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Scott Brooks is a National Basketball Association (NBA) coach who had a brilliant career as a player, playing for six NBA teams despite being undrafted in the 1987 NBA Draft for which he had declared. He also won an NBA championship with the Houston Rickets in 1994.
His coaching career started in the minor leagues before he made his NBA debut as an assistant coach with the Denver Nuggets. Today, after establishing himself as a top coach in the league during his six seasons with the Oklahoma City Thunder, he works as the head coach of the Washington Wizards.
What is the net worth of Scott Brooks?
Scott Brooks is estimated to have a net worth of $10 million. His contract with the Washington Wizards, on the other hand, is worth $35 million, and his annual salary is a whopping $7 million.
Scott Brooks: Birth, Parents, Siblings & Education
Scott William Brooks was born on July 31, 1965, in French Camp, California, to Lee and George Brooks.
He grew up as the youngest of six siblings, with his mother working nearly three jobs to put food on the table.
Scott Brooks went to East Union High School in Manteca, California, and fell in love with basketball, which he played until he graduated in 1983.
He attended Texas Christian University for one year before transferring to San Joaquin Delta College in Stockton, California for his second year, and then to the University of California, Irvine, where he graduated in 1987.
Despite his frequent transfers, Scott managed to play basketball during his freshman year. As a freshman at Texas Christian University, he joined the Horned Frogs, TCU’s men’s basketball team, and began his collegiate career.
He played his sophomore season with the San Joaquin Delta College basketball team before transferring to the University of California, where he played his junior and senior seasons before entering the 1987 NBA Draft.
Scott Brooks: Career
Scott Brooks envisioned a successful NBA career that would begin with his selection by an NBA franchise in the 1987 NBA Draft, which he was a part of.
He couldn’t think of anything else; that was the only way he could possibly become a basketball star. So you can imagine his surprise when, by the end of the draft, he appeared to be an undrafted agent.
However, he was drafted as a point guard by the Albany Patroons of the Continental Basketball Association (CBA) in the second round of the 1987 CBA draft, and after leading the Patroons to league victory in his rookie season, he found himself back on his dream path in the NBA with the Philadelphia 76ers in 1988.
In addition to the Minnesota Timberwolves (where he reunited with his Albany Patroons coach, Bill Musselman, in 1990-92), he also played for the Houston Rockets (1992-95), Dallas Mavericks (1995-96), New York Knicks (1996-97), and Cleveland Cavaliers (1997-98).
A right knee injury in 1998 was the reason he did not play for a seventh NBA team, as despite being signed by the Los Angeles Clippers for the 1998-99 season, he never played a single game for them due to his injury.
In 2000, he was traded to the Los Angeles Stars of the now-defunct American Basketball Association (ABA), and his only NBA championship came in 1994, with the Rockets.
His role in the ABA league was dual, as he was also an assistant coach for the Los Angeles Star, which is where his coaching career began. He coached another ABA team, the Southern California Surf, before returning to the NBA as an assistant coach with the Denver Nuggets in 2013.
Brooks left the Nuggets after three seasons to join the Sacramento Kings as an assistant coach in 2016. He stayed with the Kings for one year before moving to the Seattle SuperSonics (now Oklahoma City Thunder) at the start of the 2007-08 season to work under P.J. Carlesimo.
He got his first head coaching job (with the Oklahoma City Thunder) as an interim replacement for Carlesimo.
Carlesimo was fired in 2008, and Scott was named the Thunder’s permanent coach following the 2008-09 season.
He led the team (which included and Russell Westbrooks) to the playoffs in his first season as a permanent head coach (2009-10) after a 50-win season, earning him the NBA Coach of the Year award that season.
He also led the Thunder to the 2012 NBA Finals, where they were defeated by the Miami Heat.
Scott Brooks was given a multi-year contract worth $18 million in 2012, but after missing the playoffs for the first time (in six full seasons) since taking over as head coach, he was fired in 2015 – a move that shocked the NBA.
However, he will be remembered as one of the best coaches (in terms of win rate) the Oklahoma City Thunder has ever had.
Despite the fact that a number of clubs approached him in an attempt to sign him, Scott chose to take a one-year break and spend time with his family. He returned in 2016 and was signed to a five-year, $35 million contract by the Washington Wizards for the 2016-17 season.
Scott Brooks: Relationship Status
Sherry Silvey, the head coach of the Washington Wizards, is his high school sweetheart.
They met at Eastern Union High School in California, where they both went to high school and remained friends until their marriage on January 27, 1993.
They married on a beach – Pebble Beach – in front of family and friends before flying to Europe for their honeymoon.
The couple has two children: a son, Chance Brooks, who attended the University of South Carolina, and a daughter, Lexi Brooks.
Lee Brooks, Scott Brooks’ mother, died of Stage 4 cancer in 2013 at the age of 79.
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Scott Brooks: Height and Weight
His body measurements are as follows: 5 feet 11 inches (1.80 m) in height and 165 lb in weight (75 kg).
He is said to resemble Marty Seamus McFly, a fictional character from the Back to the Future franchise.
In 2001, Scott Brooks was inducted into the University of California Hall of Fame.
