Gary George Brokaw (born January 11, 1954) is a retired American basketball player and a basketball coach.
Personal information | |
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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 | |
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Career statistics | |
Points | 1,928 (8.0 ppg) |
Rebounds | 407 (1.7 rpg) |
Assists | 715 (3.0 apg) |
Stats ![]() | |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
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.
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 |
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 |
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 |
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]
Iona Gaels men's basketball head coaches | |
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1974 NBA draft | |
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Second round |
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