Brad Freeman

Brad Freeman is the Director of Youth Basketball for the Dallas Mavericks. Freeman started full time in this position in May 2019 after spending a year as a High School Basketball Consultant with the Mavericks.

Prior to joining the Mavericks, Freeman spent 16 years as the Director of Basketball for Prestonwood Sports Organization and 25 years as a high school and college basketball coach. He most recently coached at Dallas Christian College where the team won a national championship in 2013. Prior to his stint at DCC, Freeman coached 21 years in secondary schools. His last high school position was the Head Boys Basketball Coach at Prestonwood Christian Academy in Plano where he posted a 172-82 record with an impressive 71-9 district record and four Coach of the Year honors. His teams made it to the State title game in each of his last three seasons at PCA, winning the school’s first state championship in 2010. Freeman began his coaching career in the Hurst-Euless-Bedford ISD beforemoving on to Krum High School where the team posted a 37-0 record and state championship in 1994. From there he moved on to be the head coach at Whitewright High School and then Allen High School before taking the position at Prestonwood.

Freeman played basketball at the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor inBelton, TX where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in Education. He also holds a Master of Science degree in Education from Baylor University with a concentration in Sport Administration. While coaching, Freeman was an active member of the Texas High School Coaches Association and the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches. He was also a founding board member of the North Texas Basketball Coaches Association where he served as the Treasurer for 10 years.

Freeman has been married to his high school sweetheart, Marthanne, for 30 years and they have 3 children. Their son Mitch is the Recruiting Coordinator and Assistant Basketball Coach at East Texas Baptist University. Their son Dylan is a Mechanical Engineering graduate of Texas A&M University and attending SMU Law School. And their daughter Kelly is an Elementary Education student at Baylor University.