Brian Wright’s career began by splitting time between grad school at the University of Central Florida and the Orlando Magic front office. He worked his way up from a summer intern to a scouting coordinator, pulling all-nighters between classwork and game film.
At Central Florida, he worked with Dr. Richard Lapchick in the National Consortium for Academics and Sport, where he studied ways to emphasize diversity, community service social issues in sport.
At work, he was being the change he wished to see.
Wright, 34, worked his way up in Orlando, going from an intern to director of college scouting before he became an assistant general manager with the Detroit Pistons, running the team’s NBA Draft process.