A native of Orchard Park, N.Y., Brian Dux quickly became a fan-favorite of the Canisius faithful during his playing days from 1999-03, and he is still a recognizable face around the Koessler Athletic Center when he sits in his courtside seats to cheer on the Golden Griffins.
 
A two-time All-MAAC honoree and the 2002 New York Lottery/MAAC Men’s Basketball Scholar-Athlete of the Year, Dux is one of three players in the 115-year history of the program to score more than 1,000-career points to go along with 500-plus career assists. At the end of the 2018-19 season, Dux’s 1,239 points ranked 19th in school history and his 508 career assists ranks third-best in the school’s record book.
 
Dux played in 119 career games during his time on Main Street, where he made 110 starts. Both of those number rank among the top-10 in school history. After playing in all 30 games as a freshman in 1999-00, Dux earned MAAC All-Tournament Team honors after he averaged 10.4 points and 5.0 assists per game as the Griffs advanced to the 2001 MAAC Tournament Championship game in Buffalo – the program’s last title game appearance. In his junior campaign (2001-02), he earned All-MAAC Third Team honors after ranking second in the league with his 4.9 assists per game average, and went on to become just the second player in program history to earn All-Tournament Team accolades in back-to-back seasons after the Blue and Gold upset No. 1 seed Rider in overtime in the quarterfinal round to advance to the conference tournament’s semifinal.
 
Dux, who closed out his collegiate career in 2002-03 by earning All-MAAC Second Team honors, became the 21st player in school history to reach the famed 1,000-career point milestone after he scored 31 points at Iona Jan. 8, 2003. That year, he ranked second on the Griffs’ roster with his 14.9 points per game to go with 152 total assists, making him just the fourth player in program history to distribute 100-plus assists in four-straight seasons.
 
The school’s all-time leader in career free-throw percentage at 82.9 percent, Dux currently ranks sixth in career assists per game average at 4.3 per outing, which places him among the top-35 players in MAAC history.
 
After graduating from Canisius with his undergraduate degree in physical education, Dux went overseas to play professionally for four seasons. His pro career was cut short after a serious car accident in England in 2007. He earned his master’s degree in sport administration from Canisius in 2013 and currently serves the head JV boy’s basketball coach at Orchard Park High School. In addition to owning and operating his own basketball skill-development training program, he speaks to various basketball camps and clinics around Western New York.