1. Brendan Thomas Malone was an American professional basketball coach in the National Basketball Association.
18 Facts About Brendan Malone
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Brendan Malone grew up in Astoria, Queens in New York City and graduated from Rice High School.
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Brendan Malone played only one game in 1960 for the Iona Gaels men's basketball team and graduated with a bachelor's degree in 1962.
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Brendan Malone was the father of former Denver Nuggets head coach Michael Malone.
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Brendan Malone enrolled at New York University and graduated with a master's degree in physical education in 1968.
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From 1970 to 1976, Brendan Malone was varsity basketball coach at Power Memorial and led Power Memorial to two city championships.
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Brendan Malone was named an assistant coach at Fordham on April 5,1976.
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Brendan Malone served in a similar capacity at the collegiate level with Yale, and Syracuse before becoming head coach at Rhode Island from 1984 to 1986.
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Brendan Malone then got his first NBA coaching job as an assistant for the New York Knicks in 1986 and served two seasons in the staffs of head coaches Hubie Brown, Bob Hill, and Rick Pitino.
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In 1988, Brendan Malone joined the Detroit Pistons as an assistant coach under Chuck Daly.
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Brendan Malone helped coach the Pistons to the 1989 and 1990 NBA championship titles.
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Brendan Malone was named as the first head coach of the Toronto Raptors, one of two 1995 NBA expansion teams in Canada.
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Brendan Malone was appointed the job by the Raptors' general manager of the time, Isiah Thomas.
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Brendan 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.
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On July 3,2007, Brendan Malone was one of four assistants hired to serve under new Orlando Magic head coach Stan Van Gundy.
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On May 30,2014, Brendan Malone was one of three assistants hired to serve under new Detroit Pistons head coach Stan Van Gundy.
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On June 15,2016, Brendan Malone became a scout in the New York region for the Pistons, giving up his assistant job in the process.
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Brendan Malone died on October 10,2023, at the age of 88.