Brad Stevens Biography
Brad Stevens whose birth name is Bradley Kent Stevens s an American professional basketball coach and former collegiate player
Brad Stevens Age
Brad Stevens was born and raised in Zionsville, Indiana, on October 22, 1976. He is currently 43 years old as of 2019.
Brad Stevens Early Life
Born and raised in Zionsville, Indiana, Brad Stevens was interested in basketball from his early age as a kid growing up and as he attended Zionsville Community High School he was already a basketball star player for the high school team he was at. He won and retained the gold model for four consecutive years. He retained the membership of the National Honor Society, graduating seventh in his class of 165. He was so much into the basketball game that he traveled the country in summers, playing AAU basketball.
Brad Stevens Wife
Brad Stevens is wedded to his college sweetheart and who is also his legal attorney and lawyer Tracy Wilhelmy Stevens. She is his speaks person in the matter of legalities as well. Stevens and Tracy’s love story goes back to their college days when they were both college level athletes. Brad was a basketball player and Tracy was a footballer for women’s team at DePauw University.
The couple married each other in August of 2003 and she is Brad’s spokesperson till today’s date other than being his wife. The couple has two wonderful children together named Brady Stevens who is the eldest son and Kinsley Stevens youngest daughter.
Brad Stevens Career
College Coaching career
After playing under university camp as a captain in his senior year, Brad Stevens, he joined as a volunteer for the college team as he had this exceptional ability to map the opponent and form a game plan against it. Which ended up giving him a whole new horizon as a coach for The Boston’s biggest.
On April 2, 2007, Brad Stevens was nominated as a head coach and in 2007–08 Brad Stevens was the second youngest coach who went up against every best team of American college running for the trophy. He ended the season of Horizon League which is the regional league with a 16–2 and lifted the trophy as well. Brad Stevens has a record of thirty wins in his college coaching career. He has won some big and established teams while he was in coaching for The Butler University like the University of Michigan, Texas Tech, Florida State, Ohio State and much more.
NBA Coaching Career
Stevens was signed as the head coach of the Boston Celtics on July 3, 2013. It is confirmed that he was receiving more than one million dollars per year by the Buttler’s club but Brad Stevens preferred to stretch out for NBA and signed a huge $22 million dollar deal with the club.
On July 4, 2017, Brad Stevens was reunited with his former college player Gordon Hayward when Hayward signed a contract to play for the Celtics. In the 2017–18 season, the Celtics’ roster saw a massive change, as two-time All-Star Isaiah Thomas was traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers in exchange for Kyrie Irving. Stevens and the Celtics went 55–27, finishing the season as the second seed in the Eastern Conference, despite losing Hayward for the season to a broken ankle in the first game of the season and Irving missing significant playing time due to knee injuries.
Despite Irving missing the playoffs, Stevens led the Celtics on a deep playoff run, losing to the Cleveland Cavaliers in seven games in the Eastern Conference Finals. Stevens was considered a front runner for the NBA Coach of the Year Award, but lost to Dwane Casey of the Toronto Raptors.
Brad Stevens Coaching Styles
According to Stevens, in one of his first games as head coach, Brad Stevens was nervous and “felt like our team played on edge” because of it. He decided that a team’s play will reflect its coach’s mood; a calm coach means a team that will remain poised in difficult game situations, while a nervous coach means a team that plays on edge. “I don’t want to lose a game because of my approach,” he told himself. Accordingly, he developed a strategy of always remaining calm and focused during games. He rarely raises his voice or gets emotional, instead quietly observing on the sideline with folded arms.
Externally, Brad Stevens is always calm, but internally he is far from it. “I’m not as calm as everybody thinks,” Stevens says. His wife Tracy adds, “He’s calm and collected, but he’s fiercely competitive. He’s always thinking about how he can beat you.” Former player Joel Cornette says “Everyone sees Brad as a level-headed, calm and cool coach, but he’s about as competitive of a guy as I know. We would get into it constantly, whether playing two-on-two or arguing about players’ having better college careers.”
Stevens has often been referred to as a coaching prodigy,but is not interested in self-promotion. He instead prefers to deflect the praise he receives to the players, athletic department, and his mentors.He has not been known to posture for more money, or to leak his name for open coaching positions. Brad Stevens has been described as humble, modest, and not “about the money”.
With background at his short Eli Lilly stint, Stevens also gave a priority to mental health in his locker room. Brad Stevens implemented wellness programs and invited Dr. Stephanie Pinder-Amaker, founding director of McLean Hospital’s College Mental Health Program, to speak to his players.
Brad Stevens Team Coached
- Boston Celtics as the head coach since 2013
- Butler Bulldogs men’s basketball as the head coach from 2007 to 2013
- Butler Bulldogs men’s basketball as the assistant coach from 2001 to 2007
Brad Stevens Salary|Contract
The college had been offering one million dollars per year as the salary to Brad Stevens and everyone knows he was signed for $22 million for six years’ contract in 2013. Which makes his yearly salary to be $3.6 million per year and as per the sources his net worth in 2016 is around 6 million dollars. Brad Stevens lives his life in style along with his two teenage children and a lovely wife.
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