Have a look at the bio, ethnicity, race and net worth of Rick Brunson
Even though the New York Knicks had a strong postseason run, concerns about the team’s current status are starting to surface now that the season is over.
Following the Knicks’ Tuesday departure from head coach Tom Thibodeau, sourced reports are now targeting Rick Brunson, the father of star Jalen Brunson and one of Thibodeau’s top assistants.
Who is Rick Brunson, dad of Jalen Brunson, bio, age, height, parents, wife, son, ethnicity, race and net worth
Sam Amico of Hoops Wire reported that some Knicks players have expressed dissatisfaction with Knicks assistant coach and Jalen’s dad, Rick Brunson’s presence. Amico claims that it was implied that Brunson had “too big of a say” in matters, but there is no indication of what the true problems are.
Rick is currently an assistant coach for the New York Knicks, where he works alongside his son Brunson and prior to being hired with the team in June 2022, he coached various teams in the NBA.
Rick played in the NBA for nearly a decade, a career that spanned several teams including the New York Knicks in 1998 and finished his ninth and final season with the Houston Rockets in 2006.
52-year-old Rick Brunson was born on 14 June 1972 and is 6ft 4in tall. Rick attended Salem High School and being born in Syracuse, New York.
Rick’s real name is Eric Daniel Brunson and he is from Syracuse, New York, United States and while he is African-American by ethnicity, the names of his parents aren’t known.
At Temple University, where he played basketball for the Owls men’s team and she played volleyball, Brunson met his wife, Sandra. Jalen and Erica are the couple’s two children. For the most of his NBA career, the family resided in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, but they relocated seven times until settling in Lincolnshire, Illinois, in 2010, where Jalen attended Adlai E. Stevenson High School for his high school education before enrolling at Villanova.
Sandra was a student athlete at Temple University and played for the school’s volleyball team and her college roommate was Kobe Bryant’s sister.
Multiple Knicks players have been unhappy with the presence of assistant coach Rick Brunson, per @AmicoHoops
“Per Hoops Wire sources, multiple Knicks players have been unhappy with the presence of assistant coach Rick Brunson, the father of star guard Jalen Brunson. What that… pic.twitter.com/rcDvgSxkJH
— NBACentral (@TheDunkCentral) June 4, 2025
Rick Brunson career
Rick Brunson played for the Adelaide 36ers in the National Basketball League Australia from 1995 to 1996, when he was named the team’s MVP, and then in the Continental Basketball Association the following season. He was not selected by any NBA team in 1995. The Portland Trail Blazers signed him as a free agent in 1997–98, and he returned to the CBA at the beginning of the 1998–99 campaign.
After that, Brunson joined the New York Knicks, where he played for the team that won the Eastern Conference in 1999. He began the 2000–01 season with the Boston Celtics but ended up back with the Knicks. In 2001–02, he returned to the Trail Blazers.
"We haven't been here since my dad played––er, was on the team…He's not gonna like that"
–– Jalen Brunson on Rick Brunson 🤣 He seems OK though pic.twitter.com/dCh0hssfKm
— New York Basketball (@NBA_NewYork) May 17, 2025
After playing for the Toronto Raptors in 2003–04 and the Chicago Bulls the next season, he signed with the latter. He had his greatest season as a professional in 2004–05, when he joined the Los Angeles Clippers and averaged a career-high 5.5 points per game. Although he only played in four games that season due to injury, this helped him sign a deal with the Seattle SuperSonics the next year.
Brunson was a coach at Camden, New Jersey’s Camden High School. He was the head coach of Dajuan Wagner Jr. While Camden High was ranked as the seventh-best team in the nation, Brunson resigned before the 2020–21 season, but he changed his mind a few days later and continued to serve as coach until 2022.
Brunson joined the New York Knicks as an assistant coach on June 2, 2022.
Rick Brunson’s net worth
Rick Brunson is estimated to have a net worth between $5-10 million and made $5,446,383 ($9,449,212 adjusted to today’s amount) across his playing career.
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