Beau Braden returns to Morehead State as men's basketball assistant coach for the 2017-18 season.
Braden comes to Morehead State after spending the last two seasons as an assistant coach at Bellarmine University (Ky.). With Braden's assistance, Bellarmine had an extraordinary season in 2016-17. The Knights earned a fourth NCAA Division II Midwest Region title and trip to the Final Four in seven years while going 32-4 in accumulating the second-most wins in program history. Bellarmine won an outright Great Lakes Valley Conference East title and its third GLVC Tournament championship.
In his first season, Braden helped guide the Knights to their eighth consecutive appearance in the NCAA Tournament. In addition, he helped lead Bellarmine to its second-straight GLVC East regular-season title (15-3) and a 23-7 overall finish.
Prior to joining the staff at Bellarmine, he spent two seasons as video coordinator and assistant coach at Tennessee.
During Braden's previous two seasons as an assistant coach at Morehead State, the Eagles recorded 35 overall victories, 18 conference wins and posted a 20-win campaign in 2013-14.
Braden spent the first half of the 2011-12 season as Morehead State's director of basketball operations and the second half as a graduate manager.
Braden spent the first semester of 2011-12 as the director of operations and second as a graduate manager. He coordinated several administrative duties and all video operations during a season which saw the Eagles win 18 games and finish third in the conference.
In 2010-11, he worked as an assistant coach under J.T. Burton at St. Catharine College (Ky.), where he focused on recruiting, scouting, individual instruction and academics. He helped lead the Patriots to a 24-9 record, NAIA national tournament appearance and three victories over the eventual national champion Pikeville (Ky.).
Braden spent the 2009-10 campaign as a graduate assistant and the junior varsity coach at Georgetown (Ky.), where he specialized in game preparation, individual instruction and film exchange. He helped the Tigers to a 27-6 record, Mid-South Conference Tournament title and NAIA tournament berth.
A native of Louisville, Ky., Braden played basketball at Centre College in Danville, Ky., for four seasons and was a two-time team captain. The Colonels were 92-21 during his playing career, and they posted a 25-3 record and ascended as high as No. 2 in the national rankings during his junior season.
He was part of three Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference championship teams and played in three NCAA Division III national tournaments.
Braden received his bachelor's degree in government and economics from Centre in 2009 and his master's degree in sports management from Morehead State.
