Brendan Malone
Malone in 2008 as Orlando Magic assistant coach
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| Detroit Pistons | |
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| Position | Assistant coach |
| League | NBA |
| Personal information | |
| Born |
April 21, 1942 New York City, New York |
| Career information | |
| High school | Rice (Harlem, New York) |
| College | Iona (1958–1962) |
| Coaching career | 1967–present |
| Career history | |
| As coach: | |
| 1967–1970 | Power Memorial Academy (JV) |
| 1970–1976 | Power Memorial Academy |
| 1976–1977 | Fordham (assistant) |
| 1977–1978 | Yale (assistant) |
| 1978–1984 | Syracuse (assistant) |
| 1984–1986 | Rhode Island |
| 1986–1988 | New York Knicks (assistant) |
| 1988–1995 | Detroit Pistons (assistant) |
| 1995–1996 | Toronto Raptors |
| 1996–2000 | New York Knicks (assistant) |
| 2000–2003 | Indiana Pacers (assistant) |
| 2003–2004 | New York Knicks (assistant) |
| 2004–2005 | Cleveland Cavaliers (assistant) |
| 2005 | Cleveland Cavaliers |
| 2007–2012 | Orlando Magic (assistant) |
| 2014–present | Detroit Pistons (assistant) |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Brendan Thomas Malone (born April 21, 1942) is an American basketball coach, currently serving as an assistant coach for the Detroit Pistons of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
Malone grew up in Astoria, Queens in New York City and graduated from Rice High School. Malone's father, also named Brendan, unloaded freight cars for the Railway Express Agency. Malone then attended Iona College. He played only one game in 1960 for the Iona Gaels men's basketball team and graduated with a bachelor's degree in 1962.
After graduating from Iona, Malone then became a CYO basketball coach for the Church of the Most Precious Blood, Manhattan then became junior varsity basketball coach at Power Memorial Academy in 1967. Malone also enrolled at New York University and graduated with a master's degree in physical education in 1968. 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), Yale (1977–1978), and Syracuse (1978–1984 under Jim Boeheim) before becoming head coach at Rhode Island from 1984 to 1986. 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. In 1988, Malone joined the Detroit Pistons as an assistant coach under Chuck Daly. Malone stayed in Detroit until 1995 and also coached under Ron Rothstein in the 1992–93 season and Don Chaney from 1993 to 1995. Malone helped coach the Pistons to the 1989 and 1990 NBA championship titles.
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