The newly appointed Kangaroos coach played under captain Michael Voss and coach Leigh Matthews at the Brisbane Lions and he served his three-year coaching apprenticeship under Collingwood mentor Mick Malthouse.
All have had an influence on Brad, his proud brother says, but it will be his own coaching philosophies that come to the fore at Arden Street.
"I think we're all influenced heavily by experiences and he'd be no different," Chris, now an assistant coach at Fremantle, told afl.com.au.
"But I'm sure he'd be really focused on doing it his way at North Melbourne and really that's the only way to do it.
"If you're trying to mirror what other people have done in the past then you're not being authentic to yourself.
"Leigh Matthews and Michael Voss were big influences, but it's more than just the individuals involved. The experience at Brisbane of going from a wooden spoon in '98 to winning a premiership in 2001 is going to hold him in good stead."
After being de-listed, re-drafted and finally traded by Hawthorn, Brad forged a playing career with the Lions that his brother says was typified by perseverance and drive.
It is these traits, and a constant need to improve and learn, that has his brother confident he will be a success with North.
"He's always looking to learn and I'm sure that that will never change," Chris said. "He'll expect that of his players as well.
"He's got a really clear idea of what works and how to get the best out of players.
"He's very smart, he thinks a lot about football and he's like that in other areas of life as well.
"So he tends to make sense of things and he's able to communicate that really clearly, which is obviously crucial as a coach."
Chris said his brother didn't set out to become a senior coach when he finished his 168-game playing career at the end of 2006, but doing his job at Collingwood as well as he could had made him an obvious candidate.
"Like most things in life, if you really focus and concentrate on doing everything you're doing to the best of your ability, you'll have success," Chris said.
"He's got a strong emotional attachment to Collingwood now, and that's because he's invested so much time and energy into that."
At 33, and relatively fresh out of the game as a player, Chris said Brad would place a high emphasis on player development.
That, and his playing and coaching history at power clubs Collingwood and the Brisbane Lions, made him a perfect fit for the Roos.
"He certainly knows what a high-performance environment looks like and he'll have really clear ideas on how to implement that at North," Chris said.
"I think what suits North and Brad is that North have got a young list, Brad's a young coach and they're going to grow and develop together and do it their way.
"He's certainly going to be respectful of the history at North and the culture they've developed, but it's important that for the next phase they do it their way."
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