Former University of Hartford men’s basketball coach Paul Brazeau is leaving the American Athletic Conference to become Senior Associate Commissioner for Men’s Basketball Operations with the Atlantic Coast Conference. ACC Commissioner John Swofford made the announcement Monday through a press release.
“Paul has served the sport of basketball for over 30 years as a coach and administrator and brings a terrific background of experiences and talents to our league,” Swofford said. “I’m pleased to welcome Paul to the ACC, and I know he will serve our coaches, schools and partners well.”
Fans may not realize it, but this is another blow to the American – and just one more piece to the ACC’s on-going raid of the old Big East/American. Brazeau is good. He’s very good at what he does. And with Louisville moving to the ACC next season, he will all the pieces in place to build a dominant conference, or least what should be a dominant conference on paper.
According to the ACC release, Brazeau’s responsibilities will consist of the management and oversight of ACC men’s basketball, including the annual men’s basketball tournament, regular-season conference scheduling, liaison work with the national and regional television networks and serving as the commissioner’s liaison to the league’s 15 men’s basketball programs.
Brazeau will join the ACC staff on April 14. Brazeau joined the former Big East Conference in 2012 and continued in his role with the American during its inaugural 2013-14 season. Prior to that Brazeau spent 10 years as Vice President of Basketball Operations at the NBA, where he was the primary overseer of all on and off-court basketball related operations, including game guidelines and procedures, playing rules, conduct and discipline and scheduling.
Brazeau, a Boston College graduate, was head coach at Hartford from 1992-2000. He is a former assistant coach at Boston College and Ohio State.
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