in the first round of the NCAA Tournament in overtime. His four-year CAA head coaching record was 61-22, the best league mark during the period. Brownell was twice named the CAA Coach of the Year (2003 and 2006). He coached five All-CAA performers, one CAA
Player of the Year in Brett Blizzard, four All-Defensive Team selections, one Defensive Player of the Year and seven CAA All-Academic honorees. UNC Wilmington posted a 25-8 mark his final season, 2005-06, including a victory over Final Four participant George Mason, and won the CAA Tournament. The Seahawks lost in overtime to George Washington, 88-85, in the NCAA Tournament that year. His first UNC Wilmington team (2002-03) won 24 games and won the CAA Tournament. His club lost in the first round of the NCAA Tournament to defending national champion Maryland on a buzzer beater, 75-73. The 48-year-old earned three letters at DePauw University, a Division III school in Greencastle, Ind. He ranks seventh in school history with 332 career assists. He led the Tigers in assists three straight seasons, while also leading DePauw in steals as a junior in 1989-90. Brownell earned his bachelor’s degree from DePauw in 1991 and completed his master’s degree at the University of Indianapolis in 1994. He is a graduate of Harrison High School in Evansville, where he was a high school teammate of Calbert Cheaney, who later became the National Player of the Year in 1993 at Indiana. Brownell and his wife, Paula, have two daughters, Abby (18), a freshman at Clemson, and Kate (16).
BROWNELL’S YEAR-BY-YEAR HEAD COACHING RECORD YEAR SCHOOL 2002-03 UNC Wilmington 2003-04 UNC Wilmington 2004-05 UNC Wilmington 2005-06 UNC Wilmington 2006-07 Wright State 2007-08 Wright State 2008-09 Wright State 2009-10 Wright State 2010-11 Clemson 2011-12 Clemson 2012-13 Clemson 2013-14 Clemson 2014-15 Clemson 2015-16 Clemson
OVERALL .PCT CONF. POSTSEASON 24-7 .744 15-3 NCAA, 1st round 15-15 .500 9-9 19-10 .655 13-5 25-8 .758 15-3 NCAA, 1st round 23-10 .697 13-3 NCAA, 1st round 21-10 .677 12-6 20-13 .606 12-6 20-12 .625 12-6 22-12 .647 9-7 NCAA, 2nd round 16-15 .516 8-8 13-18 .419 5-13 23-13 .639 10-8 NIT, Semifinals 16-15 .516 8-10 17-14 .548 10-8
HEAD COACHING SUMMARY at UNC Wilmington at Wright State at Clemson TOTALS
83-40 .675 52-20 84-45 .651 49-21 107-87 .552 50-54 274-172 .614 151-95
NOTE: Conference record is regular season only.
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