Larry Brown (basketball)

Lawrence Harvey Brown (born September 14, 1940) is a former American basketball coach and player who was most recently the head coach for Auxilium Torino of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) and EuroCup Basketball. Brown is the only coach in basketball history to win both an NCAA national championship (Kansas Jayhawks, 1988) and an NBA title (Detroit Pistons, 2004). He has a 1,275-965 lifetime professional coaching record in the American Basketball Association (ABA) and the National Basketball Association (NBA) and is the only coach in NBA history to lead eight teams to the playoffs. He also won an ABA championship as a player with the Oakland Oaks in the 1968–69 season, and an Olympic Gold Medal in 1964. He is also the only person ever to coach two NBA franchises in the same season (Spurs and Clippers during the 1991–92 NBA season).[1] Before coaching, Brown played collegiately at the University of North Carolina and professionally in the ABA.

Larry Brown

Brown in December 2005
Personal information
Born	(1940-09-14) September 14, 1940 Brooklyn, New York
Nationality	American
Listed height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Listed weight	165 lb (75 kg)
Career information
High school	Long Beach (Lido Beach, New York)
College	North Carolina (1960–1963)
NBA draft	1963 / Round: 7 / Pick: 55th overall
Selected by the Baltimore Bullets
Playing career	1967–1972
Position	Point guard
Number	11
Coaching career	1969–2018
Career history
As player:
1967–1968	New Orleans Buccaneers
1968–1971	Oakland Oaks / Washington Caps / Virginia Squires
1971–1972	Denver Rockets
As coach:
1965–1967	North Carolina (assistant)
1972–1974	Carolina Cougars
1974–1979	Denver Nuggets
1979–1981	UCLA
1981–1983	New Jersey Nets
1983–1988	Kansas
1988–1992	San Antonio Spurs
1992–1993	Los Angeles Clippers
1993–1997	Indiana Pacers
1997–2003	Philadelphia 76ers
2003–2005	Detroit Pistons
2005–2006	New York Knicks
2008–2010	Charlotte Bobcats
2012–2016	SMU
2018	Auxilium Torino
Career highlights and awards
As player: ABA champion (1969) 3× ABA All-Star (1968–1970) ABA All-Star MVP (1968) 3× ABA assists leader (1968–1970) All-ABA Second Team (1968) First-team All-ACC (1963) Second-team All-ACC (1962) As coach: NBA champion (2004) NBA Coach of the Year (2001) 2× NBA All-Star Game head coach (1977, 2001) 3× ABA Coach of the Year (1973, 1975, 1976) NCAA champion (1988) Naismith College Coach of the Year (1988) 2× Big Eight Tournament champion (1984, 1986)
Career ABA statistics
Points	4,229 (11.2 ppg)
Rebounds	1,005 (2.7 rpg)
Assists	2,509 (6.7 apg)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Basketball Hall of Fame as coach
College Basketball Hall of Fame Inducted in 2006
Medals Men's basketball Representing  United States Olympic Games 1964 Tokyo Team competition men's national basketball team Head Coach for  United States 2004 Athens Team men's national basketball team Assistant Coach for  United States 2000 Sydney Team men's national basketball team

Brown was enshrined in the Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach on September 27, 2002. Although widely considered one of the greatest coaches in basketball history, he has developed a reputation for constantly looking for better coaching opportunities and frequently switching teams or programs before the expiration of his contract.[2]

Early life and early basketball accomplishments

Brown is Jewish[3] and was born in Brooklyn, New York.[4] His maternal grandfather Hittelman was from Minsk, Belarus, and his mother's family immigrated to the United States in 1910 and opened a bakery in Brooklyn.[5] His mother met his father Milton Brown, a furniture salesman, when she was 26 years old.[5] He has an older brother, Herbert, who has been an NBA head coach.[5] In 1947 his father died suddenly of an aneurysm.[5] His family moved first to Brooklyn, then to Long Beach, New York, on Long Island.[5] His mother lived until the age of 106.[5]

A 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) point guard, Brown attended Long Beach High School.[6] He won a gold medal with Team USA in basketball at the 1961 Maccabiah Games.[7]

Brown attended University of North Carolina, where he played basketball under legendary coaches Frank McGuire and Dean Smith. Brown was an All-Atlantic Coast Conference player in 1963.[7]

Playing career

A stellar player for the Tar Heels in the early 1960s, Brown was considered too small to play in the NBA. He began his post-college career with the NABL's Akron Wingfoots, where he played for two years (1964–65). He led the Wingfoots to the 1964 AAU National Championship. Brown was selected for Team USA's 1964 Summer Olympics team, which won the gold medal.[3].

After a brief stint as an assistant coach at North Carolina, Brown joined the upstart American Basketball Association, playing with the New Orleans Buccaneers (1967–68), Oakland Oaks (1968–69), Washington Caps (1969–70), Virginia Squires (1970–71), and Denver Rockets (1971–72). Brown was named MVP of the ABA's first All-Star Game in 1968, and was named to the All-ABA Second Team the same year. Brown led the ABA in assists per game during the league's first three seasons, and when he ended his playing career, Brown was the ABA's all-time assist leader. His total of 2,509 assists places him seventh on the ABA's career list, and he holds the ABA record for assists in a game with 23.[8] He was a three-time ABA All-Star.[9]

Coaching and management career

Early years: 1969–1983

Brown's first head coaching job was at Davidson College in North Carolina in 1969. He resigned after less than two months, having never fielded a team or coached a game. He would not discuss the reasons for his resignation, saying only that "it was in the best interests of Davidson and myself".[10]

Brown moved on to the ABA and coached with the Carolina Cougars and then the Denver Nuggets, who later joined the NBA in 1976, for five and a half seasons from 1974 to 1979. He then moved on to coach for UCLA (1979–1981), leading his freshman-dominated 1979–80 team to the NCAA title game before falling to Louisville, 59–54. However, that appearance was later vacated by the NCAA after two UCLA players were found to be ineligible—one of the few times a Final Four squad has had its record vacated. Brown was the head coach for the NBA's New Jersey Nets for two years following that, from 1981 to 1983.

University of Kansas: 1983–1988

Brown began his tenure at the University of Kansas (1983–1988), replacing the fired Ted Owens, who had overseen back-to-back losing seasons in 1981–82 and 1982–83. Brown's impact was felt almost immediately, as the 1983–84 Jayhawks put together a 22–10 record, finished in second place in that year's Big 8 standings, upset Oklahoma to win the 1984 Big 8 Tournament, and advanced to the 1984 NCAA Tournament's Round of 32 before losing to Wake Forest. In the meantime Brown signed the most coveted high school player in the country, Danny Manning, to play for KU after signing his father, Ed Manning, to a position as an assistant coach.

Perhaps Brown's finest team at Kansas was the 1985–86 team. This squad put together a 35–4 record, the first 30-win season in KU history. They won the Big 8 regular season title for the first time since 1978, defeated Iowa State to win the 1986 Big 8 Tournament, and advanced to the 1986 Final Four before losing to Duke in the semifinals.

In the 1987–88 season, Kansas got off to a mediocre 12–8 start, including 1–4 in the Big 8, and the end of the Jayhawks' 55-game homecourt winning streak in Allen Fieldhouse. Ultimately, behind the high-scoring of Danny Manning, KU rallied to win nine of their next twelve games to finish third place in the Big 8 and qualify for the 1988 NCAA Tournament as a 6-seed in the Midwest Regional. Kansas then proceeded to defeat 11th-seed Xavier, 14th-seed Murray State, and 7th-seed Vanderbilt before meeting rival Kansas State, which had beaten KU twice in three meetings that year. KU upset the 4th-seeded Wildcats 71–58 in the Elite Eight to reach the Final Four in Kansas City's Kemper Arena. Once there, Kansas upset the East Region's #2 seed Duke, 66–59, avenging an overtime loss at home to the Blue Devils earlier in the season. Two nights later, the Jayhawks, who became known as "Danny and the Miracles", upset the Southeast Region's #1-seed and fellow Big 8 rival Oklahoma, 83–79, to avenge a regular-season sweep by the Sooners and win the 1988 NCAA championship. Manning, who scored 31 points and grabbed 18 rebounds in the final, was named Most Outstanding Player of the Tournament. Kansas concluded the year 27–11; the 11 losses remain a record for most losses by an NCAA champion to this day.

Two months later, Brown opted to return to professional coaching, departing KU for the San Antonio Spurs. In his five seasons at Kansas, Brown had one Big 8 regular season title, two Big 8 postseason titles, five NCAA Tournament appearances, three Sweet 16 appearances, two trips to the Final Four, and one national title. As a collegiate coach, he had a cumulative coaching record of 177–61 (.744) in seven seasons, including a 135–44 (.754) record at Kansas. His efforts led to him being named "Coach of the Year" for the NCAA in 1988 and "Coach of the Year" for the Big Eight Conference in 1986.

After Brown left Kansas to return to the NBA, NCAA sanctions were levied against Kansas in the 1988–89 season as a result of recruiting violations; potential transfer Vincent Askew was provided with money to leave his campus visit to visit his ill grandmother. No players on any of Brown's teams were named in the report, and Askew did not transfer to Kansas.[11]

San Antonio Spurs: 1988–1991

Brown was hired to coach the San Antonio Spurs in 1988, signing a five-year, $3.5 million contract.[12] With Brown at the helm, the Spurs won the Midwest Division twice. Brown remained with the Spurs until he was fired on January 21, 1992.[13]

Los Angeles Clippers: 1991–1992

On February 7, 1992, Brown was hired to coach the Los Angeles Clippers.[14] He took a sub-.500 team in 1992 and guided them to their first winning season since the franchise moved to Los Angeles and their first playoff berth since they were the Buffalo Braves. He followed that up the next season with another playoff appearance in 1993. Brown resigned his position on May 21, 1993.[15]

Indiana Pacers: 1993–1997

Brown was hired by the Indiana Pacers in June 1993.[16] Under Brown, the Pacers went to two straight conference finals, their first ever. He resigned his position in 1997.[17]

Philadelphia 76ers: 1997–2003

Brown was hired as head coach of the Philadelphia 76ers in 1997. Under his leadership, the team reached the 2001 NBA Finals. Brown was named NBA Coach of the Year following the 2000–2001 season. Brown resigned his post in 2003. Brown also served as Director of Basketball Operations in Philadelphia.[18]

In 2005, Allen Iverson, who frequently clashed with Brown when he played for him in Philadelphia, said that he was without a doubt "the best coach in the world."[19]

Detroit Pistons: 2003–2005

Brown won his first (and ultimately only) NBA Championship during his first year with the Detroit Pistons in 2004, defeating the Los Angeles Lakers four games to one in the 2004 NBA Finals. By doing so, Brown became the first, and so far only, man to coach teams to both NCAA and NBA titles. Brown is also the only NBA coach to take two teams (76ers and Pistons) to the NBA Finals against the same opponent (Los Angeles Lakers in 2001 and 2004), lose the first time, and win the second.

In May 2005, rumors surfaced that Brown would become the Cleveland Cavaliers' team president as soon as the Detroit Pistons finished their postseason. The rumor, which was not dispelled by Brown, became a major distraction as the Pistons lost to the San Antonio Spurs in seven games in the 2005 NBA Finals.

On July 19, 2005, the Pistons—displeased with Brown's public flirtations with other teams—bought out the remaining years of Brown's contract, allowing him to sign with another team.[20][21] A week later, on July 28, 2005, Brown became the head coach of the New York Knicks,[22] with a 5-year contract reportedly worth between US$50 million and $60 million, making him the highest-paid coach in NBA history.

New York Knicks: 2005–2006

On January 13, 2006, the Knicks beat the Atlanta Hawks to give Brown his 1,000th win in the NBA, making him only the fourth coach to do so (at the time, the other three were Lenny Wilkens, Don Nelson, and Pat Riley; coincidentally, all three had coached the Knicks at various points).[23]

Brown's tenure as Knicks head coach lasted one season. The Knicks fired him on June 23, 2006 after he led the team to a 23–59 record. Brown's season with the Knicks was marred by public feuds with his own players, most notably point guard Stephon Marbury.[24] After the firing, the Knicks declined to pay the remaining sum (more than $40 million) under Brown's contract on the grounds that he had been terminated for cause. Before the contract dispute was to be heard by NBA Commissioner David Stern, Brown reached an agreement with the Knicks wherein the team agreed to pay him $18.5 million.[25]

Philadelphia 76ers (front office): 2007–2008

In January 2007, Brown became Executive Vice President of the Philadelphia 76ers.[25] Brown resigned in April 2008.[26]

Charlotte Bobcats (Charlotte Hornets): 2008–2010

On April 29, 2008, Brown signed to become the head coach of the Charlotte Bobcats – his ninth NBA coaching job.[27] He managed to keep the relatively young team in playoff contention. The following season, Brown guided the Bobcats to the franchise's first ever playoff appearance. Charlotte was the eighth team he had led to the postseason, an NBA record.

On December 22, 2010, Brown parted ways with the Bobcats after the team started the 2010–2011 season with a record of 9–19. His departure was officially characterized as a resignation, but other sources reported that Brown was fired.[28][29] Assistant coach Jeff Capel II told The Charlotte Observer that the entire coaching staff had been fired.[28]

Southern Methodist University: 2012–2016

On April 17, 2012, ESPN reported that Brown was to be named the new head coach of the SMU Mustangs, replacing Matt Doherty, who had been fired from SMU earlier in March. Tim Jankovich, the head coach of Illinois State, was hired as the coach-in-waiting.[30]

After a rebuilding season in 2012–2013 (15–17), Brown brought SMU into the national conversation the following year, leading the team to a 27–10 record, as well as its first appearance in The Associated Press Top 25 rankings since 1985, in the 2013–2014 season.[31] SMU went on to be the overall number one seed in the National Invitational Tournament, losing in the final game of the tournament to Minnesota.[32] In the following 2014–2015 season, SMU won the American Athletic Conference tournament and secured its first NCAA Tournament appearance since 1993.[33]

On September 29, 2015, Brown was suspended by the NCAA for 30% of the Mustangs' games in the upcoming 2015–2016 season, and the team was banned from 2016 post-season play, placed on probation for three years, and lost nine scholarships over a three-year period. The NCAA found that Brown failed to report violations when a former administrative assistant committed academic fraud on behalf of a student-athlete and he initially lied to enforcement staff about his knowledge of the potential violations.[34]

On July 8, 2016, Brown announced his resignation as head basketball coach.[35]

Auxilium Torino: 2018

On June 12, 2018, Brown accepted the proposal of Auxilium Torino to become the new head coach of the Italian basketball club of the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA).[36] On June 17, he officially became new head coach of Torino.[37] He was fired midseason on December 27 with the team's record at just 5–19.[38]

Other coaching experience

Brown was chosen as the head coach for the USA men's basketball team at the 2004 Summer Olympics.[39] That team won the bronze medal at the Olympics; it was the first U.S. men's basketball team to fail to win gold at a Summer Olympics since professional players began playing on the U.S. men's team in 1992.[40]

Head coaching record

ABA and NBA

Legend

Regular season	G	Games coached	W	Games won	L	Games lost	W–L %	Win–loss %
Playoffs	PG	Playoff games	PW	Playoff wins	PL	Playoff losses	PW–L %	Playoff win–loss %

Team	Year	G	W	L	W–L%	Finish	PG	PW	PL	PW–L%	Result
Carolina*	1972–73	84	57	27	.679	1st in East	12	7	5	.583	Lost in Division Finals
Carolina*	1973–74	84	47	37	.560	3rd in East	4	0	4	.000	Lost in Division Semifinals
Denver*	1974–75	84	65	19	.774	1st in West	13	7	6	.538	Lost in Division Finals
Denver*	1975–76	84	60	24	.714	1st in West	13	6	7	.462	Lost in ABA Finals
Denver	1976–77	82	50	32	.610	1st in Midwest	6	2	4	.333	Lost in Conf. Semifinals
Denver	1977–78	82	48	34	.585	1st in Midwest	13	6	7	.462	Lost in Conf. Finals
Denver	1978–79	53	28	25	.528	—	—	—	—	—	—
New Jersey	1981–82	82	44	38	.537	3rd in Atlantic	2	0	2	.000	Lost in First Round
New Jersey	1982–83	76	47	29	.618	—	—	—	—	—	—
San Antonio	1988–89	82	21	61	.256	5th in Midwest	—	—	—	—	Missed Playoffs
San Antonio	1989–90	82	56	26	.683	1st in Midwest	10	6	4	.600	Lost in Conf. Semifinals
San Antonio	1990–91	82	55	27	.671	1st in Midwest	4	1	3	.250	Lost in First Round
San Antonio	1991–92	38	21	17	.553	—	—	—	—	—	—
L.A. Clippers	1991–92	35	23	12	.657	5th in Pacific	5	2	3	.400	Lost in First Round
L.A. Clippers	1992–93	82	41	41	.500	5th in Pacific	5	2	3	.400	Lost in First Round
Indiana	1993–94	82	47	35	.573	4th in Central	16	10	6	.625	Lost in Conf. Finals
Indiana	1994–95	82	52	30	.634	1st in Central	17	10	7	.588	Lost in Conf. Finals
Indiana	1995–96	82	52	30	.634	2nd in Central	5	2	3	.400	Lost in First Round
Indiana	1996–97	82	39	43	.476	6th in Central	—	—	—	—	Missed Playoffs
Philadelphia	1997–98	82	31	51	.378	7th in Atlantic	—	—	—	—	Missed Playoffs
Philadelphia	1998–99	50	28	22	.560	3rd in Atlantic	8	3	5	.375	Lost in Conf. Semifinals
Philadelphia	1999–2000	82	49	33	.598	3rd in Atlantic	10	5	5	.500	Lost in Conf. Semifinals
Philadelphia	2000–01	82	56	26	.683	1st in Atlantic	23	12	11	.522	Lost in NBA Finals
Philadelphia	2001–02	82	43	39	.524	4th in Atlantic	5	2	3	.400	Lost in First Round
Philadelphia	2002–03	82	48	34	.585	2nd in Atlantic	12	6	6	.500	Lost in Conf. Semifinals
Detroit	2003–04	82	54	28	.659	2nd in Central	23	16	7	.696	Won NBA Championship
Detroit	2004–05	82	54	28	.659	1st in Central	25	15	10	.600	Lost in NBA Finals
New York	2005–06	82	23	59	.280	5th in Atlantic	—	—	—	—	Missed Playoffs
Charlotte	2008–09	82	35	47	.427	4th in Southeast	—	—	—	—	Missed Playoffs
Charlotte	2009–10	82	44	38	.537	3rd in Southeast	4	0	4	.000	Lost in First Round
Charlotte	2010–11	28	9	19	.321	—	—	—	—	—	—
NBA Career		2,002	1,098	904	.548		193	100	93	.518
ABA Career		336	229	107	.682		42	20	22	.476
Career Total		2,338	1,327	1,011	.568		235	120	115	.511

College

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
UCLA Bruins (Pacific-10 Conference) (1979–1981)
1979–80	UCLA	22–10 (17-9)	12–6	4th	NCAA Runner-up (vacated)*
1980–81	UCLA	20–7	13–5	3rd	NCAA Second Round
UCLA:		37–16 (.698)	25–11 (.694)
Kansas Jayhawks (Big Eight Conference) (1983–1988)
1983–84	Kansas	22–10	9–5	2nd	NCAA Second Round
1984–85	Kansas	26–8	11–3	2nd	NCAA Second Round
1985–86	Kansas	35–4	13–1	1st	NCAA Final Four
1986–87	Kansas	25–11	9–5	T–2nd	NCAA Sweet Sixteen
1987–88	Kansas	27–11	9–5	3rd	NCAA Champions
Kansas:		135–44 (.754)	51–19 (.729)
SMU Mustangs (Conference USA) (2012–2013)
2012–13	SMU	15–17	5–11	11th
SMU Mustangs (American Athletic Conference) (2013–2016)
2013–14	SMU	27–10	12–6	T–3rd	NIT Runner-up
2014–15	SMU	27–7	15–3	1st	NCAA Round of 64
2015–16	SMU	25–5	13–5	2nd	Ineligible[34]
SMU:		94–39 (.707)	45–24 (.652)
Total:		266–99 (.731)
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion

Achievements

• 1973: Carolina Cougars: ABA Eastern Division regular season champions
• 1975: Denver Nuggets: ABA Western Division regular season champions
• 1976: Denver Nuggets: ABA regular season champions (single-division)
• 1977: Denver Nuggets: NBA Midwest Division Champions
• 1978: Denver Nuggets: NBA Midwest Division Champions
• 1980: UCLA: NCAA Championship Game
• 1984: Kansas: Big Eight Conference Tournament Champions
• 1986: Kansas: NCAA Final Four & Big Eight Conference & Tournament Champions
• 1988: Kansas: NCAA National Champions
• 1990: San Antonio Spurs: NBA Midwest Division Champions
• 1991: San Antonio Spurs: NBA Midwest Division Champions
• 1995: Indiana Pacers: NBA Central Division Champions
• 2001: Philadelphia 76ers: NBA Eastern Conference Champions
• 2004: Bronze medal with the United States men's Olympic basketball team at the Athens Olympics
• 2004: Detroit Pistons: NBA Champions
• 2005: Detroit Pistons: NBA Eastern Conference Champions
• 2015: SMU Mustangs: American Athletic Conference Champions
• College: 1 National Championship, 3 Final Fours in 7 seasons
• Pro: 1 Championship, 3 Conference Championships, 10 Division Championships, 18 Playoff appearances in 26 seasons, 1,098 career NBA wins

See also

• List of NCAA Division I Men's Final Four appearances by coach
• List of select Jewish basketball players

References

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NCAA (2004). NCAA March Madness: Cinderellas, Superstars, and Champions from the NCAA Men's Final Four. Chicago: Triumph Books. ISBN 1-57243-665-4.

External links

• Larry Brown at the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
• basketball-reference.com Coaching statistics