Brett Nelson (basketball)
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_22_(Nelson).jpg) Nelson with NC State in 2025 | |
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Assistant coach |
| Team | VCU |
| Conference | A10 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | October 22, 1980 St. Albans, West Virginia, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1999–2003 | Florida |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2007–2010 | Marshall (assistant) |
| 2010–2011 | Arkansas (assistant) |
| 2011–2013 | Drake (assistant) |
| 2013–2014 | Ball State (assistant) |
| 2014–2017 | Marquette (assistant) |
| 2017–2019 | Marquette (Associate HC) |
| 2019–2023 | Holy Cross |
| 2023–2024 | UMass (assistant) |
| 2024–2025 | NC State (assistant) |
| 2025–present | VCU (assistant) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 27–84 (.243) |
Brett Nelson (born October 22, 1980) is an American college basketball coach and former player. He is currently an assistant coach at VCU under head coach Phil Martelli Jr.
A 1999 McDonald's All-American, Nelson was a standout at Saint Albans High School in West Virginia and was the state's player of the year his senior season.[1] Nelson would play college basketball at Florida under Billy Donovan where he was a three-year starter and member of the Gators' 2000 NCAA tournament runner-up squad. He ended his career as a two-time All-SEC selection as well as the school's leader in three-pointers made and attempted. At the time of his graduation, Nelson finished with career averages of 11.0 points per game and ranked second in steals and fourteenth in points scored in school history. [2][3]
