Brad Leaf

Brad Leaf (; born May 17, 1960) is an American-Israeli basketball coach and former player. He played 17 years of professional basketball in Israel, first for Hapoel Galil Elyon and later for Maccabi Tel Aviv of the Israel Premier League and Euroleague. He won the Israeli Basketball Premier League MVP award in 1989–90. He played college basketball for the Evansville Purple Aces from 1979 to 1982, and was the school's first All-American in NCAA Division I.

Early and personal life Leaf was born and raised in Indianapolis, Indiana. He and his wife Karen became Israeli citizens. He said: "For about 20 years, I considered [Israel] home. I loved it there. They are great people." He and his wife have a daughter, Talia, and three sons, one of whom is NBA player T. J. Leaf, a former power forward for the Indiana Pacers. His son Troy Leaf was Pacific West Conference 2015 Basketball Player of the Year.

High school career A 6' 5" shooting guard, Leaf played high school basketball first at North Central High School. Ben Davis High School's Randy Wittman was second. As a sophomore, he averaged 16.2 points per game and set the then-Evansville season free throw percentage record at 81.1 percent. In 1981–82, he scored 17.6 points per game (for the second consecutive year), leading the school to a 19–9 record and its first NCAA Division I tournament. He won the Israeli Basketball Premier League MVP award in 1989–90. In 2016 he was named CIF Coach of the Year. He coached his son T. J. at Foothills Christian in high school, with T.J. as a senior in 2015–16 averaging 28.4 points, 12.4 rebounds, 5.3 assists, and 3.2 steals per game.

Honors In 1988, Leaf was inducted into the University of Evansville Purple Aces Hall of Fame. The school retired his jersey, # 15, in 2018.