Bryan Defares

Dutch basketball player

Bryan Defares
Personal information
Defares in his GasTerra Flames jersey in 2011
Born	(1981-06-14) 14 June 1981 (age 42) Amsterdam, Netherlands
Nationality	Dutch
Listed height	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Career information
High school	Tamalpais (Mill Valley, California)
College	Boise State (2000–2004)
NBA draft	2004: undrafted
Playing career	2004–2011
Position	Point guard
Career history
2004	Peristeri
2005–2006	Kolossos Rodou
2006–2007	Gijón Baloncesto
2007–2008	Ase Doukas
2008	Newcastle Eagles
2009	Ammerud
2009–2010	West-Brabant Giants
2010–2011	GasTerra Flames

Bryan Defares (born 14 June 1981) is a Dutch former basketball player. Defares was a member of the Dutch national basketball team from 2004 till 2012.

College career

While at Boise State University, DeFares reached the school’s 1,000 points club and is in the Top 10 in Games Played, Free Throws, Free Throw Attempts and Assists. Bryan also holds BSU’s Single Game Assists record with 13 assists vs. UNLV in 2004. DeFares helped lead the Broncos the 2004 NIT Sweet Sixteen.

Professional career

Professionally, Defares was named the Bosman Player of the Year while playing for Peristeri (Greece).

Defares enjoyed an extensive playing career, beginning with his high school and AAU years. Defares helped lead Tamalpais High School (Mill Valley, California) to a California state championship in 2000. He played with Oakland (Slam-n-Jam) Soldiers in 1999-2000 for Coach Ken Carter, whom the 2005 MTV/Tollin-Robbins produced film Coach Carter, starring Samuel L. Jackson, was based.

Present

Currently, DeFares is an assistant basketball coach at Treasure Valley Community College in Ontario, Oregon. He received a BA in Social Science with a minor in Economics from Boise State University and is employed by the Boise School District.