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Brian Keefe
Brian J. Keefe (born April 7, 1976) is an American professional basketball coach who is the head coach for the Washington Wizards of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
Brian Keefe was born in Winchester, Massachusetts.
As a high-school shooting guard, he was Winchester High School's all-time leading scorer, averaging 28 points a game, with his record of 1,163 points standing for 24 years before it was broken in 2018. Keefe was inducted in the Winchester Sport Foundation Hall of Fame in 2004. He was a teammate of Kirk Minihane.
Keefe began his collegiate playing career at UC Irvine, where he was appointed team captain as a sophomore and named All-Big West Second Team in 1995–96 after leading the team in scoring. After transferring to UNLV for his final two seasons, Keefe helped the Running Rebels win the Western Athletic Conference Tournament and earn an NCAA berth. He was named to the WAC All-Tournament Team after making a tournament-record 13 three-pointers. During his senior season in 1998–99, Keefe was named team captain and helped lead UNLV to an NIT appearance.
Keefe began his coaching career as a graduate assistant at the University of South Florida for the 2000–01 season before he was tapped to be assistant coach to Max Good at Bryant University in Smithfield, R.I. for four seasons (2001–05). In his final season, he helped the Bryant Bulldogs earn a trip to the Division II Championship in 2005, losing to Virginia Union.
Keefe started his career in professional basketball at the San Antonio Spurs where he served as video coordinator under head coach Gregg Popovich, and won a ring as part of the Spurs 2007 championship in his second season.
Keefe was selected by former Spurs assistant general manager Sam Presti and former Spurs assistant coach PJ Carlesimo to join them in laying the groundwork for what would become the Oklahoma City Thunder. He joined the team as assistant coach on August 23, 2007, when the team was still the Seattle SuperSonics. He became the performance lead for the team, with responsibility for the development of the team's young roster including their draft picks Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook and James Harden. All three went on to become MVPs of the league. In 2010, Keefe became the Thunder's defensive coordinator.
After seven years with the Thunder, Keefe joined the New York Knicks as assistant coach under head coach and former Thunder player Derek Fisher and team president Phil Jackson, where he focused on defense and the development of then-rookie Kristaps Porziņģis.
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Brian Keefe
Brian J. Keefe (born April 7, 1976) is an American professional basketball coach who is the head coach for the Washington Wizards of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
Brian Keefe was born in Winchester, Massachusetts.
As a high-school shooting guard, he was Winchester High School's all-time leading scorer, averaging 28 points a game, with his record of 1,163 points standing for 24 years before it was broken in 2018. Keefe was inducted in the Winchester Sport Foundation Hall of Fame in 2004. He was a teammate of Kirk Minihane.
Keefe began his collegiate playing career at UC Irvine, where he was appointed team captain as a sophomore and named All-Big West Second Team in 1995–96 after leading the team in scoring. After transferring to UNLV for his final two seasons, Keefe helped the Running Rebels win the Western Athletic Conference Tournament and earn an NCAA berth. He was named to the WAC All-Tournament Team after making a tournament-record 13 three-pointers. During his senior season in 1998–99, Keefe was named team captain and helped lead UNLV to an NIT appearance.
Keefe began his coaching career as a graduate assistant at the University of South Florida for the 2000–01 season before he was tapped to be assistant coach to Max Good at Bryant University in Smithfield, R.I. for four seasons (2001–05). In his final season, he helped the Bryant Bulldogs earn a trip to the Division II Championship in 2005, losing to Virginia Union.
Keefe started his career in professional basketball at the San Antonio Spurs where he served as video coordinator under head coach Gregg Popovich, and won a ring as part of the Spurs 2007 championship in his second season.
Keefe was selected by former Spurs assistant general manager Sam Presti and former Spurs assistant coach PJ Carlesimo to join them in laying the groundwork for what would become the Oklahoma City Thunder. He joined the team as assistant coach on August 23, 2007, when the team was still the Seattle SuperSonics. He became the performance lead for the team, with responsibility for the development of the team's young roster including their draft picks Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook and James Harden. All three went on to become MVPs of the league. In 2010, Keefe became the Thunder's defensive coordinator.
After seven years with the Thunder, Keefe joined the New York Knicks as assistant coach under head coach and former Thunder player Derek Fisher and team president Phil Jackson, where he focused on defense and the development of then-rookie Kristaps Porziņģis.