Scott Brooks Biography
Scott Brooks (Scott William Brooks) is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is the head coach of the Washington Wizards of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
Brooks played point guard at San Joaquin Delta College and Texas Christian University before playing his last two years at the University of California, Irvine.
Scott Brooks Age
Brooks is 54 years old as of 2019. He was born on July 31, 1965.
Scott Brooks Wife
The Washington Wizard’s head coach is married to Sherry Silvey, his high school sweetheart. The two lovebirds met in Eastern Union High School, California where they both attended high school and remained friends until they got married on January 27, 1993.
Their wedding happened on Pebble Beach, in the presence of family and friends before jetting off to Europe for their honeymoon. They have two children; a son named Chance and a daughter named Lexi Brooks.
Scott Brooks NBA
After not being drafted in the 1987 NBA Draft, Scott debuted professionally with the Albany Patroons of the Continental Basketball Association under coach Bill Musselman. He was named to the CBA’s all-rookie team in 1988 and was a member of Albany’s CBA Championship team that same season. He later played for the Fresno Flames of the World Basketball League.
Scott played 10 seasons (1988–1998) in the NBA. During those years he played for Philadelphia 76ers, Minnesota Timberwolves, Houston Rockets, Dallas Mavericks, New York Knicks and Cleveland Cavaliers and was a member of Houston’s 1994 NBA Championship team.
In 1995, Scott was traded to the Mavericks for Morlon Wiley and a second-round pick in the only trade deadline deal of the season. He signed with the Los Angeles Clippers before the 1998–99 season but sat out due to a right knee injury.
The Clippers waived Brooks on February 19, 1999, re-signed him before releasing him in October 1999 during the 1999–2000 preseason. He later joined the Los Angeles Stars of the American Basketball Association (ABA) in 2000–01 where he was both a player and an assistant coach.
Scott Brooks Coach
Before being named as an assistant to P. J. Carlesimo with the Seattle SuperSonics before the 2007–08 season, he had served as an assistant coach with the Sacramento Kings and Denver Nuggets.
OKC coach Scott Brooks
Later when Carlesimo was fired on November 22, 2008, Scott was named interim coach for the rest of the season and later on April 22, 2009, the Thunder named Scott the 15th head coach in Sonics/Thunder history.
Brooks got off to one of the best starts for a rookie head coach in recent NBA history and led the Thunder to the playoffs in his first five full seasons with the team. He was later named the 2009–10 NBA 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.
Scott was named the Western Conference All-Star Coach for the 2012 NBA All-Star Game in Orlando, Florida on February 11, 2012. In the shortened 66-game 2011-2012 season, Scott led the Thunder to the NBA Finals. At the finals, they lost to the 2012 NBA Champions, the Miami Heat.
The Thunder signed Scott to a multi-year head coaching contract reportedly worth about $18 million in the 2012 off-season. On April 22, 2015, he 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.
John Wall Scott Brooks
Basketball player, John wall, was reportedly fined for shouting an expletive at Wizards head coach, Brooks in November 2018. Wall is said to have apologized to both Brooks and his teammates.
ESPN reported saying, “After teammate Jeff Green and Brooks pushed Wall and Wizards teammates to raise the level of intensity in a practice last week, Wall fired back with “f— you,” toward Brooks, league sources said.
Wall did apologize to Brooks shortly afterward, and to his teammates the following day, league sources said.
The disconnect between Wall and his teammates has increased throughout the Wizards’ struggles, league sources said. Washington is 5-11, and underachieving this season.”
Scott Brooks Wizards
On April 26, 2016, Scott was hired by the Washington Wizards hence becoming the 24th head coach in franchise history.
Scott Brooks Contract
According to people with knowledge of the situation, Scott signed a contract worth $35 million.
Scott Brooks Salary
Brooks earns an average salary of $7 million annually.
Scott Brooks-Young