John Brannen (basketball)

John Brannen
Sport(s) Men's basketball
Current position
Title Head coach
Team Northern Kentucky
Conference Horizon League
Record 4–8 (.333)
Biographical details
Born Alexandria, Kentucky
Alma mater Marshall University
Playing career
1995–1997 Marshall Thundering Herd
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1999–2000 Charleston (asst.)
2000–2003 Eastern Kentucky (asst.)
2003–2006 St. Bonaventure (asst.)
2006–2009 VCU (asst.)
2009–2013 Alabama (asst.)
2013–2015 Alabama (assoc. HC)
2015 Alabama (interim)
2015–present Northern Kentucky
Head coaching record
Overall 5–9 (.357)

John Brannen is an American basketball coach and the current men's basketball coach of the Northern Kentucky University Norse.[1] Brannen previously spent nine seasons as an assistant coach to Anthony Grant at both Virginia Commonwealth and Alabama. For the Tide's two games in the 2015 National Invitation Tournament, Brannen served as interim head coach. Brannen is a Kentucky-native and was named the head coach of NKU, the fifth in program history, on April 7, 2015.

Coaching career

Brannen held assistant coaching positions at Charleston, Eastern Kentucky and St. Bonaventure before being hired by former Marshall assistant Anthony Grant, who had just been named head coach at Virginia Commonwealth. Brannen spent three seasons at VCU before following Grant to Alabama, where he was an assistant for six seasons (the last two as associate head coach). When Grant was fired following the Tide's 2015 SEC Tournament loss, Brannen was named interim head coach for the team's NIT appearance. The Tide were knocked out of the tournament by Miami (FL) in the second round following a first round home win over Illinois.

Playing career

Brannen started his collegiate career at Morehead State before transferring to Marshall for his final two seasons. As a senior, Brannen led the Southern Conference in scoring and was named the league tournament MVP. Brannen played two seasons of professional basketball in Belgium's First Division before returning to the States to begin his coaching career.

Personal life

Brannen is married to the former Lisa Elswick, with whom he has twin daughters. He is originally from Alexandria, Kentucky. He received his bachelor's degree in business management from Marshall University in 1997 and was a Rhodes Scholar finalist as a college senior.

Head coaching record

Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Alabama Crimson Tide (Southeastern Conference) (2015–2015)
2015 Alabama 1–1 0–0 NIT Second Round
Alabama: 1–1 (.500) 0–0
Northern Kentucky Norse (Horizon League) (2015–present)
2015–16 Northern Kentucky 4–8 0–1
Northern Kentucky: 4–8 (.333) 0–1 (.000)
Total: 5–9 (.357)

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

References

  1. ↑ "John Brannen welcomed as men's basketball head coach". NKUNorse.com. Retrieved 2016-01-03.

External links

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