Brian Coombes

SHS Class of 1973

Basketball:
Averaged over 20 points per game in junior and senior seasons
 Scored over 900 points in two varsity seasons
Holds single game scoring record – 44 points (February 1973),
Named First Team Class L All State (1973) 
First Team All Suburban (1973) Selected to the 1973 Connecticut Class L and LL All-Star team
Named one of Simsbury’s “Best Athletes of the Century” by the Hartford Courant (December 1999)


Hamilton College Class of 1977:
Scored over 1,200 career points
Averaged 17 points per game (1976-1977)
Collected over 500 career rebounds Hamilton was ranked in the top 10 nationally (DIII) in the 1975-1976 and 1976-1977 seasons
Graduated as the third all-time leading scorer at Hamilton 

Professional (1979-1982):
Played in the New England Basketball Association (NEBA) for the East Hartford Explorers
NEBA champions in 1979-1980
Played for Birmingham, England in the English Basketball League (EBL)

Brian Coombes was an outstanding basketball player for Simsbury High School, averaging over 20 points per game in both his junior and senior seasons and scoring over 900 career points in two varsity seasons. He still holds the boys basketball single game scoring record of 44 points, accomplished in February 1973. That same year, Brian was named First Team Class L All State and First Team All Suburban. He was selected to play in the 1973 CT Class L and LL senior All-Star game. Following high school, Brian played basketball at Hamilton College in upstate New York. In Brian’s junior and senior seasons, Hamilton was ranked in the top ten nationally in Division III. Brian scored over 1,200 career points, grabbed more than 500 rebounds, and graduated as Hamilton's third all-time leading scorer. After college Brian played two seasons in the New England Basketball Association (NEBA) for the East Hartford Explorers. The Explorers won the NEBA championship in 1979-1980. In 1981-1982 Brian played professionally for Birmingham, England, in the English Basketball League (EBL) where he averaged 20 points and 10 rebounds per game. Brian has volunteered as an analyst on Simsbury Community Television (SCTV), broadcasting SHS basketball games for the past 15 years and SHS football games for the past 8 years. Brian and his wife Denise raised their family in Simsbury. Their three children, Bill, Nicole, and Troy, are all graduates of Simsbury High School.