Brendan Thomas Malone (born April 21, 1942) is an American

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coach.

Early life

Malone grew up in

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and graduated from Rice High School.Knicks Media Guide 2003-04, p. 29
/ref> Malone's father, also named Brendan, unloaded freight cars for the

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. Malone then attended

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. He played only one game in 1960 for the

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team and graduated with a bachelor's degree in 1962.

Coaching career

After graduating from Iona, Malone then became a CYO basketball coach for the Church of the Most Precious Blood, Queens then became junior varsity basketball coach at

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in 1967. Malone also enrolled at

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and graduated with a master's degree in physical education in 1968."Brendan Malone." ''Marquis Who's Who Biographies.'' Accessed January 4, 2014 via LexisNexis. 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. Malone later became an assistant coach at the collegiate level, at Fordham (1976–1977),

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(1977–1978), and Syracuse (1978–1984 under

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) before becoming head coach at

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from 1984 to 1986. Malone then got his first NBA coaching job as an assistant for the

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in 1986 and served two seasons in the staffs of head coaches

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, and

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. In 1988, Malone joined the

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as an assistant coach under Chuck Daly. Malone stayed in Detroit until 1995 and also coached under

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in the 1992–93 season and

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from 1993 to 1995. Malone helped coach the Pistons to the 1989 and

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NBA championship titles. Malone was named as the first

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( 1995–96) of the

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, one of two 1995 NBA expansion teams in Canada. Malone was appointed the job by the Raptors' general manager of the time,

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. 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 handed the championship Bulls one of their few losses that season. Following his time with the Raptors, Malone served as an assistant coach with the

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and as a consultant with the

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. He was the interim head coach of the

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in 2004–05. On July 3, 2007, Malone was one of four assistants hired to serve under new

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head coach Stan Van Gundy. On June 25, 2013, he was hired as an assistant coach for the

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, under new head coach Mike Malone, his son, who himself was hired earlier that month. However, on October 23, 2013, his resignation was announced, with the "rigors of coaching in the NBA" cited as the reason. On May 30, 2014, Malone was one of three assistants hired to serve under new

head coach Stan Van Gundy.Detroit Pistons Add Four Members to Basketball Staff
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Head coaching record

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References

External links

Basketball-Reference.com: Brendan Malone
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