Brian Lynch (basketball)
{{Short description|American basketball player and coach}}
{{About|the American basketball player|other uses|Brian Lynch (disambiguation){{!}}Brian Lynch}}
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| position = Head coach
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1978|6|12}}
| birth_place = Point Pleasant, New Jersey
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| nationality = American / Belgian
| highschool = Christian Brothers Academy
(Lincroft, New Jersey)
| college = Villanova (1996–2000)
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| career_start = 2000
| career_end = 2009
| career_position = Shooting guard / small forward
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| years1 = 2000–2001
| team1 = Spójnia Stargard
| years2 = 2001
| team2 = Bnei Herzliya
| years3 = 2001–2002
| team3 = Aveiro Basket
| years4 = 2002–2003
| team4 = Panionios
| years5 = 2003
| team5 = Avitos Gießen
| years6 = 2003
| team6 = Stayer Reggio Calabria
| years7 = 2003
| team7 = Eurorida Scafati
| years8 = 2003
| team8 = Paris Basket Racing
| years9 = 2003–2004
| team9 = Avitos Giessen
| years10 = 2004–2008
| team10 = Euphony Bree
| years11 = 2008–2009
| team11 = Antwerp Giants
| cyears1 = 2013–2014
| cteam1 = Antwerp Giants (assistant)
| cyears2 = 2014–2017
| cteam2 = Limburg United
| cyears3 = 2017–2019
| cteam3 = Spirou
| cyears4 = 2019–2020
| cteam4 = Limburg United
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Brian Robert Lynch (born June 12, 1978) is an American retired professional basketball player and current coach.
Early life
Lynch was born in Point Pleasant, New Jersey to Mary and Richard Lynch, a now-retired Belmar, New Jersey police chief.{{cite web|url=http://www.nj.com/sports/njsports/index.ssf/2010/09/belmars_bryan_lynch_balances_j.html |title=Belmar's Brian Lynch balances Jersey life, Belgian culture with tennis champ wife Kim Clijsters |date=September 10, 2010 |publisher=NJ.com |first=Conor |last=Orr |accessdate=September 8, 2014 }}{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/06/sports/tennis/06lynch.html |title=Two-Time Champion and 'Part Jersey Girl' |newspaper=The New York Times |date=September 5, 2010 |first=Harvey |last=Araton |accessdate=September 8, 2014 }} Lynch is of Irish descent. He grew up in Belmar, New Jersey and went to high school at Christian Brothers Academy. He played college basketball at Villanova University, scoring 992 points.[http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070714/SPORTS/707140379/1002 "Clijsters, Lynch wed in Belgian ceremony"], Asbury Park Press, July 14, 2007. Accessed July 25, 2007.
Career
After graduating from Villanova in 2000, Lynch went to Europe to play professionally. There, he spent his first few years as a journeyman playing for numerous teams in different European countries before settling in Belgium in 2004. He last played forward for the Antwerp Diamond Giants of Belgium's Pro Basketball League from 2008 to 2009.
In February 2013, it was reported that Lynch would become the assistant coach of the Antwerp Giants for the next season.{{cite web|last=Detal|first=Bertrand|title=Brian Lynch assistant-coach à l'Antwerp|url=http://sport.be.msn.com/fr/basketball/article.html?Article_ID=632322|publisher=Sport.be.msn|accessdate=February 25, 2013|language=French|date=February 25, 2013}} In 2014, he signed a 5-year contract with newly formed PBL club Limburg United.{{cite web|url=http://www.demorgen.be/dm/nl/1005/Meer-Sport/article/detail/1827719/2014/03/24/Brian-Lynch-tekent-voor-vijf-seizoenen-bij-Limburg-United.dhtml |title=Brian Lynch tekent voor vijf seizoenen bij Limburg United |work=Demorgen.be | language = Dutch | date=2014-03-24 |accessdate=2014-06-11}} On June 6, 2017, Lynch was announced as the head coach for Spirou Charleroi for the 2017–18 PBL season.[http://www.proximusspirou.be/actualite/20170606-les-nouveaux-visages-du-proximus-spirou-videos LES NOUVEAUX VISAGES DU PROXIMUS SPIROU (VIDÉOS)] On November 25, 2018, Lynch was sacked by Spirou.{{cite web|url=https://basketbalnieuws.com/bryan-linch-ontslagen-door-spirou-charleroi/|title=Brian Lynch ontslagen door Spirou Charleroi|date=25 November 2018|publisher=|accessdate=17 April 2020}}
During the 2018–19 season, Lynch returned to Limburg.{{cite web|url=https://www.hubolimburgunited.be/nl/news/detail/156/brian-lynch-terug-als-head-coach-bij-hubo-limburg-united|title=Brian Lynch terug als head coach bij Hubo Limburg United|work=www.hubolimburgunited.be|accessdate=17 April 2020|archive-date=8 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190508021617/https://www.hubolimburgunited.be/nl/news/detail/156/brian-lynch-terug-als-head-coach-bij-hubo-limburg-united|url-status=dead}}
Personal life
Lynch is married to Belgian tennis player Kim Clijsters. They were married in a private low-key ceremony on July 13, 2007 at the Bree city hall by the mayor, with only their parents and siblings present. On February 27, 2008, she gave birth to the couple's first child, a daughter, Jada.[https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/news/story?id=3267140 ESPN - Clijsters gives birth to daughter, names her Jada - Tennis] On February 25, 2013, Clijsters announced on her Twitter account that they were expecting a second child.{{cite web|last=Clijsters|first=Kim|title=Twitter / Clijsterskim : Hi everyone, we have some exciting ...|url=https://twitter.com/Clijsterskim/status/306014479324438530|publisher=Twitter.com|accessdate=February 25, 2013|date=February 25, 2013}}{{cite web|title=Kim Clijsters pregnant with second child|url=http://www.tennisworldusa.org/Kim-Clijsters-pregnant-with-second-child-articolo8646.html|publisher=Tennisworldusa.org|accessdate=February 25, 2013|date=February 25, 2013}} On 18 September 2013, Clijsters gave birth to their second child, a son, Jack Leon Lynch.{{cite web|last=Clijsters|first=Kim|title=Twitter / Clijsterskim : Jack Leon Lynch is Born!... |url=https://twitter.com/Clijsterskim/status/380411047737589760|publisher=Twitter.com|accessdate=18 September 2013|date=18 September 2013}} In October 2016, she gave birth to their third child, a son, Blake Richard Lynch.{{cite web|last=Clijsters|first=Kim|title=Twitter / Clijsterskim : He finally arrived :-) Meet Blake Richard Lynch ... |url=https://twitter.com/Clijsterskim/status/792682303457722372|publisher=Twitter.com|accessdate=23 November 2016|date=30 October 2016}}
The family divides their time spending autumn in Belgium and summers at their home in Wall Township, New Jersey.Orr, Conor. [http://www.nj.com/sports/njsports/index.ssf/2010/09/belmars_bryan_lynch_balances_j.html "Belmar's Brian Lynch balances Jersey life, Belgian culture with tennis champ wife Kim Clijsters"], NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, September 10, 2010. Accessed October 20, 2015. "They spend their Summers in New Jersey in between tournament stops at a house they own in Wall. They spend their Autumns in Belgium, where Jada will most likely attend school."
References
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External links
- https://web.archive.org/web/20090910075216/http://www.sport.be/antwerpgiants/nl/teams/team.html?comp=2465&team=11394&display=2
- [http://www.eurobasket.com/player.asp?Cntry=BEL&PlayerID=18160 Eurobasket.com Profile]
{{BLB Coach of the Year}}
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