Richard Douglas Bruno (born November 7, 1950)[1] is the head coach of the DePaul Blue Demons women's basketball team.

In 2007, Bruno completed a two-year term as President of the Women's Basketball Coaches Association, a position to which he was elected by his peers.

Bruno was 27 years old, younger than some of his players, trying to keep them calm while waiting to start their first professional game in front of national press services.

When an English radio announcer interrupted him with advice, he lessened the tension with a mashup of some famous speeches, invoking the Duke of Wellington and Knute Rockne.

Poor free throw shooting by Milwaukee would prove critical, and Chicago would go on to win the first professional women's basketball game by a score of 92–87.

His first season, the team achieved a 23–10 record, tying for first place in the North Star conference, and qualifying for post-season play.

In his first year as a member of the Big East, Bruno's Blue Demons achieved a 23–7 record, and made it to the Sweet Sixteen of the NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship.

[7] The USA team defeated Paraguay, Brazil, Argentina, and Canada to win the Gold Medal, and qualify for the 2007 FIBA U19 World Championship, in Bratislava, Slovakia.

[8] Bruno was named to an assistant coaching position for the USA women's national basketball team.

Training camp was held in Washington, D.C., after which the team visited wounded soldiers at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center.

[12] Bruno was named assistant coach of the USA National team in preparation for competition at the 2010 World Championships and the 2012 Olympic Games in London.

Several players shared scoring honors, with Swin Cash, Angel McCoughtry, Maya Moore, Diana Taurasi, Lindsay Whalen, and Sylvia Fowles all ending as high scorer in the first few games.

The USA team had only a five-point lead at halftime, which was cut to three points, but the Czechs never got closer, and went on to win the championship and gold medal.

[13] Bruno was an assistant coach for the USA women's national basketball team at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.