Bret Burchard is an American former basketball player and coach. He served as head coach of the
Northern Arizona Suns
The Motor City Cruise are an American professional basketball team in the NBA G League based in Detroit, Michigan, and are affiliated with the Detroit Pistons. The Cruise play their home games at Wayne State Fieldhouse. The franchise began play a ...
of the
NBA G League
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from 2018 to 2020. He attended
Taylor University
Taylor University is a private, interdenominational, evangelical Christian university in Upland, Indiana. Founded in 1846, it is one of the oldest evangelical Christian universities in the country.
The university is named after Bishop William ...
.
Coaching career
Buchard began his coaching career as an assistant coach for his college,
Taylor University
Taylor University is a private, interdenominational, evangelical Christian university in Upland, Indiana. Founded in 1846, it is one of the oldest evangelical Christian universities in the country.
The university is named after Bishop William ...
.
In 2010, he began working for the
Phoenix Suns
The Phoenix Suns are an American professional basketball team based in Phoenix, Arizona. They compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA), as a member of the league's Western Conference Pacific Division. The Suns are the only team in t ...
organization. Burchard was originally a part of the inaugural season's coaching staff for the
Northern Arizona Suns
The Motor City Cruise are an American professional basketball team in the NBA G League based in Detroit, Michigan, and are affiliated with the Detroit Pistons. The Cruise play their home games at Wayne State Fieldhouse. The franchise began play a ...
NBA G League
The NBA G League, or simply the G League, is the National Basketball Association's (NBA) official List of developmental and minor sports leagues, minor league basketball organization. The league was known as the National Basketball Development ...
team. Early in the 2017–18 season, Burchard was named an associate head coach for the Northern Arizona squad. However, during the middle of that same season, he was promoted to the
Phoenix Suns
The Phoenix Suns are an American professional basketball team based in Phoenix, Arizona. They compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA), as a member of the league's Western Conference Pacific Division. The Suns are the only team in t ...
as a player development assistant coach after the firing of the original coaching staff held together under former coach
Earl Watson
Earl Joseph Watson Jr. (born June 12, 1979) is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is an assistant coach for the Toronto Raptors of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the UCLA ...
at the time.
On July 25, 2018 he was named the head coach of the
Northern Arizona Suns
The Motor City Cruise are an American professional basketball team in the NBA G League based in Detroit, Michigan, and are affiliated with the Detroit Pistons. The Cruise play their home games at Wayne State Fieldhouse. The franchise began play a ...
, the
NBA G League
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affiliate of the Phoenix Suns, after serving as an assistant coach for Phoenix the previous season.
On June 19, 2019, the Suns announced that he would return as the head coach for the 2019–20 season.
Personal life
Brett's father is
Bob Burchard, the recently retired head coach at
Columbia College in Missouri. He served as the head coach for 31 years.
References
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Living people
American men's basketball players
Basketball coaches from Missouri
Basketball players from Missouri
Northern Arizona Suns coaches
Phoenix Suns assistant coaches
Sportspeople from Columbia, Missouri
Year of birth missing (living people)