Brady Sallee

Brady Sallee is an American women's college basketball coach, currently head coach for Ball State University.[1] He previously held the same position at Eastern Illinois University (EIU) in Charleston, Illinois.

Brady Sallee

Sallee in 2017
Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Ball State
Conference	MAC
Biographical details
Born	Lexington, Kentucky
Playing career
1990–1993	Thomas More (baseball)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1994–1995	Idaho State (asst.)
1996–2002	Kent State (asst.)
2002–2003	East Carolina (asst.)
2004–2012	Eastern Illinois
2012–present	Ball State
Head coaching record
Overall	284-218

Biography

A native of Lexington, Kentucky, Sallee played collegiate baseball and served as a student assistant with the women's basketball team at Thomas More College in Crestview Hills, Kentucky from 1990 to '93, earning his bachelor's degree in business administration in 1993. Sallee and his wife Mandy have three children: Avery, Taryn and Drew.

Coaching career

After graduating from Thomas More, Sallee spent two years as assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Idaho State University. He was then in the same jobs for seven years with the Kent State Golden Flashes, where his recruiting was credited with being largely responsible for the program's success during his time there. Next came two seasons performing the same jobs at East Carolina, where the athletic director called him, "...an excellent recruiter..." when announcing his appointment as coach at Eastern Illinois on April 26, 2004.[2] When he took over the EIU program, Sallee first built a solid foundation and then lead the Panthers to the school's most successful string of seasons in Division I.[3] On May 11, 2012, Sallee was named the eleventh women's basketball head coach at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana.[1] On December 4, 2017, Sallee lead Ball State to its first win over state rival Purdue since 1979, snapping a 16-game losing streak to the Boilermakers.[4] In the 2019-20 season, Sallee orchestrated a 13-game turnaround from the 2018-19 season which is good for the 30th largest single-season turnaround in NCAA Division I Women's Basketball.[5]

Head coaching record

Source[6]

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Eastern Illinois University (Ohio Valley Conference) (2004–2012)
2004–05	EIU	9–17	3–13	t-10th
2005–06	EIU	10–19	9–11	t-7th
2006–07	EIU	10–19	7–13	9th
2007–08	EIU	19–13	15–5	t-2nd	1–1 (OVC)
2008–09	EIU	24–9	15–3	2nd	2–1 (OVC)
2009–10	EIU	23–11	16–2	1st	2–1 (OVC), 0–1 (WNIT)
2010–11	EIU	18–13	13–5	t-3rd	0–1 (OVC), 0–1 (WBI)
2011–12	EIU	22–9	13–3	2nd	WNIT first round
Eastern Illinois:		136 –110 (.553)	91 –55 (.623)
Ball State University (Mid-American Conference) (2012–present)
2012–13	BSU	17–16	12–4	2nd (West)	WNIT 3rd round
2013–14	BSU	18–17	9–9	2nd (West)	WNIT 1st round
2014–15	BSU	17–14	13–5	1st (West)	WNIT 1st round
2015–16	BSU	22–10	13–5	2nd (West)	WNIT 2nd round
2016–17	BSU	21–11	14–4	2nd (West)	WNIT 1st round
2017–18	BSU	25-7	13-5	2nd (West)	WNIT 2nd round
2018–19	BSU	8-23	3-15	6th (West)
2019–20	BSU	21-10	13-5	2nd (West)
Ball State:		149 – 108 (.580)	90 – 52 (.634)
Total:		284– 218 (.566)
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion

References

1. "Brady Sallee Named Head Women's Basketball Coach". Ball State Athletics. Ball State University. Retrieved 11 May 2012.
2. "Brady Sallee Named Eastern Illinois Women's Basketball Coach".
3. http://www.eiupanthers.com/custompages/wbball/2011-12/WBB-suplement.pdf
4. "Ball State women's basketball beats Purdue for first time since 1979".
5. https://ballstatesports.com/news/2020/3/20/womens-basketball-wbb-tops-ncaa-list-for-biggest-turnaround-of-2019-20.aspx
6. "2013-14 MAC Women's Basketball Stats". mac-sports.com/. Retrieved 29 Sep 2015.