Gary George Brokaw (born January 11, 1954) is an American former basketball player and coach. After an All-American college career for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Brokaw played four seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Following his playing career, Brokaw became a coach.
Playing career
Brokaw attended New Brunswick High School.Gary Brokaw, Basketball-Reference.com. Accessed September 17, 2007. He played collegiately for the University of Notre Dame.
He was selected by the Milwaukee Bucks in the first 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.
NBA career statistics
Regular season
| align="left" | 1974–75 | align="left" | Milwaukee | 73 || - || 22.5 || .455 || - || .685 || 2.0 || 3.0 || 0.4 || 0.2 || 8.1 |- | align="left" | 1975–76 | align="left" | Milwaukee | 75 || - || 19.6 || .457 || - || .700 || 1.7 || 3.3 || 0.5 || 0.2 || 8.4 |- | align="left" | 1976–77 | align="left" | Milwaukee | 41 || - || 21.7 || .401 || - || .766 || 1.6 || 2.7 || 0.5 || 0.6 || 8.9 |- | align="left" | 1976–77 | align="left" | Cleveland | 39 || - || 15.3 || .467 || - || .707 || 1.5 || 3.0 || 0.4 || 0.3 || 7.2 |- | align="left" | 1977–78 | align="left" | Buffalo | 13 || - || 10.0 || .419 || - || .750 || 0.9 || 1.5 || 0.2 || 0.4 || 4.2 |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career | 241 || - || 19.6 || .446 || - || .713 || 1.7 || 3.0 || 0.4 || 0.3 || 8.0
Playoffs
| align="left" | 1975–76 | align="left" | Milwaukee | 3 || - || 36.0 || .622 || - || .944 || 3.7 || 8.0 || 1.0 || 1.0 || 21.0 |- | align="left" | 1976–77 | align="left" | Cleveland | 3 || - || 14.7 || .474 || - || .333 || 1.3 || 4.0 || 0.7 || 0.3 || 6.7 |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career | 6 || - || 25.3 || .571 || - || .792 || 2.5 || 6.0 || 0.8 || 0.7 || 13.8
Coaching career
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.www.coachup.com/coaches/garyb-11
References
External links
NBA page on Brokaw