Brad Stevens – The Daily Hosier

This is the first in a number of profiles of potential candidates for the open basketball coaching training of Indiana.

Candidate: Brad Stevens

Age: 48

Current position, term: Boston Celtics President for Basketball operations since 2021

Previous jobs: Celtic’s head coach 2013-21; Butler head coach 2007-13; Butler assistance trainer 2001-07

Success: Stevens put together a record of 354-282 with the Celtics and a post-season record of 38-40. He led Boston to seven consecutive playoff appearances after missing the job in his first season. His team went from 2017-20 in four seasons in the Eastern Conference Finale in a row. At Butler, Stevens stacked a record of 166: 49 with consecutive national championship games in 2010-11. His bulldogs went to the NCAA tournament in five of his six seasons, and all of these five teams won at least one game in March Madness.

Why it could work: When Indiana was able to finally lure Stevens into the college ranks, it is hardly a better candidate for the job. He was extremely successful with the Boston Celtics, both as head coach and as President of Basketball Operations. While Mike Woodson entered the IU job with a lot of NBA experience, Stevens’ Record in Boston deeply deepens what Woodson did in Atlanta and New York. And above all, in his six-year term in Butler, played very well. He came Customs Away from the leadership of the Bulldogs to a national title in 2010 and brought it back to the same stage in 2011 and has only become one of only four programs since 2000 to achieve successive national championship games.

There is no doubt about Stevens’ ability to coach. He is one of the brightest basketball heads of sport. And at the age of 48, only three Big Ten coaches are younger than him – and one of them is Washington’s Danny Sprinkle, who was born only 10 days later.

The native of Zionsville knows what IU basketball means for the state. He grew up and watched the Hoosiers in the Assembly Hall. It is difficult to say whether coaching in Bloomington is a lifelong dream for Stevens or not, but it is fair to assume that the idea has come to mind in some points.

For the IU, the introduction of someone like Stevens would maximize the excitement of the fan into the next season. The season opener had been one of Indiana’s most expected basketball games for some time.

Why it may not work or happened: When Stevens climb the head of the head in his career, it is quite difficult to rise higher than him. He subsided both in college and in the professional, and the team he put together in Boston won a championship last summer. Sure, some people get itching to deal with various jobs and are constantly looking for a new challenge. But Stevens has only held four positions in the past 24 years – this is quite unusual and says a lot about his way of thinking. While his son is in the Notre Dame Basketball team, his daughter is a second year in the high school this year – when he returned after training and moves out of Boston, he can prefer to wait until his daughter.

And while Indiana may have financial advantages over some College programs, it could try to recruit a coach, it seems fair to assume that it is well compensated by the Celtics. Stevens rejected a seven-year offer of $ 70 million from IU in 2021.

There is also another side of the concept of setting Stevens at IU, which many do not discuss. He was undeniably successful at Butler, but he has been on a professional level for more than a decade. Stevens has no longer carried out a college program for 12 years. Nobody will question his ability to train basketball, but College sports are in a completely new world than when he recently adorned the sidelines at Butler. It is not a guarantee that Stevens would be able to seamlessly adapt to the transfer portal and zero and reach them, and with the way they have changed recruitment.

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