BATON ROUGE – LSU men’s basketball Associate Coach Brendan Suhr is one of the nominees for the Tex Winter Assistant Coach Lifetime Impact Award announced by the National Basketball Coaches Association (NBCA).
The Award is named after iconic NBA Coach Tex Winter, a long-time assistant (who spent time at LSU with Coach Dale Brown) who has been an integral part of the coaching staff of 10 NBA championships teams, the 2009 recipient of the National Basketball Coaches Association Chuck Daly Lifetime Achievement Award and the 2011 Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall Of Fame inductee.
The Award will be presented annually to an Assistant Coach (current or inactive) who has had a storied career as an NBA Assistant Coach and has made a consistent substantial impact while on the bench.