Brentwood coach Dennis King retires

[VballBruins]

Coach King will be missed,he is a great coach and teacher,He also has two books if anyone wants a great read. Go Bruins

[kbrks]

The way it was designed, Coach King was a real representation of blending the academic with the athletic.

[MrTSSAA]

Best coach that I have had the oppurtunity to watch in Tennessee High School basketball over the past decade. 

 

Wish he would have knocked off Hamilton last year... 

[LoveForTheGame]

Another thing I remembered hearing about Coach King: "He knows so much about Basketball, he has forgotten more about the game then an average coach will even have a chance to learn."

[ThePiedPiperOfBrentwood]

Got my first glimpse of the new-look Brentwood squad today led by acting head coach John Boucher, as they swept a pair of games over Alabama teams at Belmont.

 

Rising seniors PG Toe Bautista and PF Linden Hardee led the Bruins and, though they're the only returning players on the summer squad with substantive varsity experience, both look remarkably improved from a couple months ago.

 

Junior SG Kellen King has also expanded his offensive game and should be one of Brentwood's most lethal scorers this season, along with fellow junior SG Jacob Gossett and junior post Christian LeBreche.

 

Should definitely be a rebuilding year on Murray Lane, but if the AD sticks with King's staff and keeps it "in the family", I see more good things happening for the Bruins over the next few seasons.

[terop]

He leaves behind a great system to those familiar with its nuances and a robust coaching tree of assistant coaches and program acolytes who have coaching experience along with former players. But yes, he is certainly irreplaceable in his own right.

 

He is a great teacher and, as one other poster on here has occasionally mentioned, a solid songwriter. He has been the head of Brentwood's English department for quite a long time.

Hey where are the guards from last years team headed???

[ThePiedPiperOfBrentwood]

Hey where are the guards from last years team headed???

PG Jalen Lawson signed with Lipscomb.

SF Tanner Tapp signed with Samford (where he will most likely play PG).

SG Grant Teichmann signed with Freed-Hardeman (where his older brother Kyle, also a BHS alum, is the all-time leading scorer).

[wingman10]

PG Jalen Lawson signed with Lipscomb.

SF Tanner Tapp signed with Samford (where he will most likely play PG).

SG Grant Teichmann signed with Freed-Hardeman (where his older brother Kyle, also a BHS alum, is the all-time leading scorer).

3 good schools... Go Dawgs

[LoveForTheGame]

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Edited June 19, 2015 by LoveForTheGame

[ThePiedPiperOfBrentwood]

Not official yet, but Brentwood has offered its head-coaching position to a Florida coach/math teacher who has apparently been to the State Tournament twice (don't know which division). Should know more about his decision by the end of the weekend.

 

Longtime Brentwood associate head coach/"defensive coordinator" John Boucher has taken the same position at district rival Ravenwood under Patrick Whitlock as of this afternoon.

 

Former Brentwood JV/freshman coach Aaron Howard has taken the same position at district rival and likely 2016 State Tournament participant Independence under Greg Glass as of this morning.

 

District 11-AAA should be a four-way race between Indy, Summit, Brentwood and Ravenwood next year. Should be a very exciting season ahead!

[thegame523]

They hired Greg Shirley from Orlando Boone. He has been somewhat successful in Florida. It will be interesting to say the least especially with the mass exodus of the former assistant coaches at Brentwood. 

[Gerry Bertier]

They hired Greg Shirley from Orlando Boone. He has been somewhat successful in Florida. It will be interesting to say the least especially with the mass exodus of the former assistant coaches at Brentwood.

Seems to me the new coach wanted to bring in his own guy, Vince Carter Sr. to be an assistant this why you probably so the others leave.