Bret Burchard
Bret Burchard is an American former basketball player currently working as the head coach of the Northern Arizona Suns of the NBA G League. He attended Taylor University.
| Northern Arizona Suns | |
|---|---|
| Position | Head coach |
| League | NBA G League |
| Personal information | |
| Born | Columbia, Missouri |
| Nationality | American |
| Career information | |
| College | Taylor University |
| Coaching career | 2008–present |
| Career history | |
| As coach: | |
| 2008–2010 | Taylor University (assistant) |
| 2015–2017 | Phoenix Suns (assistant) |
| 2017–2018 | Northern Arizona Suns (associate) |
| 2018–present | Northern Arizona Suns |
Coaching career
Buchard began his coaching career as an assistant coach for his college, Taylor University.[1]
In 2010, he began working for the Phoenix Suns organization. In the middle of the 2017 season, he was promoted to the Phoenix Suns after the firing of the coaching staff.
On July 25, 2018 he was named the head coach of the Northern Arizona Suns after serving as the associate head coach of the team.[2]
On June 19, 2019, the Suns announced that he would return as the head coach for the 2019-20 season[3]
Personal life
Brett's father is Bob Burchard, the recently retired head coach at Columbia College in Missouri. He served as the head coach for 31 years.[4]
References
- "Bret Burchard named coach of Suns' G League team - Sports - Columbia Daily Tribune - Columbia, MO". Columbiatribune.com. 2018-07-25. Retrieved 2019-06-21.
- "Bret Burchard Named Head Coach of Northern Arizona Suns - Northern Arizona Suns". Northernarizona.gleague.nba.com. Retrieved 2019-06-21.
- "Bret Burchard to Return as Head Coach of Northern Arizona Suns". www.oursportscentral.com. June 18, 2019. Retrieved 2019-06-21.
- 5 min to read (2019-02-23). "End of an era: Bob Burchard bids adieu to Columbia College | Other Sports". columbiamissourian.com. Retrieved 2019-06-21.