Bre Ladd
Bre Ladd is the wife of Luke Walton, former NBA player once a player for the Los Angeles Lakers and former interim head coach for the Golden State Warriors and current head coach for the Los Angeles Lakers. But coach Walton isn’t the only one with an interesting biography, his wife Bree was a star athlete at the University of Arizona. Would you want to read Bre Ladd’s biography?
Player Career
6’8″ Luke Walton born and raised in San Diego, California to Susan Walton (nee. Guth) and Bill Walton. He has three brothers Adam, Nathan and Chris. Graduated in 1998 from the University of San Diego High School.
Walton played basketball at the University of Arizona from 1999 to 2003; he was selected in the 2nd round (32nd overall) by the Lakers in the 2003 NBA Draft. During Walton’s time with Los Angeles they won two NBA championships; in March, 2012, was traded to the Cavaliers along a 2012 first round draft choice and Jason Kapono. Walton retired the following year.
Coaching Career
His coaching career began with the Los Angeles D-Fenders of the NBA Development League who hired him as their player development coach in November, 2013, that same year he joined the Lakers on-air broadcasting team at Time Warner Cable SportsNet.
The Golden State Warriors introduced Luke Walton as their new assistant coach under Steve Kerr on July 3, 2014. Coach Kerr underwent back surgery and took an indefinite leave of absence to rehabilitate after the Warriors defeated the Cavaliers at the 2015 NBA finals, Walton was appointed interim coach in October, 2015.
The Los Angeles Lakers announced they hired Luke as their new head coach on April 29, 2016.
We did mention Luke Walton’s wife Bre Ladd is quite an impressive gal, right?
Bre Ladd Biography.-
Standing at 6’0″ Mrs. Bre Ladd aka Bre Walton was born Bre Filene Ladd was born April 19, 1984, in Tucson, Arizona; to Tammie and Bob Ladd, also proud parents of Bre’s older bro Josh Ladd.
Bre’s volleyball career began during her high school years at Canyon Del Oro High School where she was a member of the CDO Honor Roll and a four-year letter winner, after she graduated in 2002, Bree enrolled at the University of Arizona, where she graduated from with a major in community and public health.
Mrs. Walton
Bre Ladd met her hubby in 2002 at the University of Arizona, but it was until 2005 that they started dating. Luke asked her to marry him on Christmas Eve, 2006.
“He put a jewelry box inside of a really big box, and I assumed he’d gotten me the earrings I’d asked for,” says Bre. “I opened the box and saw my ring, and was so genuinely shocked, even after all that time.”
Luke and wife Bree got married on August 17, 2013 in front of 225 guests at The Little Nell in Aspen, Colorado. She wore a beautiful bridal gown by Hailey Paige and sandals by Giuseppe Zanotti; the groom looked so handsome in a custom made suit by Tom James.
