Doug Bruno

Quick Facts

Full Name	Doug Bruno
Occupation	Basketball Coach
Date Of Birth	Nov 7, 1950(1950-11-07)
Age	74
Birthplace	Chicago
Country	United States
Birth City	Chicago
Horoscope	Capricorn

Doug Bruno Biography

Doug Bruno is one of the most popular and richest Basketball Coach who was born on November 7, 1950 in Chicago, Chicago, United States. Richard Douglas “Doug” Bruno (born November 7, 1950) is the head coach of the DePaul Blue Demons women’s basketball team. In 2016, he completed his 30th season as head coach. Under his tenure, the Blue Demons have qualified for post-season competition play in 24 of his 33 completed seasons, including the last 17 seasons.

Bruno then left coaching women to become the associate men’s head coach at Loyola University Chicago under Gene Sullivan. He spent eight years at Loyola, during which the team had two 20 win seasons, and reached the Sweet Sixteen once, in 1984–85.

Bruno served as a member of the Board of Directors of the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association in 2003 and 2004. Bruno was then elected President of the organization for a two-year team, starting September 1, 2005. His term officially ended in 2007, but he acted as President at the 2009 convention. The organization has a President and a past President—if the President is the coach of a team in the Final Four (occurring the same time as the annual convention), the Past President presides. However, in 2009, both Past President Sherri Coale of Oklahoma, and President Geno Auriemma of Connecticut had teams in the Final Four, so Bruno stepped in as acting President at the annual convention.

Bruno was selected to be the head coach of the USA Women’s U18 and U19 teams in 2006 and 2007. The U18 team competed for the FIBA Americas Championship, held in Colorado Springs, Colorado from June 28–July 2, 2006. The USA team defeated Paraguay, Brazil, Argentina, and Canada to win the Gold Medal, and qualify for the 2007 FIBA U19 World Championship, in Bratislava, Slovakia. The following year, Bruno coached the team to a perfect 9–0 record and a Gold Medal at the U19 World Championship. USA would play a close game against Spain in an early round, winning only by eight points 74–66, but in the medal round rematch, USA defeated Spain easily, 69–46. The USA team faced undefeated Sweden in the championship game, but won easily 99–57.

Bruno left DePaul to become the head coach of the Chicago Hustle, a women’s basketball team in the Women’s Professional Basketball League. They were originally going to be called the Hustlers, but that name reminded some of hookers. Bruno suggested changing the name to simply the Hustle. On December 9, 1978, the Chicago Hustle played the Milwaukee Does in what was not just the inaugural game of the Women’s Professional Basketball League, but the first professional women’s basketball game in the United States. The game was played in the MECCA Arena (now UW–Milwaukee Panther Arena) in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Bruno was 27 years old, younger than some of his players, trying to keep them calm while waiting to start their first professional game in front of national press services. When an English radio announcer interrupted him with advice, he lessened the tension with a mashup of some famous speeches, invoking the Duke of Wellington and Knute Rockne. He implored his teams, “remember girls, the battle of Dunkirk was won on the playing fields of Eton. Now, go out there and win one for the Gipper.”

Doug Bruno Net Worth

Doug Bruno is one of the richest Basketball Coach from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Doug Bruno 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Bruno started his coaching career in 1973–74 at the high school level, first as an assistant coach for the boys’ team at Francis Parker High School in Chicago, then as a head coach in 1974–75 for the boys’ team at St. Vincent DePaul High School.

Bruno was named the head coach of the DePaul Blue Demons women’s basketball program in 1976. In the first season, the team achieved an 11–10 record,. In the second season the team achieved a 16–6 record, the most wins in the program’s history.

Bruno returned to DePaul and women’s basketball in 1988, returning to the head coaching position of the Blue Demons. His first season, the team achieved a 23–10 record, tying for first place in the North Star conference, and qualifying for post-season play. The team finished seventh in the WNIT. His team has qualified for post-season play all but three of the seasons since his return to DePaul. The team was a member of the North Star conference until the 1990–91 season, then was a member of the Great Midwest Conference for four years. That conference then merged to become part of Conference USA, where DePaul remained until joining the Big East in 2005.

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In his first year as a member of the Big East, Bruno’s Blue Demons achieved a 23–7 record, and made it to the Sweet Sixteen of the NCAA Women’s Division I Basketball Championship.

Facts & Trivia

Doug Ranked on the list of most popular Basketball Coach. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Doug Bruno celebrates birthday on November 7 of every year.

There were 7,824 people in the stands. Milwaukee scored the first points, but Chicago went on to take the lead. Poor free throw shooting by Milwaukee would prove critical, and Chicago would go on to win the first professional women’s basketball game by a score of 92–87.

Is Doug Bruno married?

Overall, Coach Bruno has led the women’s basketball program to 21 postseason appearances in the last 24 years. Doug and his wife have six children and six grandchildren.

How old is Doug Bruno?

71 years (November 7, 1950)

How long has Doug Bruno been at DePaul?

Doug Bruno (Coach) Head coach for 36 years at DePaul University, guiding them to 24 NCAA Tournament appearances. Three-time Big East Coach of the Year (2014, 2016, 2017) and three-time WBCA Regional Coach of the Year (2004, 2005, 2017). Six-time Gold Medalist Coach with USA Basketball.

How much does Doug Bruno make?

The third highest-paid individual is Doug Bruno, head coach of DePaul’s women’s basketball team. Bruno rakes in an estimated $568,535 a year — less than half the salary Leitao made as the men’s coach, despite the greater success DePaul’s women’s basketball team has seen compared to the men’s team.

What is Geno Auriemma salary?

(AP) — UConn has extended women’s basketball coach Geno Auriemma’s contract through 2025 in a deal worth $15 million, school officials announced Friday. Athletic director David Benedict said the five-year extension is retroactive to April 2020 and includes an annual base salary of $600,000.