Bryce Drew
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Born | Baton Rouge, Louisiana | September 21, 1974||||||||||||||
Nationality | American | ||||||||||||||
Listed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||||||||
Listed weight | 183 lb (83 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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High school | Valparaiso (Valparaiso, Indiana) | ||||||||||||||
College | Valparaiso (1994–1998) | ||||||||||||||
NBA draft | 1998: 1st round, 16th overall pick | ||||||||||||||
Selected by the Houston Rockets | |||||||||||||||
Playing career | 1998–2004 | ||||||||||||||
Position | Point guard | ||||||||||||||
Number | 11, 24, 17 | ||||||||||||||
Coaching career | 2005–present | ||||||||||||||
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1998–2000 | Houston Rockets | ||||||||||||||
2000–2001 | Chicago Bulls | ||||||||||||||
2001–2002 | Charlotte Hornets | ||||||||||||||
2002–2004 | New Orleans Hornets | ||||||||||||||
2004 | Viola Reggio Calabria | ||||||||||||||
2004–2005 | Valencia Basket | ||||||||||||||
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2005–2006 | Valparaiso (assistant) | ||||||||||||||
2006–2011 | Valparaiso (associate HC) | ||||||||||||||
2011–2016 | Valparaiso | ||||||||||||||
2016–2019 | Vanderbilt | ||||||||||||||
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Bryce Homer Drew (born September 21, 1974) is an American college basketball coach and former player. He most recently served as the head coach of the Vanderbilt Commodores. He also served in the same capacity at his alma mater, Valparaiso, having succeeded his father, Homer Drew. Bryce's brother, Scott, also coached at Valpo before becoming the head coach of the Baylor Bears. As a player, Bryce Drew was known for his buzzer-beating shot in the first round of Valparaiso's run in the 1998 NCAA Tournament. He went on to play six seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a backup point guard for the Houston Rockets, Chicago Bulls, Charlotte Hornets and New Orleans Hornets.
High school career
After having been exposed to basketball for years through his father's head coaching position, Bryce played basketball as the point guard for Valparaiso High School in Valparaiso, Indiana. As he progressed through high school though, Drew developed a rapid heartbeat,[citation needed] which required three surgeries to repair. Despite this difficulty, he led his team to the state final game, and was named Indiana's Mr. Basketball of 1994.[1] He was also named the Gatorade Indiana Player of the Year his senior season in high school after guiding his team to a 28–1 season with the only loss coming in the state finals in overtime to the South Bend Clay High School Colonials.
College career
Though recruited by dozens of schools,[citation needed] Drew eventually decided to attend Valparaiso University, then a member of the Mid-Continent Conference, for men's basketball. In his four years playing, Drew collected dozens of honors and records, including being ranked in the top 15 nationally in 3-point field goal and free throw percentage and leading the team to three consecutive conference regular season and tournament championships. He collected three conference tournament MVP awards, two conference MVP awards, and is Valparaiso's all time 3-point field goal, and assist leader. He ranks second in points for Valparaiso, being passed by Alec Peters in 2017.
"The Shot"
During the 1998 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, 13-seed Valparaiso was facing 4-seed Ole Miss in the first round. Valparaiso was down 69–67 with 4.1 seconds remaining in the game and Mississippi's Ansu Sesay at the free throw line. After Sesay missed both shots, the Crusaders came up with possession 94 feet (29 m) from their basket, and 2.5 seconds remaining in the game. On the inbound, the Crusaders used a play known as "Pacer". Jamie Sykes inbounded to Bill Jenkins, who passed the ball to Bryce Drew. Drew made a 23-foot 3-point shot, giving him his 22nd point of the night, and clinching the Crusaders' 70–69 upset and advancing them in the tournament. Drew proceeded to lead the defeat of 12-seeded Florida State 83–77 in overtime, with a 22-point game. Drew and the Crusaders fell to 8-seeded Rhode Island by a score of 74–68, with Drew scoring 18 points. Sports Illustrated would rank it the No. 5 sports moment of 1998,[2] and Drew secured his place as a Valparaiso, Indiana, celebrity along with popcorn guru Orville Redenbacher.
Professional career
Following his rise to fame in the tournament,[citation needed] Drew was selected as Valpo's first ever first round pick as the 16th selection of the 1998 NBA draft by the Houston Rockets. After playing with the Rockets for two years, Drew spent one season with the Chicago Bulls, and signed as a free agent for three seasons with the New Orleans Hornets (Charlotte Hornets during his first season with the team). Drew was then waived by the Hornets, and played professionally for the Valencia BC for a year.
Coaching career
In the summer of 2005, Drew was selected as the new assistant coach of the Valparaiso University men's basketball team. In 2006, Bryce was elevated to the position of associate coach, furthering speculation that he would eventually inherit the head coaching position upon his father's retirement.[citation needed] When Homer Drew retired in May 2011, Bryce Drew was hired as the head coach. Drew was also honored as one of Valparaiso University's 150 Most Influential Persons in the University's history.
On April 6, 2016, after five seasons as Valparaiso's coach, Drew was hired by Vanderbilt to be their head coach.[3] In his introductory press conference, he stated, "No Vanderbilt team has ever made it to the Final Four, and we would like to be that first Vanderbilt team."[4]
The Commodores qualified for the NCAA tournament in his first year coaching at Vanderbilt in 2016-2017, narrowly losing to Northwestern in the first round.[5] The team struggled the 2017-18 season, however, posting the first 20-loss season in school history.[6]
Recruiting for the 2018-19 season showed promise as Drew signed 5-stars Darius Garland and Simisola Shittu and 4-star Aaron Nesmith.[7] However, success in recruiting did not translate to success on the court. Garland, the team's starting point guard, was injured during a loss to Kent State, ending his season[8], and the Commodores went on to lose the final 20 games of its 2018-19 schedule, including going 0-18 in SEC play, becoming the first SEC team in 65 years to go winless in conference play since Georgia Tech went 0-14 in SEC competition in 1953-54[9]. The best showing of the year for Vanderbilt was narrowly losing in overtime to AP #1 Tennessee Volunteers basketball 88-83. [10] On March 22, 2019, Vanderbilt fired Drew.[11]
Personal life
Drew is the brother-in-law of former University of Toledo and Philadelphia 76ers basketball player, Casey Shaw. Drew's sister Dana is Shaw's wife. Shaw worked as an assistant coach under Drew at Vanderbilt.
Drew's wife, formerly Tara Thibodeaux, is a dancer and choreographer. She was a semi-finalist competing at the age of 15 in the V USA IBC International Ballet Competition held in 1994. In 2001 and 2002, she was a member of the Atlanta Hawks NBA dance team. She was awarded the prestigious Outstanding Choreographer Award at the 2017 Youth American Grand Prix in Chicago for her "Dying Swan" and has set choreography for Ballet Magnificat "The Arrival" and "Stratagem". She currently teaches and trains young dancers in Nashville. Tara is the daughter of Kathy Thibodeaux, an American ballet dancer and artistic director and the former child actor and musician Keith Thibodeaux who portrayed Ricky Ricardo, Jr. ("Little Ricky") on the TV series I Love Lucy.
His brother, Scott Drew, is the basketball coach at Baylor University in Waco, Texas.
Head coaching record
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Valparaiso Crusaders (Horizon League) (2011–2016) | |||||||||
2011–12 | Valparaiso | 22–12 | 14–4 | 1st | NIT First Round | ||||
2012–13 | Valparaiso | 26–8 | 13–3 | 1st | NCAA Division I Second Round | ||||
2013–14 | Valparaiso | 18–16 | 9–7 | 4th | CIT First Round | ||||
2014–15 | Valparaiso | 28–6 | 13–3 | 1st | NCAA Division I Second Round | ||||
2015–16 | Valparaiso | 30–7 | 16–2 | 1st | NIT Runner-up | ||||
Valparaiso: | 124–49 (.717) | 65–19 (.774) | |||||||
Vanderbilt Commodores (Southeastern Conference) (2016–2019) | |||||||||
2016–17 | Vanderbilt | 19–16 | 10–8 | T–5th | NCAA Division I First Round | ||||
2017–18 | Vanderbilt | 12–20 | 6–12 | 13th | |||||
2018–19 | Vanderbilt | 9–23 | 0–18 | 14th | |||||
Vanderbilt: | 40–59 (.404) | 16–38 (.296) | |||||||
Total: | 164–108 (.603) | ||||||||
National champion
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References
- ^ "Winners of the Indianapolis Star Indiana Mr. Basketball title". Indianapolis Star. Indianapolis Star.
- ^ Drew drops in
- ^ "Commodores hire Bryce Drew to lead basketball program | Vanderbilt Official Athletic Site – Basketball". vanderbilt.edu. Retrieved April 6, 2016.
- ^ Theresa M. Walker. "Bryce Drew wants to be 1st to take Vanderbilt to Final 4 |". vanderbilt.edu. Retrieved April 6, 2016.
- ^ https://www.sbnation.com/college-basketball/2017/3/16/14947204/northwestern-vs-vanderbilt-foul-score-2017-ncaa-tournament
- ^ https://www.anchorofgold.com/2018/3/3/17075554/game-31-vanderbilt-commodores-at-ole-miss-rebels-game-thread
- ^ "Vanderbilt Commodores 2018 Player Commits". ESPN.
- ^ "Vanderbilt's Darius Garland out for remainder of season". ESPN.
- ^ "Vandy fires coach Bryce Drew after 9-23 year, winless in SEC". The Nashville Ledger.
- ^ "No. 1 UT Vols survive, beat Vanderbilt 88-83 in overtime". The Tennessean.
- ^ "Vanderbilt fires basketball coach Bryce Drew after first winless SEC record in 65 years". The Tennessean.
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