Coaches
Scott Brooks | Head Coach
Scott Brooks is in his fifth season as Head Coach of the Thunder by leading Oklahoma City to a second consecutive Northwest Division title and a trip to the NBA Finals. Under Brooks, the Thunder has claimed 152 wins during the past three seasons and only San Antonio’s Gregg Popovich (161) has coached his team to more victories during that span.
Oklahoma City has qualified for the postseason in each of the last three seasons and since taking over as Thunder Head Coach on November 22, 2008, Oklahoma City has registered a mark of 174-125 (.582).
Brooks was named the NBA’s Western Conference coach of the month in February of 2012 after guiding the Thunder to an NBA-best 12-3 mark. The Oklahoma City franchise had not won 12 or more games in the month of February since 1972. After posting the best record in the Western Conference through games played on February 15th, Brooks and his staff represented the Thunder by coaching the Western Conference All-Stars in Orlando this past season. With Brooks at the helm, the Western Conference All-Stars captured a 152-149 victory over the Eastern Conference.
During the 2010-11 season Brooks led the Thunder to 55 wins and a spot in the Western Conference Finals after Oklahoma City captured playoff series victories over the Denver Nuggets and Memphis Grizzlies. After the late-season acquisition of Kendrick Perkins from the Boston Celtics in mid-March, Brooks guided the Thunder to a 13-4 mark in the final 17 games of the regular season.
Brooks, the 16th head coach in franchise history, received the 2009-10 Red Auerbach NBA Coach of the Year award after his second season as head coach. During his first full year at the helm of the Thunder, Brooks oversaw one of the biggest turnarounds in NBA history. A year after winning 23 games, the Thunder concluded the 2009-10 season with a record of 50-32 (.610). The 27-win improvement was tied for the eighth largest in NBA history.
In the 2010 postseason, the Thunder took the eventual NBA Champion Los Angeles Lakers to a Game 6 in what proved to be one of the more entertaining first round playoff series in recent memory. During the 2009-10 season, Brooks was awarded NBA Coach of the Month honors in February after the Thunder wrapped-up the month with a 9-2 (.818) mark. The .818 winning percentage for the OKC franchise was the highest in a given month since January of 1997.
Brooks was named interim head coach of the Thunder 13 games into the 2008-09 season and was later named head coach on April 15, 2009 prior to the team’s final game of the season. A day after being awarded his first NBA head coaching position, Brooks led the Thunder to their most lopsided victory of the year in the team’s season finale, a 126-85 win versus the Los Angeles Clippers at STAPLES Center. Prior to his appointment as interim head coach on November 22, 2008 Brooks joined P.J. Carlisemo and the Thunder coaching staff at the start of the 2007-08 season.
Before joining the Thunder organization, Brooks spent the 2006-07 season working as an assistant coach with the Sacramento Kings. His NBA coaching career began with the Denver Nuggets, where he served as an assistant coach from 2003-06. Brooks helped lead the Nuggets to the playoffs in each of his three seasons with the club. During his brief tenure with the Nuggets, Denver amassed a 136-110 (.560) regular season record.
Brooks enjoyed an 11-year (1988-99) playing career in the NBA, appearing in 680 regular season games with Philadelphia, Minnesota, Houston, Dallas, New York, Cleveland and the Los Angeles Clippers. Brooks’ teams advanced to the postseason six of his 11 NBA seasons, and in 1994, he was a member of the NBA Champion Houston Rockets. Brooks holds career averages of 4.9 points and 2.4 assists per game.
In 2000, Brooks was a player/assistant coach with the Los Angeles Stars of the ABA. The following season, he served as the head coach of the Southern California Surf of the ABA, guiding the club to a 23-14 record.
A native of Lathrop, California, Brooks began his collegiate career at Texas Christian University, where he played one season. He then transferred to San Joaquin Delta College for his sophomore season, before spending his final two years at UC Irvine, where he averaged 23.8 points per game as a senior.
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Rex Kalamian | Assistant Coach
With nearly 20 years of NBA experience, Rex Kalamian is set to begin his fourth season with the Thunder after previous coaching tenures with the Sacramento Kings, Minnesota Timberwolves, Denver Nuggets, Philadelphia 76ers and the Los Angeles Clippers.
As an assistant with the Thunder, Kalamian is chiefly responsible for game preparation and player development. During his time in Oklahoma City, much of Kalamian’s focus has been on the Thunder’s offensive efforts. During the 2011-12 season, the Thunder finished the year as the third highest scoring team in the NBA (averaged 103.1 points per game).
Prior to joining Sacramento, Kalamian spent the previous two seasons as an assistant coach with the Minnesota Timberwolves. Before his time in Minnesota, Kalamian spent a one-year stint (2004-05) with the Denver Nuggets working as assistant coach/ player development. Kalamian also worked as a West Coast scout for the Philadelphia 76ers during the 2003-04 season prior to assuming his coaching duties in Denver.
The bulk of Kalamian’s NBA experience was gained working for the Los Angeles Clippers for nine years in various capacities, starting as an assistant to the scouting department in 1992 before being promoted to assistant coach in 1995. In addition to his many responsibilities on the bench, Kalamian prepared scouting reports on upcoming opponents for coaches and players, as well as developing players’ skills.
Prior to joining the Clippers, Kalamian was an assistant coach for his former team at East Los Angeles College for two seasons where he had played the previous two seasons. He led the South Coast Conference in three-point field goal percentage during the 1988-89 season and was team captain in his second year.
Kalamian graduated from Cal Poly Pomona in 1993 with a bachelor’s degree in business management.
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Mark Bryant | Assistant Coach
Mark Bryant enters his sixth season as a Thunder assistant coach in 2012-13. This past July, Bryant served as Head Coach of the Thunder’s summer league team. In five summer league contests, Bryant guided the Oklahoma City team to a record of 3-2 during the Orlando Airtran Airways Pro Summer League.
Prior to joining the Thunder’s coaching staff, Bryant served as assistant coach/player development with the Orlando Magic from 2005-07.
Prior to his time in Orlando, Bryant spent the 2004-05 season with the Dallas Mavericks as a member of its player development staff.
Bryant enjoyed a 15-year playing career as the New Jersey native was a member of 10 different teams during his NBA playing tenure (1988-2003). Originally selected by Portland in the first round (21st pick overall) of the 1988 NBA Draft, Bryant helped the Blazers reach the NBA Finals in 1990 and 1992. He appeared in 797 regular season games during his NBA career with Portland, Houston, Phoenix, Chicago, Cleveland, Dallas, San Antonio, Philadelphia, Denver and Boston, averaging 5.4 ppg and 3.8 rpg in 16.9 mpg. Bryant also appeared in 79 career playoff games, averaging 3.5 ppg and 2.5 rpg in 12.2 mpg.
Bryant was a First Team All-Big East selection as a senior at Seton Hall in 1987-88, averaging 20.5 ppg and 9.1 rpg for the Pirates. The 6-9 forward led the school to its first-ever berth into the NCAA Tournament.
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Brian Keefe | Assistant Coach
Brian Keefe enters his sixth season with the Thunder and his fourth as assistant coach. During his first two years with Oklahoma City, Keefe served as a player development coach.
From 2005-07, Keefe worked with the San Antonio Spurs as an assistant video coordinator. Prior to joining the Spurs, Keefe was an assistant coach at NCAA Division II Bryant University in Smithfield, R.I. for four seasons (2001-05), highlighted by a trip to the Division II Championship in 2005. He also served one season as a graduate assistant at the University of South Florida (2000-01).
Keefe began his collegiate playing career at UC Irvine, where he was appointed team captain as a sophomore and named All-Big West Second Team in 1995-96 after leading the team in scoring. After transferring to UNLV for his final two seasons, Keefe helped the Running Rebels win the Western Athletic Conference Tournament and earn an NCAA berth. He was named to the WAC All-Tournament Team after making a tournament-record 13 three-pointers. During his senior season in 1998-99, Keefe was named team captain and helped lead UNLV to an NIT appearance.
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Vin Bhavnani | Manager of Advance Scouting/Player Development
Vin Bhavnani enters his fifth season with Oklahoma City and his third as Manager of Advance Scouting. Bhavnani spent the previous two years serving as the team’s Video Coordinator. Prior to joining the Thunder, Bhavnani spent two seasons with the San Antonio Spurs as the Assistant Video Coordinator. He started his NBA career with the Los Angeles Clippers as an intern in the video department in 2004.
Prior to joining the Clippers, Bhavnani spent one season as an assistant coach for the women’s basketball team at Santa Monica Junior College. The Los Angeles, California, native is a 2003 graduate of the University of Southern California.
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Dr. Donnie Strack | Director of Medical Services
Dr. Strack begins his fifth season in Oklahoma City as the Director of Medical Services. From 2005-2008, Dr. Strack was in private practice as a physical therapist at Orthopaedic Physical Therapy Services in Wellesley Hills, Mass. Dr. Strack graduated with a Doctor of Physical Therapy degree from the University of Indianapolis in 2005 after serving as a Graduate Assistant athletic trainer for the Indiana Pacers from 2002-2005.
He earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Indianapolis in 2002 and was awarded the Athletic Training Department Performance Award that same year. Dr. Strack also served as an athletic trainer during the 2002 World Basketball Championships in Indianapolis and the RCA Tennis Championships in 2001 and 2002.
In 2010, Dr. Strack completed his post doctorate fellowship in manual therapy from Regis University. He is board certified in Orthopaedic Physical Therapy (OCS) by the American Board of Physical Therapy Specialties and is a Fellow in the American Academy of Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapists (FAAOMPT). In addition to being a licensed physical therapist and athletic trainer, he is also a certified strength and conditioning specialist.
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Joe Sharpe | Head Athletic Trainer
Joe Sharpe enters his fifth season with the organization, serving as head athletic trainer. Before joining the Thunder, Sharpe spent four seasons as head athletic trainer for the Charlotte Bobcats. Prior to Charlotte, Sharpe was the head strength and conditioning coach/assistant athletic trainer with the Minnesota Timberwolves for two seasons, which included the team’s Midwest Division title and run to the Western Conference Finals.
Sharpe was previously the head basketball athletic trainer at the University of Connecticut during a nine-year stint with the Huskies that included its 1999 NCAA Championship season. He worked as part of the United States Olympic Committee medical staff at the Lake Placid Olympic Training Center in 2002, and traveled to Thailand in 2007 for The University World Games.
During the summer of 2010 Sharpe served as the Athletic Trainer for the USA Men’s National team as they competed in the FIBA World Championships in Turkey. The USA team won gold and qualified for the 2012 Olympic Games in London, England. He previously worked with the USA Basketball men’s junior national team in 2002 and 2008, and the men’s senior national team in 2009. Sharpe also participated in the NBA’s Basketball Without Borders camp held in Johanneburg, South Africa in 2007.
Joe and his wife, Jennifer, have two children, Joseph and Jayme.
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Dwight Daub | Director of Athletic Performance
Dwight Daub enters his 16th season with the Thunder and his 13th as Director of Athletic Performance. During his first three seasons with the team, he held the title of strength and conditioning coach.
Daub is responsible for the development and implementation of strength, conditioning and nutritional programs for all Thunder players. Daub helps each player establish a personalized diet and training regimen and assists them with injury rehabilitation. He also arranges offseason training programs and monitors each player’s physical progress between seasons.
Following the 2008-09 NBA season, Daub was named co-recipient of the Strength and Conditioning Coach of the Year award presented by the NBASCA (National Basketball Association Strength and Conditioning Association).
A 1979 graduate of the University of Evansville (Ind.) with a degree in physical education, Daub also received his master’s degree in exercise sports science from Eastern Illinois in 1985.
Dwight and his wife, Laurie, have a son Bryce and a daughter Gentrie who along with her husband Aaron are the parents of Daub’s first grandchild, Peyton.
Scott Brooks is in his fifth season as Head Coach of the Thunder by leading Oklahoma City to a second consecutive Northwest Division title and a trip to the NBA Finals. Under Brooks, the Thunder has claimed 152 wins during the past three seasons and only San Antonio’s Gregg Popovich (161) has coached his team to more victories during that span. Oklahoma City has qualified for the postseason in each of the last three seasons and since taking over as Thunder Head Coach on November 22, 2008, Oklahoma City has registered a mark of 174-125 (.582).
Brooks was named the NBA’s Western Conference coach of the month in February of 2012 after guiding the Thunder to an NBA-best 12-3 mark. The Oklahoma City franchise had not won 12 or more games in the month of February since 1972. After posting the best record in the Western Conference through games played on February 15th, Brooks and his staff represented the Thunder by coaching the Western Conference All-Stars in Orlando this past season. With Brooks at the helm, the Western Conference All-Stars captured a 152-149 victory over the Eastern Conference.
During the 2010-11 season Brooks led the Thunder to 55 wins and a spot in the Western Conference Finals after Oklahoma City captured playoff series victories over the Denver Nuggets and Memphis Grizzlies. After the late-season acquisition of Kendrick Perkins from the Boston Celtics in mid-March, Brooks guided the Thunder to a 13-4 mark in the final 17 games of the regular season.
Brooks, the 16th head coach in franchise history, received the 2009-10 Red Auerbach NBA Coach of the Year award after his second season as head coach. During his first full year at the helm of the Thunder, Brooks oversaw one of the biggest turnarounds in NBA history. A year after winning 23 games, the Thunder concluded the 2009-10 season with a record of 50-32 (.610). The 27-win improvement was tied for the eighth largest in NBA history.
In the 2010 postseason, the Thunder took the eventual NBA Champion Los Angeles Lakers to a Game 6 in what proved to be one of the more entertaining first round playoff series in recent memory. During the 2009-10 season, Brooks was awarded NBA Coach of the Month honors in February after the Thunder wrapped-up the month with a 9-2 (.818) mark. The .818 winning percentage for the OKC franchise was the highest in a given month since January of 1997.
Brooks was named interim head coach of the Thunder 13 games into the 2008-09 season and was later named head coach on April 15, 2009 prior to the team’s final game of the season. A day after being awarded his first NBA head coaching position, Brooks led the Thunder to their most lopsided victory of the year in the team’s season finale, a 126-85 win versus the Los Angeles Clippers at STAPLES Center. Prior to his appointment as interim head coach on November 22, 2008 Brooks joined P.J. Carlisemo and the Thunder coaching staff at the start of the 2007-08 season.
Before joining the Thunder organization, Brooks spent the 2006-07 season working as an assistant coach with the Sacramento Kings. His NBA coaching career began with the Denver Nuggets, where he served as an assistant coach from 2003-06. Brooks helped lead the Nuggets to the playoffs in each of his three seasons with the club. During his brief tenure with the Nuggets, Denver amassed a 136-110 (.560) regular season record.
Brooks enjoyed an 11-year (1988-99) playing career in the NBA, appearing in 680 regular season games with Philadelphia, Minnesota, Houston, Dallas, New York, Cleveland and the Los Angeles Clippers. Brooks’ teams advanced to the postseason six of his 11 NBA seasons, and in 1994, he was a member of the NBA Champion Houston Rockets. Brooks holds career averages of 4.9 points and 2.4 assists per game.
In 2000, Brooks was a player/assistant coach with the Los Angeles Stars of the ABA. The following season, he served as the head coach of the Southern California Surf of the ABA, guiding the club to a 23-14 record.
A native of Lathrop, California, Brooks began his collegiate career at Texas Christian University, where he played one season. He then transferred to San Joaquin Delta College for his sophomore season, before spending his final two years at UC Irvine, where he averaged 23.8 points per game as a senior.
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Rex Kalamian | Assistant Coach
With nearly 20 years of NBA experience, Rex Kalamian is set to begin his fourth season with the Thunder after previous coaching tenures with the Sacramento Kings, Minnesota Timberwolves, Denver Nuggets, Philadelphia 76ers and the Los Angeles Clippers. As an assistant with the Thunder, Kalamian is chiefly responsible for game preparation and player development. During his time in Oklahoma City, much of Kalamian’s focus has been on the Thunder’s offensive efforts. During the 2011-12 season, the Thunder finished the year as the third highest scoring team in the NBA (averaged 103.1 points per game).
Prior to joining Sacramento, Kalamian spent the previous two seasons as an assistant coach with the Minnesota Timberwolves. Before his time in Minnesota, Kalamian spent a one-year stint (2004-05) with the Denver Nuggets working as assistant coach/ player development. Kalamian also worked as a West Coast scout for the Philadelphia 76ers during the 2003-04 season prior to assuming his coaching duties in Denver.
The bulk of Kalamian’s NBA experience was gained working for the Los Angeles Clippers for nine years in various capacities, starting as an assistant to the scouting department in 1992 before being promoted to assistant coach in 1995. In addition to his many responsibilities on the bench, Kalamian prepared scouting reports on upcoming opponents for coaches and players, as well as developing players’ skills.
Prior to joining the Clippers, Kalamian was an assistant coach for his former team at East Los Angeles College for two seasons where he had played the previous two seasons. He led the South Coast Conference in three-point field goal percentage during the 1988-89 season and was team captain in his second year.
Kalamian graduated from Cal Poly Pomona in 1993 with a bachelor’s degree in business management.
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Mark Bryant | Assistant Coach
Mark Bryant enters his sixth season as a Thunder assistant coach in 2012-13. This past July, Bryant served as Head Coach of the Thunder’s summer league team. In five summer league contests, Bryant guided the Oklahoma City team to a record of 3-2 during the Orlando Airtran Airways Pro Summer League. Prior to joining the Thunder’s coaching staff, Bryant served as assistant coach/player development with the Orlando Magic from 2005-07.
Prior to his time in Orlando, Bryant spent the 2004-05 season with the Dallas Mavericks as a member of its player development staff.
Bryant enjoyed a 15-year playing career as the New Jersey native was a member of 10 different teams during his NBA playing tenure (1988-2003). Originally selected by Portland in the first round (21st pick overall) of the 1988 NBA Draft, Bryant helped the Blazers reach the NBA Finals in 1990 and 1992. He appeared in 797 regular season games during his NBA career with Portland, Houston, Phoenix, Chicago, Cleveland, Dallas, San Antonio, Philadelphia, Denver and Boston, averaging 5.4 ppg and 3.8 rpg in 16.9 mpg. Bryant also appeared in 79 career playoff games, averaging 3.5 ppg and 2.5 rpg in 12.2 mpg.
Bryant was a First Team All-Big East selection as a senior at Seton Hall in 1987-88, averaging 20.5 ppg and 9.1 rpg for the Pirates. The 6-9 forward led the school to its first-ever berth into the NCAA Tournament.
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Brian Keefe | Assistant Coach
Brian Keefe enters his sixth season with the Thunder and his fourth as assistant coach. During his first two years with Oklahoma City, Keefe served as a player development coach. From 2005-07, Keefe worked with the San Antonio Spurs as an assistant video coordinator. Prior to joining the Spurs, Keefe was an assistant coach at NCAA Division II Bryant University in Smithfield, R.I. for four seasons (2001-05), highlighted by a trip to the Division II Championship in 2005. He also served one season as a graduate assistant at the University of South Florida (2000-01).
Keefe began his collegiate playing career at UC Irvine, where he was appointed team captain as a sophomore and named All-Big West Second Team in 1995-96 after leading the team in scoring. After transferring to UNLV for his final two seasons, Keefe helped the Running Rebels win the Western Athletic Conference Tournament and earn an NCAA berth. He was named to the WAC All-Tournament Team after making a tournament-record 13 three-pointers. During his senior season in 1998-99, Keefe was named team captain and helped lead UNLV to an NIT appearance.
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Vin Bhavnani | Manager of Advance Scouting/Player Development
Vin Bhavnani enters his fifth season with Oklahoma City and his third as Manager of Advance Scouting. Bhavnani spent the previous two years serving as the team’s Video Coordinator. Prior to joining the Thunder, Bhavnani spent two seasons with the San Antonio Spurs as the Assistant Video Coordinator. He started his NBA career with the Los Angeles Clippers as an intern in the video department in 2004. Prior to joining the Clippers, Bhavnani spent one season as an assistant coach for the women’s basketball team at Santa Monica Junior College. The Los Angeles, California, native is a 2003 graduate of the University of Southern California.
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Dr. Donnie Strack | Director of Medical Services
Dr. Strack begins his fifth season in Oklahoma City as the Director of Medical Services. From 2005-2008, Dr. Strack was in private practice as a physical therapist at Orthopaedic Physical Therapy Services in Wellesley Hills, Mass. Dr. Strack graduated with a Doctor of Physical Therapy degree from the University of Indianapolis in 2005 after serving as a Graduate Assistant athletic trainer for the Indiana Pacers from 2002-2005. He earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Indianapolis in 2002 and was awarded the Athletic Training Department Performance Award that same year. Dr. Strack also served as an athletic trainer during the 2002 World Basketball Championships in Indianapolis and the RCA Tennis Championships in 2001 and 2002.
In 2010, Dr. Strack completed his post doctorate fellowship in manual therapy from Regis University. He is board certified in Orthopaedic Physical Therapy (OCS) by the American Board of Physical Therapy Specialties and is a Fellow in the American Academy of Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapists (FAAOMPT). In addition to being a licensed physical therapist and athletic trainer, he is also a certified strength and conditioning specialist.
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Joe Sharpe | Head Athletic Trainer
Joe Sharpe enters his fifth season with the organization, serving as head athletic trainer. Before joining the Thunder, Sharpe spent four seasons as head athletic trainer for the Charlotte Bobcats. Prior to Charlotte, Sharpe was the head strength and conditioning coach/assistant athletic trainer with the Minnesota Timberwolves for two seasons, which included the team’s Midwest Division title and run to the Western Conference Finals. Sharpe was previously the head basketball athletic trainer at the University of Connecticut during a nine-year stint with the Huskies that included its 1999 NCAA Championship season. He worked as part of the United States Olympic Committee medical staff at the Lake Placid Olympic Training Center in 2002, and traveled to Thailand in 2007 for The University World Games.
During the summer of 2010 Sharpe served as the Athletic Trainer for the USA Men’s National team as they competed in the FIBA World Championships in Turkey. The USA team won gold and qualified for the 2012 Olympic Games in London, England. He previously worked with the USA Basketball men’s junior national team in 2002 and 2008, and the men’s senior national team in 2009. Sharpe also participated in the NBA’s Basketball Without Borders camp held in Johanneburg, South Africa in 2007.
Joe and his wife, Jennifer, have two children, Joseph and Jayme.
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Dwight Daub | Director of Athletic Performance
Dwight Daub enters his 16th season with the Thunder and his 13th as Director of Athletic Performance. During his first three seasons with the team, he held the title of strength and conditioning coach. Daub is responsible for the development and implementation of strength, conditioning and nutritional programs for all Thunder players. Daub helps each player establish a personalized diet and training regimen and assists them with injury rehabilitation. He also arranges offseason training programs and monitors each player’s physical progress between seasons.
Following the 2008-09 NBA season, Daub was named co-recipient of the Strength and Conditioning Coach of the Year award presented by the NBASCA (National Basketball Association Strength and Conditioning Association).
A 1979 graduate of the University of Evansville (Ind.) with a degree in physical education, Daub also received his master’s degree in exercise sports science from Eastern Illinois in 1985.
Dwight and his wife, Laurie, have a son Bryce and a daughter Gentrie who along with her husband Aaron are the parents of Daub’s first grandchild, Peyton.
