_(cropped).jpg) Brooks in 2019 during his tenure with the Washington Wizards | |
| Los Angeles Lakers | |
|---|---|
| Title | Assistant coach |
| League | NBA |
| Personal information | |
| Born | (1965-07-31)July 31, 1965 (age 60) French Camp, California, U.S. |
| Listed height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
| Listed weight | 180 lb (82 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | East Union (Manteca, California) |
| College |
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| NBA draft | 1987:undrafted |
| Playing career | 1987–2001 |
| Position | Point guard |
| Number | 1, 4, 2 |
| Coaching career | 2000–present |
| Career history | |
Playing | |
| 1987–1988 | Albany Patroons |
| 1988 | Fresno Flames |
| 1988–1990 | Philadelphia 76ers |
| 1990–1992 | Minnesota Timberwolves |
| 1992–1995 | Houston Rockets |
| 1995–1996 | Dallas Mavericks |
| 1996–1997 | New York Knicks |
| 1997–1998 | Cleveland Cavaliers |
| 2000–2001 | Los Angeles Stars |
Coaching | |
| 2000–2001 | Los Angeles Stars (assistant) |
| 2001–2002 | Southern California Surf |
| 2003–2006 | Denver Nuggets (assistant) |
| 2006–2007 | Sacramento Kings (assistant) |
| 2007–2008 | Seattle SuperSonics/Oklahoma City Thunder (assistant) |
| 2008–2015 | Oklahoma City Thunder |
| 2016–2021 | Washington Wizards |
| 2021–2024 | Portland Trail Blazers (assistant) |
| 2024–present | Los Angeles Lakers (assistant) |
| Career highlights | |
As player:
As coach: | |
| Career NBA statistics | |
| Points | 3,317 (4.9 ppg) |
| Rebounds | 685 (1.0 rpg) |
| Assists | 1,608 (2.4 apg) |
Stats at NBA.com  | |
| Stats atBasketball Reference | |
Scott William Brooks (born July 31, 1965) is an American professionalbasketball coach and former player who is an assistant coach for theLos Angeles Lakers of theNational Basketball Association (NBA). As a player, he won anNBA championship with theHouston Rockets in 1994.
Brooks playedpoint guard atSan Joaquin Delta College andTexas Christian University before playing his last two years at theUniversity of California, Irvine.[1] He was inducted into UCI's Hall of Fame in 2001.
Born inFrench Camp, California on July 31, 1965,[2] Brooks graduated fromEast Union High School atManteca, California in 1983.[3] As a freshman, he played college basketball atTexas Christian University for a season and then transferred for his sophomore year toSan Joaquin Delta College inStockton, California, about 10 miles from his parents' home inLathrop, California. One highlight of his year at TCU was being assigned the task of "fronting" Hakeem Olajuwon. After only being offered a walk-on spot by nearbyUniversity of the Pacific, he declined that offer and spent the next two years at theUniversity of California, Irvine.[4] In his senior season at UCI, he averaged 23.8 points and made 43.2% of his three-point attempts.[5] On the night that the Bren Events Center opened at UC Irvine on January 8, 1987, Brooks scored 43 points as UCI defeatedUtah State, 118–96. He scored 41 points in a 90–79 win atUniversity of the Pacific later that season to tie the Spanos Center scoring record.[6][7] Brooks was inducted to the UC Irvine Hall of Fame in 2001 and had his jersey No. 12 retired on November 30, 2019.[8]
After not being drafted in the1987 NBA draft, Brooks debuted professionally with theAlbany Patroons of theContinental Basketball Association under coachBill Musselman. Brooks was named to the CBA's all-rookie team in 1988[9] and was a member of Albany's CBA Championship team that same season. Later, he played for theFresno Flames of theWorld Basketball League.[10]
Brooks played 10 seasons (1988–1998) in theNBA, appearing as a member of thePhiladelphia 76ers,Minnesota Timberwolves,Houston Rockets,Dallas Mavericks,New York Knicks andCleveland Cavaliers, and was a member of Houston's 1994 NBA Championship team. In 1995, he was traded to the Mavericks forMorlon Wiley and a second-round pick in the only trade deadline deal of the season.[11] Brooks signed with theLos Angeles Clippers before the 1998–99 season but sat out due to a right knee injury.[12] The Clippers waived Brooks on February 19, 1999,[5] re-signed him, then released Brooks in October 1999, during the 1999–2000 preseason.[13]
Brooks joined theLos Angeles Stars of theAmerican Basketball Association (ABA) in 2000–01, where he was both a player and an assistant coach.[14]
After serving as an assistant coach with theSacramento Kings andDenver Nuggets, Brooks was named an assistant toP. J. Carlesimo with theSeattle SuperSonics before the 2007–08 season, and followed the team to Oklahoma City as the Thunder after that season. When Carlesimo was fired on November 22, 2008; Brooks was named interim coach for the rest of the season.[15] On April 22, 2009, the Thunder named him the 15th head coach in the Sonics/Thunder history.
Brooks got off to one of the best starts for a rookie head coach in recent NBA history. He led the Thunder to the playoffs in his first five full seasons with the team. He was named the 2009–10NBA Coach of the Year after leading the Thunder to a 50-win season and the 8th seed in the Western Conference for the playoffs, a 28-win increase over the previous season. On February 11, 2012, Brooks was named the Western Conference All-Star Coach for the2012 NBA All-Star Game inOrlando, Florida. In the shortened 66-game 2011–12 season, he led the Thunder to theNBA Finals, where they eventually lost to the 2012 NBA Champions, the Miami Heat. In the 2012 offseason, the Thunder signed Brooks to a multi-year head coaching contract reportedly worth about $18 million.[16]
On January 29, 2014, Brooks was named the Western Conference All-Star Coach for the2014 NBA All-Star Game in New Orleans.[17]
On April 22, 2015, Brooks was fired by the Thunder a week after the team missed the playoffs for the first time in his six full seasons as head coach.[18] He left as the coach with the third-most wins in the Sonics/Thunder history, behind onlyLenny Wilkens andGeorge Karl.
It was reported byAdrian Wojnarowski in May that Brooks did not wish to interview for other coaching opportunities for the 2015–16 season, instead desiring to take a break and reconnect with family living in California.[19]
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On April 26, 2016, Brooks was hired by theWashington Wizards, becoming the 24th head coach in franchise history.[20]
He altered the team's culture in the off-season and met with several players.[21] In their first season with Brooks at the helm, the Wizards made it to the NBA playoffs, beating the Atlanta Hawks in the first round, before losing in seven games to the Boston Celtics in the second round. While they also made the playoffs the next year, Washington lost in six games in the first round to the Toronto Raptors, and then missed the playoffs entirely the next two seasons. In Brooks's fifth year as head coach, the team made it to the playoffs as a play-in team, but suffered a first round exit to the Philadelphia 76ers.
On June 16, 2021, the Wizards and Brooks parted ways after his contract expired.[22][23]
On August 2, 2021, Brooks was hired by thePortland Trail Blazers as the assistant coach toChauncey Billups.[24]
On August 5, 2024, Brooks joined theLos Angeles Lakers coaching staff as an assistant coach for head coachJJ Redick.[25]
Brooks and his wife have two children.[26] His daughter, Lexi, was born without a left hand.[27] Brooks wears three woven bracelets on his right wrist to symbolise his family.[28]
| Regular season | G | Games coached | W | Games won | L | Games lost | W–L % | Win–loss % |
| Playoffs | PG | Playoff games | PW | Playoff wins | PL | Playoff losses | PW–L % | Playoff win–loss % |
| Team | Year | G | W | L | W–L% | Finish | PG | PW | PL | PW–L% | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma City | 2008–09 | 69 | 22 | 47 | .319 | 5th inNorthwest | — | — | — | — | Missed Playoffs |
| Oklahoma City | 2009–10 | 82 | 50 | 32 | .610 | 4th in Northwest | 6 | 2 | 4 | .333 | Lost inFirst round |
| Oklahoma City | 2010–11 | 82 | 55 | 27 | .671 | 1st in Northwest | 17 | 9 | 8 | .529 | Lost inConference finals |
| Oklahoma City | 2011–12 | 66 | 47 | 19 | .712 | 1st in Northwest | 20 | 13 | 7 | .650 | Lost inNBA Finals |
| Oklahoma City | 2012–13 | 82 | 60 | 22 | .732 | 1st in Northwest | 11 | 5 | 6 | .455 | Lost inConference semifinals |
| Oklahoma City | 2013–14 | 82 | 59 | 23 | .720 | 1st in Northwest | 19 | 10 | 9 | .526 | Lost inConference finals |
| Oklahoma City | 2014–15 | 82 | 45 | 37 | .549 | 2nd in Northwest | — | — | — | — | Missed playoffs |
| Washington | 2016–17 | 82 | 49 | 33 | .598 | 1st inSoutheast | 13 | 7 | 6 | .538 | Lost inConference semifinals |
| Washington | 2017–18 | 82 | 43 | 39 | .524 | 2nd in Southeast | 6 | 2 | 4 | .333 | Lost inFirst round |
| Washington | 2018–19 | 82 | 32 | 50 | .390 | 4th in Southeast | — | — | — | — | Missed playoffs |
| Washington | 2019–20 | 72 | 25 | 47 | .347 | 3rd in Southeast | — | — | — | — | Missed playoffs |
| Washington | 2020–21 | 72 | 34 | 38 | .472 | 3rd in Southeast | 5 | 1 | 4 | .200 | Lost inFirst round |
| Career | 935 | 521 | 414 | .557 | 97 | 49 | 48 | .505 | |||
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