Men's Basketball
- Title:
- Murray H. Goodman '48 Head Coach
- Email:
- brr3@lehigh.edu
- Phone:
- 610-758-4188
- Alma Mater:
- Third Season
Brett Reed is in his third season as the Murray H. Goodman ’48 Head Men’s Basketball Coach at
During the 2008-09 season Reed led the Mountain Hawks to some very noteworthy accomplishments and continued to build upon the solid foundation established at the beginning of his career at Lehigh. The 2008-09 accomplishments included Lehigh’s most non-league wins ever, the best start to a season in decades, the most overall road wins since 1991 and the school’s first-ever victory over a member of the Big East. Reed also mentored a pair of All-Patriot League selections in Marquis Hall and Zahir Carrington. Hall went onto became Lehigh’s first-ever Patriot League Men’s Basketball Scholar Athlete of the Year, while Carrington was the school’s first All-District selection since 1988.
In his first-ever season as a collegiate head coach Reed led the Mountain Hawks to the third most wins for a first-year headman in the 108-season history of Lehigh Basketball. Reed’s immediate impact was especially significant considering Lehigh lost 3,375 career points from the previous year’s senior class and had a very young roster that consisted of 10 of 14 players either in their freshmen or sophomore years. Despite those factors, Reed guided the team to more wins than the previous season and the second most victories in the 30-year history of Stabler Arena. Reed also mentored the Mountain Hawks second consecutive Patriot League Rookie of the Year in Rob Keefer as Lehigh became the first school in the league to accomplish that feat. In addition, Reed oversaw a defensive unit that held league foe Bucknell to just 39 points on February 27, 2008 – the second fewest points ever allowed by the Brown and White since the inception of Patriot League play in 1990.
Reed, who is one of only 29 Division I men’s basketball head coaches in America under the age of 40, was named Lehigh’s head coach on August 10, 2007. He had been an assistant at Lehigh for the previous five years, serving as associate head coach for the 2006-07 season. “I am honored to be named the Murray H. Goodman Head Men’s Basketball Coach here at
“Brett Reed is respected by our student-athletes, he is an excellent teacher and communicator, and he has been an extremely productive recruiter,” explained Lehigh Goodman Dean of Athletics Joe Sterrett. “I admire his values, his work ethic, his energy, and his devotion to our players, their education, and their experience. He earned and deserves this opportunity."
During his time at Lehigh as assistant and later associate head coach, Reed performed numerous duties including the coordination of recruitment, academic mentoring, detailed scouting of opponents and overall player development. He has been very instrumental in securing six consecutive seasons in the upper half of the Patriot League as well as securing the Mountain Hawks 2004 Patriot League Championship and two of the winningest seasons in school history (2003-04, 2005-06).
“Brett has been a wonderful fit for Lehigh and a tremendous leader in the program during the five years we worked together,” Reed’s predecessor Billy Taylor explained. “He poured his time, effort and energy into the program and earned this opportunity to become the head coach of the men’s basketball program.”
Prior to coming to Lehigh, Reed served as the top assistant coach at
Reed spent the 1999-2000 season as the Director of Basketball Operations at the University of North Carolina – Greensboro and he began his collegiate coaching career at Oakland (Mich.) Community College where he was an assistant for his father’s program. Before starting his collegiate coaching career, Reed was the varsity head coach at the
A native of
Reed and his wife Kindra reside in Bethlehem with their son Brendan (6) and daughter Makenna (4).
