From video intern to head video coordinator to now Pistons Summer League coach, Jordan Brink has worked his way up Detroit's staff the hard way. But he almost didn't make it there. 📚 JLEdwardsIII
head coach Mike Budenholzer are two other current head coaches who took this route. There aren’t many. It takes a certain type of dedication to see a journey with this starting point through.
“I was very nervous,” Brink said. “When you get into this business, you always hear about how the job security is a concern. When a new coach came in, I assumed I wouldn’t be brought back because he’d just bring in people that he knew already.” As is the case in most professions, and for those chasing the dream, whatever it may be, doubt met Brink on his journey. Even with a new role and a new coach believing in him, Brink started to question what the future held.
Brink said he was grateful for every opportunity given to him up to that point, but that he would be lying if he said it all didn’t start to weigh on him. It’s a lot of responsibility. A screw-up can cause a practice to be delayed; a game to be lost. Instructions need to be precise. “He’s taken me in,” Ivey, the No. 5 pick, said. “He’s picking me up from my hotel at 7 a.m. in the morning and working out with me. I thank him for getting up early and helping me work on my game.“I didn’t grow up wanting to be a coach from an X’s and O’s standpoint,” Brink said. “The thing about coaching, for me, is the relationship aspect, getting players to buy in and work together for a common goal. I love this part of the job, the player development one. It’s relationship based.
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