Gary Brokaw

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

Gary Brokaw

Personal information
Born	(1954-01-11) January 11, 1954 (age 69) 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

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

Legend

GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
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

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

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

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

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

External links

• Career statistics and player information from NBA.com   and Basketball-Reference.com