Scott Brooks, Washington Wizards Head Coach, to be a featured speaker at SBC 2020 Virtual Conference

Scott Brooks is in his fourth season as head coach of the Wizards, after signing with the organization on April 26, 2016.

In his first season at the helm, Brooks led the Wizards to a 49-33 record an a Southeast Division title, Washington’s first division title in 38 years. The 49 wins are the most since the 1978-79 campaign when the Bullets finished 54-28. In addition, Brooks is responsible for the development and incorporation of nine new players that were not on the roster for the 2015-16 season. He coached his team to the highest win total in NBA history for a team that started 2-8 or worse. Brooks is responsible for orches- trating an Eastern Conference-best 33-15 record after January 6 and led the Wizards to a 17-game home winning streak, the second-longest in franchise history. With Brooks on the sideline, Washington rallied from 17 double-digit deficits to win in 2016- 17, the most in team history in the last 20 years. His stellar track record for player development continued as John Wall appeared in his fourth straight All-Star game and averaged career highs in scoring, assists, field goal percentage and steals while Bradley Beal averaged career highs in scoring, assists, field goal percentage and games played. Otto Porter also averaged career highs in almost every statistical category.

Brooks is the 24th head coach in franchise history and brings a wealth of NBA coaching experience to the organization. Brooks was the head coach of the Oklahoma City Thunder from 2008-09 through 2014-15 where he amassed a 338-207 (.620) record, tallied four 50-plus win seasons (including 60 wins in 2012-13), made three appearances in the Western Conference Finals (2011, 2012, 2014) and advanced to the 2012 NBA Finals. He was named the Red Auerbach NBA Coach of the Year in 2010.

During his tenure with the Thunder, Brooks led Oklahoma City to five straight postseason appearances and four consecutive Northwest Division titles. From 2009-10 through 2014-15, he was the second-winningest active coach in the NBA, as the Thunder claimed 316 victories during this span.

Brooks guided the Thunder to a 45-win season during an injury-plagued 2014-15 campaign that saw Kevin Durant, Serge Ibaka and Russell Westbrook all miss extended stretches. After starting 3-12, the Thunder finished the season going 42-25 and in doing so, Oklahoma City became just the fourth team in NBA history to go from nine games below .500 at one point in the season, to nine games above .500 later in the season.

In the 2013-14 season, the Thunder finished with the second best record in the NBA at 59-23 and Oklahoma City became one of just two teams (San Antonio) to record a .610-or-better winning percentage (equivalent to 50 wins) in each of the five prior seasons. After posting the top record in the Western Conference through the first half of the 2013-14 season, Brooks represented the Thunder by coaching the 2014 Western Conference All-Stars in New Orleans. The All-Star coaching honor marked the second of Brooks’ career (Brooks and his staff also coached the 2012 All-Star Game in Orlando).

During the 2012-13 season, the Thunder claimed the top spot in the Western Conference after finishing with a record of 60-22. On the year, Oklahoma City posted the largest point differential in the NBA in more than five seasons (9.2 points per game). Oklahoma City won 44 games by double figures, including 19 games of 20- or- more (both tops in the NBA). The Thunder finished the season as the third highest scoring team in the NBA (105.7 points per game) while holding the opposition to the second worst field goal shooting percentage (.425).

At the end of the 2012-13 season, the Thunder became just the second team in NBA history to increase its winning percentage for five consecutive seasons (while maintaining a winning percentage of .700-or- better in two seasons).

During the 2011-12 season, Brooks guided the Thunder to a Western Conference championship and the NBA Finals after finishing the regular season with a record of 47-19. In the playoffs, the Thunder defeated Dallas, the Los Angeles Lakers and San Antonio before falling to the eventual champions Miami in five games.

In 2010-11 Brooks led the Thunder to 55 wins and a spot in the Western Conference Finals after Oklahoma City captured playoff series victories over the Denver Nuggets and Memphis Grizzlies. After the late-season acquisition of Kendrick Perkins from the Boston Celtics in mid-March, Brooks guided the Thunder to a 13-4 mark in the final 17 games of the regular season.

Brooks received the 2009-10 Red Auerbach NBA Coach of the Year award after his second season as head coach in Oklahoma City. During his first full year at the helm of the Thunder, Brooks oversaw one of the biggest turnarounds in NBA history. A year after winning 23 games, the Thunder concluded the 2009-10 season with a record of 50-32 (.610). The 27-win improvement was tied for the eighth largest in NBA history.Brooks was named interim head coach of the Thunder 13 games into the 2008-09 season and was later named head coach on April 15, 2009 prior to the team’s final game of the season. A day after being awarded his first NBA head coaching position, Brooks led the Thunder to their most lopsided victory of the year in the team’s season finale, a 126-85 win versus the Los Angeles Clippers at STAPLES Center.

Prior to his appointment as interim head coach on November 22, 2008 Brooks joined P.J. Carlisemo and the Thunder coaching staff at the start of the 2007-08 season. Before joining the Thunder (then Seattle Supersonics) organization as an assistant prior to the 2007-08 season, Brooks spent the 2006-07 season working as an assistant coach with the Sacramento Kings. His NBA coaching career began with the Denver Nuggets, where he served as an assistant coach from 2003-06. Brooks helped lead the Nuggets to the playoffs in each of his three seasons on the bench, with the team compiling a 136-110 (.560) regular season record.

Brooks played 10 seasons in the NBA, appearing in 680 regular season games with Philadelphia, Minnesota, Houston, Dallas, New York and Cleveland. He won an NBA championship in 1994 as a member of the Houston Rockets. The 5-11 guard retired with career averages of 4.9 points and 2.4 assists.

In 2000, Brooks was a player/assistant coach with the Los Angeles Stars of the ABA. The following season, he served as the head coach of the Southern California Surf of the ABA, guiding the club to a 23-14 record. A native of Lathrop, California, Brooks began his collegiate career at Texas Christian University, where he played one season. He then transferred to San Joaquin Delta College for his sophomore season, before spending his final two years at UC Irvine, where he averaged 23.8 points per game as a senior.

A native of Monterey, CA, Scott is the youngest of seven children. He is married to his high school sweetheart, Sherry, and the couple has two children – a son, Chance, and a daughter, Lexi. He wears three woven wristbands to signify each of them.