profile: COACH BRANDON LINCOLN
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oach Brandon Lincoln was named Coach of the Year as a result of leading the varsity boys’ basketball team during a successful season in which the team was the Div 4A CIF Runner-Up and State Div 4 Southern Region Semi-Finalist. Prior to coaching at PHS, Brandon was a member of the men’s coaching staff at Montana State University for three seasons. Before that, Lincoln coached at his alma mater, the University of Oregon, where he worked as a Men’s Basketball Assistant Conditioning Coach in 2013-14 for the Ducks’ NCAA Tournament team. It was his second tour of duty on the Oregon staff - he previously worked as a Graduate Assistant in 2010-11 and as the program’s Video Coordinator in 2011-12. In between stints at Oregon, Lincoln was the Director of Video Operations at Miami University (Ohio) in 2012-2013. A combo guard for the University of Oregon from 2003-2006, Lincoln played on an NCAA Tournament team in 2003-2004 and an NIT Final Four squad the next year. Lincoln graduated from Oregon in 2006 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science and in 2012 with a Master’s Degree in Education Leadership. After Oregon, Lincoln played professionally in Germany with the ETB Wohnbau Baskets. He was a 2nd team all-league selection, and he led the club in scoring in back-to-back seasons while leading them to the German ProB championship. A Portland native, Lincoln was a 2000 State Champion at Jefferson High School. While at Jefferson, he also was a 2002 unanimous All-State and All-City selection, MVP of the Oregon-Washington All-Star Game, and a McDonalds All American Nominee.
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