Bio

Brad Zinn enters his first season as an assistant coach for Greg Franklin and the third season as assistant for Garden City Community College women’s program.

Zinn spent 2020-21 at Salem University as assistant women’s basketball coach before the season was cut short due to COVID-19. He was instrumental in recruiting for the 2021-22 season while also overseeing skills development. Prior to Salem, Zinn spent three seasons at Highland Community College (Kan.), where he served as recruiting coordinator and assistant women’s basketball coach. During his time, Highland compiled an 80-10 record with a national third-place finish in the NJCAA Tournament.

The Scotties made two NJCAA Region 6 Championship appearances and had five NJCAA All-Americans, five NJCAA Academic All-Americans, two NJCAA All-Tournament selections and two NJCAA WBCA All-Star participants. Zinn also coached a Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference (KJCCC) Player of the Year and two KJCCC Freshman of the Year winners. Eight of the 14 players who went on to compete at four-year colleges played at the NCAA Division-I level. In addition, two players signed professionally overseas.

Prior to Highland, Zinn spent 11 years coaching High School Basketball in Alabama with a brief stint in Tennessee. His teams made several trips to the Regional Championships in the state’s largest classifications.

Zinn has two daughters: Keirsha (22), who is a nursing student at Auburn Montgomery, Jalyn (18), who is a freshman at Bethune Cookman University.