Brendan Malone

Brendan Malone

Malone in 2008 as Orlando Magic assistant coach
Detroit Pistons
Position Assistant coach
League NBA
Personal information
Born (1942-04-21) April 21, 1942
New York City, New York
Career information
High school Rice (Harlem, New York)
College Iona (1958–1962)
Coaching career 1967–present
Career history
As coach:
1967–1970 Power Memorial Academy (JV)
1970–1976 Power Memorial Academy
1976–1977 Fordham (assistant)
1977–1978 Yale (assistant)
1978–1984 Syracuse (assistant)
1984–1986 Rhode Island
1986–1988 New York Knicks (assistant)
1988–1995 Detroit Pistons (assistant)
1995–1996 Toronto Raptors
1996–2000 New York Knicks (assistant)
2000–2003 Indiana Pacers (assistant)
2003–2004 New York Knicks (assistant)
2004–2005 Cleveland Cavaliers (assistant)
2005 Cleveland Cavaliers
2007–2012 Orlando Magic (assistant)
2014–present Detroit Pistons (assistant)
Career highlights and awards

Brendan Thomas Malone (born April 21, 1942)[1] is an American basketball coach, currently serving as an assistant coach for the Detroit Pistons of the National Basketball Association (NBA).

Early life

Malone grew up in Astoria, Queens in New York City and graduated from Rice High School.[2] Malone's father, also named Brendan, unloaded freight cars for the Railway Express Agency.[3] Malone then attended Iona College. He played only one game in 1960 for the Iona Gaels men's basketball team and graduated with a bachelor's degree in 1962.[4][5]

Coaching career

After graduating from Iona, Malone then became a CYO basketball coach for the Church of the Most Precious Blood, Manhattan then became junior varsity basketball coach at Power Memorial Academy in 1967.[2][6] Malone also enrolled at New York University and graduated with a master's degree in physical education in 1968.[7] From 1970 to 1976, Malone was varsity basketball coach at Power Memorial and led Power Memorial to two city championships. During his six-season stint, Malone earned three "Coach of the Year" honors.[2]

Malone later became an assistant coach at the collegiate level, at Fordham (1976–1977), Yale (1977–1978), and Syracuse (1978–1984 under Jim Boeheim) before becoming head coach at Rhode Island from 1984 to 1986.[2] Malone then got his first NBA coaching job as an assistant for the New York Knicks in 1986 and served two seasons in the staffs of head coaches Hubie Brown, Bob Hill, and Rick Pitino. In 1988, Malone joined the Detroit Pistons as an assistant coach under Chuck Daly.[8] Malone stayed in Detroit until 1995 and also coached under Ron Rothstein in the 1992–93 season and Don Chaney from 1993 to 1995. Malone helped coach the Pistons to the 1989 and 1990 NBA championship titles.[8]

Malone was named as the first head coach (1995–96) of the Toronto Raptors, one of two 1995 NBA expansion teams in Canada. Malone was appointed the job by the Raptors' general manager of the time, Isiah Thomas. Malone was long considered the NBA's leading authority on defending Michael Jordan, particularly after orchestrating Detroit Piston defenses that kept Jordan's Bulls out of the NBA Finals for some time. Malone only lasted one season as head coach of the Raptors, going 21-61, but handing the championship Bulls one of their few losses that season. Following his time with the Raptors, Malone served as an assistant coach with the Indiana Pacers, New York Knicks, Detroit Pistons and as a consultant with the Seattle SuperSonics. He was the interim head coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2004–05.

On July 3, 2007, Malone was one of four assistants hired to serve under new Orlando Magic head coach Stan Van Gundy.[9] Malone's son, Mike, began the 2014 season as the head coach of the Sacramento Kings, but has since been fired by team management for a slow start.[10] On June 25, 2013, he was hired as an assistant coach under his son at the Kings.[11] However, on October 23, 2013, he announced that he would be leaving the Kings.[12] On May 30, 2014, Malone was one of three assistants hired to serve under new Detroit Pistons head coach Stan Van Gundy.[13]

Head coaching record

College

Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Rhode Island Rams (Atlantic 10 Conference) (1984–1986)
1984–85 Rhode Island 8–20 2–16 10th
1984–85 Rhode Island 9–19 5–13 T–8th
Rhode Island: 17–39 7–29
Total: 17–39

NBA

Legend
Regular season G Games coached W Games won L Games lost W–L % Win-loss %
Post season 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
Toronto 1995–96 822161.2568th in Central———— Missed Playoffs
Cleveland 2004–05 18810.4444th in Central———— Missed Playoffs
Career 1002971.290 ————

Coaching tree

The following assistant coaches who worked for Malone had later become head coaches:

References

  1. ↑ "Magic Name Assistant Coaches". Orlando Magic. July 3, 2007. Retrieved January 4, 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Knicks Media Guide 2003-04, p. 29
  3. ↑ Lawrence, Mitch (July 11, 1995). "Malone's long journey to top". New York Daily News. Retrieved January 4, 2014.
  4. ↑ Iona College men's basketball media guide, p. 122
  5. ↑ "Brendan Malone". NBA. Archived from the original on April 9, 2005.
  6. ↑ Moran, Malcolm (July 2, 1987). "Players; Knick who serves and waits". New York Times. Retrieved January 4, 2014.
  7. ↑ "Brendan Malone." Marquis Who's Who Biographies. Accessed January 4, 2014 via LexisNexis.
  8. 1 2 "Brendan Malone" (PDF). Detroit Pistons 2014-15 Media Guide. Detroit Pistons. 2014. p. 14. Retrieved April 26, 2015.
  9. ↑ Ewing, Malone, Clifford, Beyer hired as Magic coaches
  10. ↑
  11. ↑ KINGS HIRE BRENDAN MALONE AS ASSISTANT COACH
  12. ↑ Assistant coach Brendan Malone leaves the Sacramento Kings
  13. ↑ Detroit Pistons Add Four Members to Basketball Staff
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