Brannen held assistant coaching positions at Charleston , Eastern Kentucky and St. Bonaventure before being hired by former Marshall assistant Anthony Grant , who had just been named head coach at VCU . Brannen spent three seasons at VCU before following Grant to Alabama , where he was an assistant for six seasons ( the last two as associate head coach ) . When Grant was fired following the Tide 's 2015 SEC Tournament loss , Brannen was named interim head coach for the team 's NIT appearance . The Tide were knocked out of the tournament by Miami in the second round following a first round home win over Illinois
2015 SEC Tournament
2015 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament
John Brannen (basketball)