NASHVILLE, Tenn. – – Belmont University Vice President/Director of Athletics Scott Corley introduced Thursday the hiring of Evan Bradds (’17) because the 11th head males’s basketball coach in program historical past.
Bradds, among the many biggest gamers in Belmont University and Ohio Valley Conference historical past, at present serves as an assistant coach for five-time National Champion and 2026 NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship No. 1 general seed, Duke.
Bradds will stay on the Duke teaching employees by the NCAA Tournament.
A proper introduction, press convention, and campus celebration occasion for Bradds might be introduced at a later time.
“Becoming the next head coach at Belmont – a university and program that has played such a huge role in my life – is truly surreal,” Bradds stated. “Belmont is a special place, and I am grateful to have the opportunity to return and lead our men’s basketball program. I would like to thank Dr. Greg Jones and Scott Corley for the confidence and trust they have shown me. I would also like to thank Coach Byrd and my former teammates for playing a big part in making this dream a reality. It means the world to me and my family, and we can’t wait to get started. Go Bruins!”
“I am thrilled to announce Evan Bradds is coming home to Belmont, as he serves as our next head men’s basketball coach,” Corley stated. “Few student-athletes in the history of our University achieved more, and led more, than Evan. In trading his playing jersey for a clipboard, Evan has established himself as a rising star in the coaching community; universally regarded as one of the brightest minds in the game today. His clear communication style and undeniable care for his players is well-documented. But above all else, Evan is a fierce competitor with an unwavering desire to win championships. We welcome Evan and his wife MacKenzie to campus, and eagerly await the next chapter of Belmont men’s basketball.”
“Evan is the ideal person to lead our men’s basketball program,” stated Belmont University President Dr. Greg Jones. “Evan’s extraordinary accomplishments as a player and an Academic All-American set the standard for what it means to be a Belmont student-athlete. Yet it is Evan’s passion for the game, intellectual curiosity, growth mindset, and service to his players and fellow coaches that has garnered him a peerless reputation within the basketball community. He is an excellent fit for Belmont’s mission, and his career thus far demonstrates a clear alignment with our focus on forming leaders of character. Belmont players, Belmont Athletics and the entire Belmont community will benefit from Evan’s leadership for years to come.”
Bradds is in his first season as an assistant coach at Duke on the employees of nationwide coach of the yr candidate Jon Scheyer. Among his duties, Bradds serves as offensive coordinator for the Blue Devils, aiding Coach Scheyer with scouting studies, offensive recreation plans, play calls out of timeouts, and specialty conditions.
Bradds additionally spearheads Duke’s participant improvement program, together with work with presumptive nationwide participant of the yr and projected high NBA Draft choice Cameron Boozer, Nikolas Khamenia, and Patrick Ngongba.
Duke gained the Atlantic Coast Conference common season and match championships this season, incomes the No. 1 seed within the East Region of the 2026 NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship.
Prior to his time in Durham, Bradds labored three seasons as an assistant coach with the NBA Utah Jazz. Hired by Utah head coach Will Hardy, Bradds oversaw the Jazz participant improvement program, working intently with NBA rising stars like Keyonte George, Walker Kessler, Cody Williams, and Colin Sexton.
Bradds served as head coach of the Utah Jazz NBA Summer League workforce in 2023, working with gamers together with George, Ochai Agbaji, Brice Sensabaugh, Taylor Hendricks and Micah Potter.
Bradds labored 5 seasons for the 18-time NBA Champion Boston Celtics, working with and for NBA Champions Brad Stevens, Joe Mazzulla, and Ime Udoka. Aside from being alongside two-time Olympic Gold Medalist and four-time All-NBA First Team choice Jayson Tatum, Bradds coordinated video evaluation and specialised participant improvement packages for Grant Williams and NBA All-Star Gordon Hayward.
Before embarking on his teaching profession, Bradds rewrote the Belmont document guide as a participant for faculty basketball corridor of fame coach Rick Byrd.
Bradds was a two-time Associated Press Honorable Mention All-American and led Belmont to 4 convention championships, three Postseason NIT appearances, and the 2015 NCAA Tournament, the place the Bruins almost defeated second-seeded Virginia.
The 6-7 ahead led Belmont to 91 victories throughout his taking part in profession, together with transformational program victories at North Carolina, Georgia, and Marquette.
He holds the Belmont NCAA Division I period profession scoring document with 1,921 factors.
Bradds posted 98 profession double determine scoring video games, together with 55 of his closing 61 video games. He scored a career-high 36 factors vs. Tennessee State (1/24/16) and went 10-for-10 from the sector in his closing profession recreation on the Curb Event Center.
One of probably the most environment friendly scorers within the historical past of faculty basketball, Bradds led the nation in subject purpose share as a sophomore (.688) and junior (.714). His .667 profession subject purpose share ranks sixth all-time in NCAA Division I males’s basketball historical past.
Bradds was named Ohio Valley Conference Player of the Year in 2016 and 2017, becoming a member of the likes of NBA gamers Isaiah Canaan, Kenneth Faried, Lester Hudson, and Terry Taylor as gamers to earn the award in successive seasons.
As a senior, Bradds was named finalist for the Julius Erving National Small Forward of the Year Award and represented Belmont within the 2017 Final Four as a part of the Reese’s College All-Star Game.
He was additionally named to the All-Decade Team for the 2010s by CollegeInsider.com and the Ohio Valley Conference.
In the classroom, Bradds was named College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-American, twice named to the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) Division I-AAA ADA Scholar-Athlete Team, was a finalist for the 2017 Senior CLASS Award, and was named 2017 Ohio Valley Conference Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year.
Bradds graduated with honors from Belmont in 2017 with a bachelor’s diploma in finance.
A local of Jamestown, Ohio, Bradds is married to his spouse, MacKenzie, and is the grandson of former Ohio State All-American and NBA participant Gary Bradds.
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Belmont University males’s basketball has been a postseason fixture for the final 20 years, together with 9 berths to the NCAA Tournament. The Bruins have gained 21 convention championships since 2006 – third-most nationally over that span (behind Gonzaga and Kansas). Belmont has gained 20 or extra video games in 16 consecutive seasons (alongside Gonzaga and Kansas) and 19 or extra video games in 21 consecutive seasons (alongside Gonzaga, Kansas, and San Diego State). Belmont is amongst choose packages with two or extra first-round picks within the NBA Draft during the last six years (Ben Sheppard, Dylan Windler). Belmont University males’s basketball boasts an NCAA-leading 19 Academic All-America picks since 2001 and is the one NCAA Division I program to make the NCAA Academic Progress Rate (APR) Honor Roll yearly of its existence. Belmont is the one NCAA Division I establishment in America whose males’s and girls’s basketball packages have gained 20 or extra video games in 11 consecutive seasons.
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Belmont Names Evan Bradds Head Men’s Basketball Coach
