Gary Brokaw

American basketball player and coach

Gary BrokawPersonal information

Born|  (1954-01-11) January 11, 1954 (age 68)
New Brunswick, New Jersey
Nationality| American
Listed height| 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight| 178 lb (81 kg)
Career information
High school| New Brunswick
(New Brunswick, New Jersey)
College| Notre Dame (1972–1974)
NBA draft| 1974 / Round: 1 / Pick: 18th overall
Selected by the Milwaukee Bucks
Playing career| 1974–1977
Position| Shooting guard
Number| 25, 7
Career history
As player:
1974–1977| Milwaukee Bucks
1977| Cleveland Cavaliers
1977| Buffalo Braves
As coach:
1986–1991| Iona
Career highlights and awards

* Third-team All-American – UPI (1974)

Career statistics
Points| 1,928 (8.0 ppg)
Rebounds| 407 (1.7 rpg)
Assists| 715 (3.0 apg)
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

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

## Contents

* 1 Playing career
* 2 NBA career statistics
* 2.1 Regular season
* 2.2 Playoffs
* 3 Coaching career
* 4 References
* 5 External links

## Playing career[edit]

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[edit]

Legend  GP  | Games played  |  GS | Games started  |  MPG | Minutes per game

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FG% | Field goal percentage  |  3P% | 3-point field goal percentage  |  FT% | Free throw percentage
RPG | Rebounds per game  |  APG | Assists per game  |  SPG | Steals per game
BPG | Blocks per game  |  PPG | Points per game  |  Bold | Career high

### Regular season[edit]

Year  | Team  | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG

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

### Playoffs[edit]

Year  | Team  | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG

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1975–76 | Milwaukee | 3 | - | 36.0 | .622 | - | .944 | 3.7 | 8.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 21.0
1976–77 | Cleveland | 3 | - | 14.7 | .474 | - | .333 | 1.3 | 4.0 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 6.7
Career  | 6 | - | 25.3 | .571 | - | .792 | 2.5 | 6.0 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 13.8

## Coaching career[edit]

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]

## References[edit]

1. ^ Gary Brokaw, Basketball-Reference.com. Accessed September 17, 2007.
2. ^ www.coachup.com/coaches/garyb-11

## External links[edit]

*   * Career statistics and player information from NBA.com and Basketball-Reference.com
* NBA page on Brokaw

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Iona Gaels men's basketball head coaches

* Arthur Loftus (1940–1942)
* No team (1942–1945)
* Arthur Loftus (1945–1946)
* Pete Caruso (1946–1947)
* Jim McDermott (1947–1973)
* Gene Roberti (1973–1975)
* Jim Valvano (1975–1980)
* Pat Kennedy (1980–1986)
* Gary Brokaw (1986–1991)
* Jerry Welsh (1991–1995)
* Tim Welsh (1995–1998)
* Jeff Ruland (1998–2007)
* Kevin Willard (2007–2010)
* Tim Cluess (2010–2020)
* Rick Pitino (2020– )

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1974 NBA draft

First round|

* Bill Walton
* Marvin Barnes
* Tommy Burleson
* John Shumate
* Bobby Jones
* Scott Wedman
* Tom Henderson
* Campy Russell
* Tom McMillen
* Mike Sojourner
* Keith Wilkes
* Brian Winters
* Len Elmore
* Maurice Lucas
* Al Eberhard
* Cliff Pondexter
* Glenn McDonald
* Gary Brokaw

Second round|

* Don Smith
* Jan van Breda Kolff
* Billy Knight
* Truck Robinson
* Gus Bailey
* Len Kosmalski
* John Drew
* Leonard Gray
* Leon Benbow
* Aaron James
* Phil Smith
* Dennis DuVal
* Fred Saunders
* Jesse Dark
* Eric Money
* Phil Lumpkin
* Kevin Stacom
* Rubin Collins

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