Who Is Evan Bradds? Duke Head Coach Jon Scheyer's New Assistant Coach Who Is Replacing Jai Lucas Who Was Jon Scheyer's Associate Head Coach Who Is Now Head Coach Of Miami
Who is Evan Bradds?
Duke Head Coach Jon Scheyer’s new Assistant Coach who is replacing Jai Lucas who was Duke Head Coach Jon Scheyer’s Associate Head Coach in 2024-2025 when 1 seed Duke finished with a record of 35-4 made it all way to the Final Four in San Antonio before losing to 2 seed Houston in National Semifinal 70-67.
Evan Bradds became Duke Head Coach Jon Scheyer’s new Assistant Coach on Thursday May 1, 2025!
Evan Bradds is familiar with Duke because he was apart of the Boston Celetics coaching staff for four seasons before being promoted to the Celtics' player enhancement staff under head coaches Brad Stevens and Ime Udoka.
While on Boston Celtics player enhancement staff under head coaches Brad Stevens and Ime Udoka Evan Bradd likely came in contact with former Duke forward, current Boston Celtics forward Jayson Tatum who was drafted in the first round as the third pick, selection in 2017 NBA Draft.
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The Celtics weren’t only team Evan Bradds had opportunity to coach while coaching in the NBA as he also had the opportunity to be an Assistant Coach for Utah Jazz, Head Coach Will Hardy in 2022 where he was was instrumental in player development and also led the Jazz's Summer League team in 2023.
Though, Evan Bradd hasn’t only been a coach as Evan Bradd was a player as well who played collegiately for Belmont University where he had a standout career from 2013 to 2017, and earned a bachelor's degree in finance. He was a two-time Ohio Valley Conference Player of the Year (2016, 2017) and still holds the school's NCAA Division I era scoring record with 1,921 points. Bradds also ranks sixth in NCAA Division I history in career field goal percentage at .667.
Following Evan Bradd becoming Duke Head Coach Jon Scheyer’s new Assistant Coach Evan Bradd had this to say!
I am honored to be joining the Duke Basketball program and want to express my immense gratitude to Coach Scheyer for this opportunity," Bradds said. "I am looking forward to working alongside Coach Scheyer and the Duke team to help continue the long-standing tradition that is Duke Basketball."
Following Evan Bradd becoming Duke Head Coach Jon Scheyer’s new Assistant Coach Duke Head Coach Jon Scheyer had this to say!
"I'm excited to welcome Evan and his wife,MacKenzie, to Durham," said Scheyer. "Evan brings an unbelievable basketball mind, NBA player development experience and a unique ability to build meaningful relationships with players—something that's core to our culture. His experience, vision and forward-thinking approach will help keep Duke at the forefront of college basketball. We're excited for what's ahead."
According to article on goduke.com https://goduke.com/news/2025/5/1/mens-basketball-evan-bradds-hired-as-assistant-coach