Scott William Brooks was born in French Camp, California on 31st July, 1965. It is said that he looks like Marty McFly; a fictional character that also appears in animated series. Brooks is the former basketball player and basketball coach. In 2001, Brooks was inducted to the University of California, Irvin’s Hall of Fame. The most recent in his career position was to be the head coach for Oklahoma City Thunder of NBA (National Basketball Association). During his playing career in basketball, he used to play at playing Guard position. Brooks is said to have a net worth of $10 million.
Early Career
Scott Brook’s basketball career was started from his high school. He went to East Union High School in Manteca California. He graduated from there in the year 1983. He then started playing basketball for Texas Christian University in his Freshmen Year. At TCU, Brooks played only one season He then went to San Joaquin Delta College in his sophomore year. The college is located in Stockton California. From the years 1985 to 1087 he played for the University of California Irvine. At university of the Pacific he scored 41 points, in win loss record of 90-79. He also tied the Spanos Center scoring record in the same season.
NBA Career as Player and Coach
Brook was expected to be drafted in 1987 Draft of NBA. He was not drafted. He then started his career with CBA (Continental Basketball Association). He started his professional career with Albany Patroons. It was an astonishing start as Brooks was named as the all teams Rookies of the year 1988. He later played for Albany’s CBA championship team too. He played with World Basketball League for Fresno Flames.
In his NBA playing career, he played for six teams including Minnesota Timberwolves, New York Knicks, Houston Rockets, Philadelphia 76ers, Dallas Mavericks and Cleveland Cavaliers. His NBA career is spanned over ten seasons. For 2000-2001 season Brooks played American Basketball Association (ABA), for Los Angeles Stars.
Starting his career with NVA as a coach, Brooks worked with Denver Nuggets and Sacramento King. On 22nd April, 2009 he became the head coach for Seattle Supersonics. Brooks was the 15 head coach of the team. His record reveals that as a coach he played 545 games, won 338 games and lost 207 games. He had a win –loss percentage of 620. As a player, he has remained NBA champion in the year 1994. He has won NBA Coach of the year award in 2010. Brooks was two times All Star Games head coach in the year 2012 and 2014.
Personal Life:
Brooks remained in a long term relationship with his wife Sherry Silvery. They both studied at Eastern Union High School in California. They were married in 1993. The venue of marriage of was Pebble Beach, CA. After this they were off to Europe for the honey moon. Coming back from Europe, Brooks attended his 1994 Houston Championship. Brooks has a very happy family and loves to be in touch with them. He wears three bracelets on his arms. One indicated his wife; the second indicates their son Chance and third indicates their daughter Lexi.
| Birth Date: | 31 Jul, 1965 |
| Age: | 54 yrs |
| Occupations: | Basketball player Basketball coach |
| Citizenship: | United States of America |
| Birth Place: | French Camp |
| residence: | French Camp |
| Education: | East Union High School |
| Gender: | Male |
| Description: | American basketball player and coach |
| Net Worth 2021: | 10 million |
