Brad Stevens

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Brad Stevens
Title	Head coach
College	Butler
Sport	Basketball
Born	October 22, 1976 (1976-10-22) (age 31)
Career highlights
Playing career
1995–1999	DePauw
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2001–2007 2007–present	Butler (asst.) Butler

Brad Stevens is the head men's basketball coach at Butler University.

Stevens has been on the Butler coaching staff since the 2000-2001 season.^[1] He started as a volunteer assistant before earning an administrative job under then-coach Thad Matta. Matta left the school after the 2000-2001 season. New coach Todd Lickliter promoted Stevens to a full-time assistant coach the following season. Stevens held a variety of coaching roles under Lickliter. He was promoted to the head coaching job in 2007 when Lickliter left for the University of Iowa.

Prior to joining the Butler staff, Stevens worked in marketing for Eli Lilly and Company in Indianapolis and held a volunteer coaching assistant job at Carmel High School. He is a 1999 graduate of Depauw University, where he played basketball for four years and earned all-conference and academic all conference awards.^[2] He was a team captain his senior year.

Stevens grew up in the Indianapolis suburb of Zionsville, where he was a star basketball player for Zionsville Community High School.^[1] Stevens set records for career scoring, assists, steals and three point field goals. Three of those records still stand, including his scoring record.^[3]

In 2007-08 he became the 3rd-youngest head coach in NCAA Division I history to lead a team to 30 wins in a season.

[edit] Head coaching record

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Butler (Horizon League) (2007 — present)
2007–2008	Butler	30-4	16-2	1st	NCAA 2nd Round
Butler:		30-4	16-2
Total:		30-4
National Champion         Conference Champion         Conference Tournament Champion

[edit] References

1. ^ ^{a b} Brad Stevens Named Butler's Men's Basketball Coach. Retrieved on 2008-02-28.
2. ^ Brad Stevens '99 Named Men's Basketball Coach at Butler University. Retrieved on 2008-02-28.
3. ^ Team Records, Zionsville Basketball, Retrieved on 2 April 2008 (.doc)

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