Brendan Suhr

{{short description|American basketball coach (born 1951)}}

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| image = Brendan Suhr in 2007.jpg

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| caption = Suhr in 2007

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1951|4|28}}

| birth_place = Fair Lawn, New Jersey, U.S.

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| player_years1 = 1970–1973

| player_team1 = Montclair State

| player_positions = Guard

| coach_years1 = 1973–1974

| coach_team1 = U of Detroit (asst.)

| coach_years2 = 1974–1979

| coach_team2 = Fairfield (asst.)

| coach_years3 = 1979–1988

| coach_team3 = Atlanta Hawks (asst.)

| coach_years4 = 1988–1992

| coach_team4 = Detroit Pistons (asst.)

| coach_years5 = 1992–1994

| coach_team5 = New Jersey Nets (asst.)

| coach_years6 = 1995–1997

| coach_team6 = Grand Rapids Mackers/Hoops

| coach_years7 = 1996–1997

| coach_team7 = Toronto Raptors (asst.)

| coach_years8 = 1997–1999

| coach_team8 = Orlando Magic (asst.)

| coach_years9 = 2000–2001

| coach_team9 = Detroit Pistons (asst.)

| coach_years10 = 2004–2007

| coach_team10 = New York Knicks (asst.)

| coach_years11 = 2010–2012

| coach_team11 = UCF (dir. development)

| coach_years12 = 2012–2013

| coach_team12 = UCF (asst.)

| coach_years13 = 2013–2015

| coach_team13 = UCF (dir. development)

| coach_years14 = 2015–2017

| coach_team14 = LSU (assoc. HC)

| coach_team15 = Stetson (asst.)

| coach_years15 = 2019–2020

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| overall_record = 65–47 (CBA)

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| championships = *2× NBA (1989, 1990)

  • CBA Eastern Division (1996)

| awards = *CBA Coach of the Year (1996)

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Brendan Ahearn Suhr (born April 28, 1951) is an American former basketball coach.

Suhr received his bachelor's degree from Montclair State University in 1973 and his master's degree in education administration from Fairfield University in 1979. He began his coaching career on the college level as an assistant at the University of Detroit Mercy, before moving to Fairfield University for five seasons.{{cite web|url=http://www.lsusports.net/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=28712&SPID=2166&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=5200&ATCLID=210237894&Q_SEASON=2016|title=Brendan Suhr|publisher=LSU|accessdate=December 25, 2016|archive-date=December 26, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161226145808/http://www.lsusports.net/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=28712&SPID=2166&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=5200&ATCLID=210237894&Q_SEASON=2016|url-status=dead}}
- {{cite web|url=http://www.nba.com/coachfile/brendan_suhr/|title=Brendan Suhr|publisher=NBA|accessdate=December 25, 2016|archive-date=January 9, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170109213116/http://www.nba.com/coachfile/brendan_suhr/|url-status=dead}}
Suhr was a longtime NBA assistant coach and worked on two NBA championship teams with the Detroit Pistons, in 1988-89 and 1989–90.

From 1995 to 1997, Suhr was head coach for the Grand Rapids Mackers (later Hoops) of the Continental Basketball Association. He was CBA Coach of the Year in 1996 for leading Grand Rapids to a 33–23 record and first-place finish in the Eastern Division.{{cite web|url=http://www.apbr.org/cbahist.html|title=CBA Coach of the Year|publisher=APBR|accessdate=December 25, 2016}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.apbr.org/cba7801.html|title = History of the Continental Basketball Association}} Grand Rapids went 32–24 and second in the CBA Eastern Division in 1996–97.

Suhr was named an assistant on Donnie Jones' staff at Stetson on May 15, 2019.{{Cite web|url=https://gohatters.com/news/2019/5/15/coaching-veteran-brendan-suhr-joins-mens-basketball-staff.aspx|title=Coaching Veteran Brendan Suhr Joins Men's Basketball Staff|date=May 15, 2019 |publisher=Stetson University Athletics|access-date=October 2, 2019}}

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