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Brady Sallee
	Sallee in 2017
Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Ball State
Conference	MAC
Biographical details
Born	Lexington, Kentucky
Playing career
1990–1993	Thomas More (baseball)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1994–1995	Idaho State (asst.)
1996–2002	Kent State (asst.)
2002–2003	East Carolina (asst.)
2004–2012	Eastern Illinois
2012–present	Ball State
Head coaching record
Overall	377–256

Brady Sallee is an American women's college basketball coach. He is the current head women's basketball coach at Ball State University.^[1] He previously held the same position at Eastern Illinois University (EIU) in Charleston, Illinois.

Biography

A native of Lexington, Kentucky, Sallee played collegiate baseball and served as a student assistant with the women's basketball team at Thomas More College in Crestview Hills, Kentucky from 1990 to 1993. In 1993, he graduated from Thomas More with a bachelor's degree in business administration. Sallee and his wife Mandy have three children: Avery, Taryn and Drew.

Coaching career

After graduating from Thomas More, Sallee spent two years as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Idaho State University. He then held the same job for seven years with the Kent State Golden Flashes, where his recruiting was credited with being largely responsible for the program's success during his time there.

Eastern Illinois (2004-2012)

In 2004, Sallee was hired as the head coach at Eastern Illinois University. During his tenure at Eastern Illinois, he led the Panthers to the school's most successful string of seasons in Division I.^[2]

Ball State (2012-Present)

On May 11, 2012, Sallee was named the eleventh women's basketball head coach at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana.^[1] On December 4, 2017, Sallee led Ball State to its first win over state rival Purdue since 1979, snapping a 16-game losing streak to the Boilermakers.^[3]

In 2018, Sallee became the winningest coach in program history.^[4]

In the 2019–20 season, Sallee orchestrated a 13-game turnaround from the 2018–19 season which is the 30th largest single-season turnaround in NCAA Division I Women's Basketball.^[5]

In the 2023-2024 season, Sallee lead the Cardinals to a school record 28 wins. The Cardinals were also selected to play in the inaugural Women's Basketball Invitation Tournament.^[6] The Cardinals lost to Belmont in the first round.^[7]

Since Sallee took over the program, the Cardinals have reached the post-season eight times. In addition, he has coached thirty-two all-conference selections, three conference freshman players of the year, two conference defensive players of the year, one conference player of the year, and one Associated Press All-American Selection.^[8]

Head coaching record

Source^[9]

Statistics overview
Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Eastern Illinois Panthers (Ohio Valley Conference) (2004–2012)
2004–05	Eastern Illinois	9–17	3–13	t-10th
2005–06	Eastern Illinois	10–19	9–11	t-7th
2006–07	Eastern Illinois	10–19	7–13	9th
2007–08	Eastern Illinois	19–13	15–5	t-2nd	1–1 (OVC)
2008–09	Eastern Illinois	24–9	15–3	2nd	2–1 (OVC)
2009–10	Eastern Illinois	23–11	16–2	1st	2–1 (OVC), 0–1 (WNIT)
2010–11	Eastern Illinois	18–13	13–5	t-3rd	0–1 (OVC), 0–1 (WBI)
2011–12	Eastern Illinois	22–9	13–3	2nd	WNIT first round
Eastern Illinois:		136 –110 (.553)	91 –55 (.623)
Ball State Cardinals (Mid-American Conference) (2012–present)
2012–13	Ball State	17–16	12–4	2nd (West)	WNIT 3rd round
2013–14	Ball State	18–17	9–9	2nd (West)	WNIT 1st round
2014–15	Ball State	17–14	13–5	1st (West)	WNIT 1st round
2015–16	Ball State	22–10	13–5	2nd (West)	WNIT 2nd round
2016–17	Ball State	21–11	14–4	2nd (West)	WNIT 1st round
2017–18	Ball State	25–7	13–5	2nd (West)	WNIT 2nd round
2018–19	Ball State	8–23	3–15	6th (West)
2019–20	Ball State	21-10	13-5	2nd (West)
2020–21	Ball State	14–11	12–8	1st (West)
2021–22	Ball State	20-13	11-8	4th	WNIT 1st round
2022–23	Ball State	26–8	14–4	t-2nd	WNIT 2nd round
2023–24	Ball State	28-6	16-2	2nd	WBIT 1st round
2024–25	Ball State	4-0	0-0
Ball State:		231 – 146 (.613)	143 – 74 (.659)
Total:		377– 256 (.596)
National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion