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STAFF BIOS

BRAD

Coaching Resume
Baylor, Assistant, 1995-99

Tulsa, Assisant, 2000
AUTRY
UALR, Assisant, 2004-07

Dekaney High, Head Coach, 2007-08
Assistant Coach
Marquette, Assisant, 2009-14

Experience: 21st year
Hawaii, Assistant, 2014-15

At SIU: 2nd year
Southern Illinois, Assistant, 2015-

Alma Mater: NW Oklahoma State

(1990)

Former Hawaii and Marquette assistant Brad Autry was
named to SIU’s staff on June 8, 2015. Autry coached on

Benjy Taylor’s staff at Hawaii in 2015, and prior to that, spent
six seasons at Marquette working for Buzz Williams -- the

rst four as coordinator of student-athlete development,
and the nal two as assistant coach.

Known for his high-energy coaching style, Autry coached
the bigs at SIU last season, and starters Sean O’Brien and

Bola Olaniyan both had career-best seasons, as the Salukis
nished with a 22-10 record.

Winning has followed wherever Autry has coached. In
2014-15, Hawai recorded 22 victories -- their highest win

total in 12 years -- and lost to UC-Irvine in the championship
game of the Big West Tournament. While Autry was at

Marquette, the program averaged 23 wins per year, made
ve-consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances (2009-13)

and advanced to the Elite Eight in 2013. The Golden Eagles
produced eight NBA players during Autry’s tenure and had

three Top 20 recruiting classes, according to ESPN.
Autry played collegiately at Northwestern Oklahoma

State, where he was an All-Conference performer and was
named the Oklahoma Intercollegiate Conference Scholar-

Athlete of the Year in 1990. He began his coaching career as
a graduate assistant at the University of Central Oklahoma,

where he earned his master’s degree in education, and was
part of a Lone Star Conference championship and the NCAA

Division II national tournament in 1993.
His rst Division I coaching opportunity led Autry to

Baylor University (1995-99), where he served as an assistant

coach for ve seasons under Harry Miller. While at Baylor,
Autry helped mentor 1998 NBA rst-round pick Brian

Skinner. Autry joined Bill Self’s staff at Tulsa (2000) as the program’s administrative assistant during a season in which the
team won a school-record 32 games, advanced to the NCAA Elite Eight and climbed to a No. 9 national ranking.

Autry’s next Division I stop was at UALR (2004-07), where he spent four seasons under Steve Shields. The program captured
back-to-back divisional titles (2004, 2005) in the Sun Belt Conference for the rst time in school history. After coaching one

year at Dekaney High School in Texas (2008), Autry was name the coordinator of student-athlete development at Marquette
(2009-12).

Autry has witnessed Saluki basketball rsthand as a member of the UALR staff when Southern Illinois beat the Trojans,
67-42, on Dec. 22, 2005. That game was a key factor in his decision to join the Salukis nearly 10 years later.

“I remember coming out of SIU Arena thinking this place is in love with this program,” Autry recalled. “The support and
passion people have for Saluki Basketball is something that attracted me to this job. At this point in my career, I only want to

be at jobs where I am working with good people and what we do is important to people.”
Throughout his college career, Autry has coached 10 future NBA players, including three rst-round draft picks, and has

been a part of ve conference championships.

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