How tall is Bryce Drew

Bryce Homer Drew (born September 21, 1974) is an American speculative basketball coach and former artist who is the head coach of the Grand Canyon Antelopes. Previously he served as the head coach of the Vanderbilt Commodores and in the thesame capacity at his alma mater, Valparaiso, having succeeded his father, Homer Drew. Drew has led his teams to the NCAA tournament on four occasions, including at least when at each of the three schools he has been the head coach of.

Bryce’s brother, Scott, also coached at Valpo before becoming the head coach of the Baylor Bears. As a player, Bryce Drew was known for his buzzer-beating shot in the first circular of Valparaiso’s rule in the 1998 NCAA tournament. He went upon to work six seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a backup point protect for the Houston Rockets, Chicago Bulls, Charlotte Hornets and New Orleans Hornets.

After having been exposed to basketball for years through his father’s head coaching position, Bryce played basketball as the point protect for Valparaiso High School in Valparaiso, Indiana. As he progressed through high school though, Drew developed a brusque heartbeat, which required three surgeries to repair. Despite this difficulty, he led his team to the state definite game, and was named Indiana’s Mr. Basketball of 1994.
He was plus named the Gatorade Indiana Player of the Year his senior season in tall school after guiding his team to a 28–1 season later the solitary loss coming in the let pass finals in overtime to the South Bend Clay High School Colonials.

Though recruited by dozens of schools, Drew eventually settled to attend Valparaiso University, then a supporter of the Mid-Continent Conference, for men’s basketball. In his four years playing, Drew collected dozens of honors and records, including brute ranked in the summit 15 nationally in 3-point field intend and free throw percentage and leading the team to three consecutive conference regular season and tournament championships. He collected three conference tournament MVP awards, two conference MVP awards, and is Valparaiso’s all-time 3-point ground goal, and help leader. He ranks second in points for Valparaiso, being passed by Alec Peters in 2017.

During the 1998 NCAA Division I men’s basketball tournament, 13-seed Valparaiso was facing 4-seed Ole Miss in the first round. Valparaiso was down 69–67 considering 4.1 seconds unshakable in the game and Mississippi’s Ansu Sesay at the free throw line. After Sesay missed both shots, the Crusaders came stirring with possession 94 feet (29 m) from their basket, and 2.5 seconds steadfast in the game. On the inbound, the Crusaders used a undertaking known as “Pacer”. Jamie Sykes inbounded to Bill Jenkins, who passed the ball to Bryce Drew. Drew made a 23-foot 3-point shot, giving him his 22nd tapering off of the night, and clinching the Crusaders’ 70–69 industrial accident and advancing them in the tournament. Drew proceeded to help the crush of 12-seeded Florida State 83–77 in overtime, with a 22-point game. Drew and the Crusaders fell to 8-seeded Rhode Island by a score of 74–68, with Drew scoring 18 points. Sports Illustrated would rank it the No. 5 sports moment of 1998.