Larry Brown (basketball) explained

Larry Brown
Height Ft:5
Height In:9
Weight Lbs:165
Birth Date:1940 9, mf=yes
Birth Place:New York City, New York, U.S.
High School:Long Beach (Lido Beach, New York)
College:North Carolina (1960–1963)
Draft Year:1963
Draftround:7
Draft Pick:55
Draft Team:Baltimore Bullets
Career Start:1967
Career End:1972
Career Position:Point guard
Career Number:11
Coach Start:1965
Coach End:1967, 1972–2022
Team1:New Orleans Buccaneers
Years2:–
Team2:Oakland Oaks / Washington Caps / Virginia Squires
Years3:–
Team3:Denver Rockets
Cyears1:1965–1967
Cteam1:North Carolina (assistant)
Cyears2:–
Cteam2:Carolina Cougars
Cyears3:–
Cteam3:Denver Nuggets
Cyears4:1979–1981
Cteam4:UCLA
Cyears5:–
Cteam5:New Jersey Nets
Cyears6:1983–1988
Cteam6:Kansas
Cyears7:–
Cteam7:San Antonio Spurs
Cyears8:–
Cteam8:Los Angeles Clippers
Cyears9:–
Cteam9:Indiana Pacers
Cyears10:–
Cteam10:Philadelphia 76ers
Cyears11:–
Cteam11:Detroit Pistons
Cteam12:New York Knicks
Cyears13:–
Cteam13:Charlotte Bobcats
Cyears14:2012–2016
Cteam14:SMU
Cyears15:2018
Cteam15:Auxilium Torino
Cyears16:2021
Cteam16:Memphis (assistant)
Cyears17:2022
Cteam17:Memphis (advisor to HC)
Highlights:As player:

As coach:

| coaching_records = | stats_league = ABA| stat1label = Points| stat1value = 4,229 (11.2 ppg)| stat2label = Rebounds| stat2value = 1,005 (2.7 rpg)| stat3label = Assists| stat3value = 2,509 (6.7 apg)| bbr = brownla01| cstats_league1 = ABA & NBA| cwin1 = 1327| closs1 = 1011| HOF_coach = larry-brown| CBBASKHOF_year = 2006| medaltemplates = }}Lawrence Harvey Brown (born September 14, 1940) is an American basketball coach and former player who last served as an assistant coach for the Memphis Tigers. 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 (differing franchises) 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.

Brown was enshrined in the Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach on September 27, 2002. On July 8, 2021, the National Basketball Coaches Association awarded Brown the Chuck Daly Lifetime Achievement Award.[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. He has an older brother, Herbert, who has been an NBA head coach. In 1947 his father died suddenly of a ruptured aneurysm. His family moved first to Brooklyn, then to Long Beach, New York, on Long Island. His mother lived until the age of 106.

A 5feet point guard, Brown attended Long Beach High School.[6] He won a gold medal with Team USA in basketball at the 1961 Maccabiah Games in Israel, on a team that included Art Heyman and Charley Rosen.[7] [8] [9]

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.

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 National Alliance of Basketball Leagues'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.

After a two-year stint (1965-1967) 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.[10] He was a three-time ABA All-Star.[11]

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 did not discuss the reasons for his resignation, saying only that "it was in the best interests of Davidson and myself".[12] He has later stated that it was a matter of the program reneging on promises made.[13]

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. The Jayhawks were given three years' probation and banned from the 1989 NCAA Tournament–to date, the only time a defending champion has been barred from defending its title. They were also docked one scholarship for the 1989–90 season, and barred from paid visits during the 1989 calendar year. As harsh as these sanctions were, the infractions committee seriously considered imposing a "death penalty" on Kansas, which would have resulted in canceling the entire 1989–90 season. Indeed, enforcement director David Berst said that Kansas was "on the bubble" for a death penalty. However, the committee opted against imposing a death penalty because Askew was the only player who received impermissible benefits, and because Brown had returned to the NBA by then.[14] [15]

San Antonio Spurs: 1988–1992

Brown was hired to coach the San Antonio Spurs in 1988, signing a five-year, $3.5 million contract.[16] With Brown at the helm, the Spurs won two consecutive Midwest Division titles. In his second season, the Spurs, led by David Robinson–who finally joined the Spurs after serving his two-year naval commitment–vaulted from the worst record in franchise history to the best. Brown remained with the Spurs until he was fired on January 21, 1992.[17] He described his tenure later as a rocky one in his press conference for his next coaching position, saying "In San Antonio, we won 21 games my first year, and that never satisfied our owner (referring to Red McCombs). From Day 1, I felt he felt he made a terrible mistake in hiring me, and no matter what we did after that I always felt that was the case...I have a commitment from the Clippers. I think they made a statement, and I think that statement will be made to the players. I don't know if our players in San Antonio ever felt that I was in control of the basketball end."[18]

Los Angeles Clippers: 1992–1993

On February 7, 1992, Brown was hired to coach the Los Angeles Clippers.[19] 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 in 1976. He followed that up the next season with another playoff appearance in 1993. Brown resigned his position on May 21, 1993.[20] The Clippers claimed to be surprised by the move, as he left with two years remaining on a contract that paid him $750,000 a year while on vacation in May. Brown claimed he resigned in February, which they accepted, although he stated that they tried to later offer him a contract for life (with a request from owner Donald Sterling himself) that they did not follow up on. He was the first fulltime Clippers coach to finish with a winning record in his tenure and the only one until Vinny Del Negro twenty years later.[21]

Indiana Pacers: 1993–1997

Brown was hired by the Indiana Pacers in June 1993.[22] Prior to Brown being their coach, the Pacers had never won a postseason series since joining the NBA. He proceeded to lead them to the conference finals on two occasions. On December 13, 1996, he won his 594th game as an NBA coach with a 97–94 victory over the Boston Celtics. Combined with his wins in the NCAA and the ABA, it was his 1,000th combined win as a head coach.[23] He resigned his position on April 30, 1997, citing his frustration with the team's inability to advance past the conference finals, which he felt was his responsibility. In four seasons, he had gone 190-138.[24] [25]

Philadelphia 76ers: 1997–2003

Brown was hired as head coach of the Philadelphia 76ers in 1997. The 76ers had lost 60 games prior to Brown's arrival, but they were brightened by the emergence of Allen Iverson, who won Rookie of the Year. The 1997-98 season was the only one under Brown that the 76ers did not reach the postseason, as they went 31-51. In the strike-shortened 1998-99 season, they finished 6th in the Eastern Conference to reach the postseason for the first time since 1991. They advanced to the Semifinals after a first-round win, but they lost to the Indiana Pacers in a four-game sweep. The following year was essentially a repeat as they lost again to the Pacers in the Semifinals. The 2000-01 season, however, would be different. Bolstered by the efforts of Iverson, who led the league in scoring with 31.1 points per game and the defensive dominance of Dikembe Mutombo, the team rocketed their way to 56 wins, the first 50-win season since the 1989-90 team. They dispatched the Pacers in four games but had to deal with tough opponents in the Toronto Raptors and the Milwaukee Bucks in the Semifinals and Conference finals, respectively. Philadelphia won each of those series in seven games. They faced the defending champion Los Angeles Lakers in the 2001 NBA Finals, who had not lost any of their postseason games that year. The Sixers gave them trouble in Game 1 of the series, which saw them pull off an overtime win 107-101 with Iverson scoring 48 points. As it turned out, it would be the only highlight of the Finals for the Sixers, who lost the next four games to lose the series. After the season, Brown was named Coach of the Year.

The following year saw the team plagued by injury while making the playoffs as a 6 seed. They lost to the Boston Celtics in five games. The next year, they went 48-34 and made it in as a 4 seed. They beat the New Orleans Hornets in the first round before the Detroit Pistons ended their season with a six-game victory. Brown resigned his post in 2003. Brown also served as Director of Basketball Operations in Philadelphia.[26]

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".[27]

Detroit Pistons and U.S. National Team: 2003–2005

Brown was hired to replace Rick Carlisle to coach the Detroit Pistons. 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, coach to lead 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.

Brown was chosen as the head coach for the United States men's basketball team at the 2004 Summer Olympics.[28] 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 NBA players began playing on the U.S. men's team in 1992.[29]

In May 2005, rumors surfaced that Brown would become the Cleveland Cavaliers' team president as soon as the Detroit Pistons finished their postseason. At any rate, the Pistons played the San Antonio Spurs to seven games in the 2005 NBA Finals. The Pistons were up two points with 9.4 seconds to play in game 5 and had to defend an inbound play. Rasheed Wallace was assigned to guard Robert Horry. On the play, Wallace trapped Manu Ginobili, who passed it away to Horry, who found time to shoot the game-winning three for the Spurs. Chauncey Billups (the Finals MVP from the previous year), who was not in the game for the final play, stated later that Brown "just kind of choked" in that game.[30]

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.[31] [32] A week later, on July 28, 2005, Brown became the head coach of the New York Knicks,[33] 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 previously served as coach of the Knicks at some point in their careers.[34]

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.[35] 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.[36]

Philadelphia 76ers front office: 2007–2008

In January 2007, Brown became Executive Vice President of the Philadelphia 76ers. Brown resigned in April 2008.[37]

Charlotte Bobcats: 2008–2010

On April 29, 2008, Brown signed to become the head coach of the Charlotte Bobcats – his ninth NBA coaching job.[38] 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.[39] [40] Assistant coach Jeff Capel II told The Charlotte Observer that the entire coaching staff had been fired.

He returned to Lawrence, Kansas to coach in an exhibition match on September 24, 2011, for the "Legends of the Phog" event, opposite Ted Owens, in which various Kansas Jayhawks Basketball alumni played an exhibition game during the 2011 NBA lockout.[41]

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.[42]

After a rebuilding season in 2012–2013 (15–17), Brown brought SMU into the national conversation the following year, as the school made its first appearance in The Associated Press Top 25 rankings since 1985.[43] 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, and finished the year with a record of 27–10.[44] [45] In the following 2014–2015 season, SMU won the American Athletic Conference tournament and secured its first NCAA Tournament appearance since 1993.[46]

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.[47]

On July 8, 2016, Brown announced his resignation as head basketball coach.[48]

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).[49] On June 17, he officially became new head coach of Torino.[50] He was fired midseason on December 27 with the team's record at just 5–19.[51]

University of Memphis: 2021–2022

In June 2021, Brown joined the coaching staff of the Memphis Tigers men's basketball program, as an assistant coach under head coach and former NBA player Penny Hardaway.[52] Brown had most recently served as an assistant coach in 1967. After the 2021–22 season, Brown transitioned to an advisory role for Memphis before stepping down mid-season due to health concerns.[53]

Career playing statistics

†Denotes seasons in which Brown's team won an ABA championship
ABA record

ABA

Source[54]

Regular season

YearTeamGPMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGPPG
New Orleans78 36.0 .366 .213 .813 3.2 6.5* 13.4
†Oakland77 30.9 .436 .229 .794 3.1 7.1* 12.0
Washington82 33.7 .440 .256 .825 3.0 7.1* 13.7
Virginia29 18.3 .404 .500 .831 1.6 4.2 5.5
Denver34 23.9 .360 .263 .824 1.8 6.1 8.4
Denver76 26.5 .437 .200 .811 2.2 7.2 9.1
Career376 30.1 .412 .230 .813 2.7 6.7* 11.2
All-Star3 20.7 .444 .667 .778 2.0 5.0 8.3

Playoffs

YearTeamGPMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGPPG
1968New Orleans17 40.9 .425 .222 .820 3.5 7.6 16.7
1969†Oakland16 33.4 .428 .000 .844 3.3 5.4 14.0
1970Washington7 38.4 .452 .200 .882 5.0 9.7 13.9
1972Denver7 30.1 .420 .000 .958 1.4 5.1 9.3
Career47 36.4 .429 .172 .848 3.3 6.8* 14.3

Head coaching record

ABA and NBA

Carolina1972–73845727.6791st in East1275.583Lost in Division finals
Carolina1973–74844737.5603rd in East404.000Lost in Division semifinals
Denver1974–75846519.7741st in West1376.538Lost in Division finals
Denver1975–76846024.7141st in West1367.462Lost in ABA Finals
Denver825032.6101st in Midwest624.333Lost in Conf. Semifinals
Denver824834.5851st in Midwest1367.462Lost in Conf. Finals
Denver532825.528——————
New Jersey824438.5373rd in Atlantic202.000Lost in first round
New Jersey764729.618——————
San Antonio822161.2565th in Midwest————Missed Playoffs
San Antonio825626.6831st in Midwest1064.600Lost in Conf. Semifinals
San Antonio825527.6711st in Midwest413.250Lost in first round
San Antonio382117.553——————
L.A. Clippers352312.6575th in Pacific523.400Lost in first round
L.A. Clippers824141.5005th in Pacific523.400Lost in first round
Indiana824735.5734th in Central16106.625Lost in Conf. Finals
Indiana825230.6341st in Central17107.588Lost in Conf. Finals
Indiana825230.6342nd in Central523.400Lost in first round
Indiana823943.4766th in Central————Missed Playoffs
Philadelphia823151.3787th in Atlantic————Missed Playoffs
Philadelphia502822.5603rd in Atlantic835.375Lost in Conf. Semifinals
Philadelphia824933.5983rd in Atlantic1055.500Lost in Conf. Semifinals
Philadelphia825626.6831st in Atlantic231211.522Lost in NBA Finals
Philadelphia824339.5244th in Atlantic523.400Lost in first round
Philadelphia824834.5852nd in Atlantic1266.500Lost in Conf. Semifinals
Detroit825428.6592nd in Central23167.696Won NBA Championship
Detroit825428.6591st in Central251510.600Lost in NBA Finals
New York822359.2805th in Atlantic————Missed Playoffs
Charlotte823547.4274th in Southeast————Missed Playoffs
Charlotte824438.5373rd in Southeast404.000Lost in first round
Charlotte28919.321——————
ABA Career336229107.682422022.476
NBA Career2,0021,098904.54819310093.518
Career Total2,3381,3271,011.568235120115.511

National team

TeamYeardata-sort-type="number" data-sort-type="number" data-sort-type="number" data-sort-type="number" Tournamentdata-sort-type="number" data-sort-type="number" data-sort-type="number" data-sort-type="number" Result
United States200418 15 3 Olympics8 5 3 data-sort-value="1" style="text-align:center;" Won bronze medal
Career18 15 3  8 5 3  

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: United States men's Olympic basketball team: Bronze medal 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

References

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

External links

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Notes and References

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  2. Web site: National Basketball Coaches Association Presents the 2021 Chuck Daly Lifetime Achievement Award to NBA Coaching Icon Larry Brown. July 12, 2021. Detroit Pistons. en.
  3. Book: Jews and the Olympic Games: the ... . Paul Taylor . 2004 . Sussex Academic Press . 9781903900871 . October 26, 2011.
  4. Book: Siegman, Joseph M.. The International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. May 3, 1992. SP Books. 9781561710287. Google Books.
  5. Web site: What Makes Larry Run?. Neal. Gabler. February 12, 2013.
  6. Book: Grasso, John . Historical Dictionary of Basketball . Rowman & Littlefield Publishers . 2015 . 978-1442255333. 67 pp.
  7. Web site: History: The 1960s. Maccabiusa.com. November 1, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20140414084251/http://www.maccabiusa.com/history/. April 14, 2014. dead.
  8. Web site: ESPN.com - Page2 - The evolution of Larry Brown . 2023-06-14 . ESPN.
  9. Web site: Larry Brown. www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org.
  10. Book: The Official NBA Basketball Encyclopedia . Villard Books . 1994 . 209 . 0-679-43293-0.
  11. http://www.jewsinsports.org/profile.asp?sport=basketball&ID=6 Brown, Larry : Jews In Sports @ Virtual Museum
  12. Larry Brown Resigns at Davidson . July 3, 1969 . Reading Eagle .
  13. Web site: Gabler . Neal . » What Makes Larry Run? . 2023-06-14 . en-US.
  14. Web site: AP . N.C.A.A. Acts Against Kansas . . November 2, 1988 . October 2, 2016.
  15. Web site: 1988 infractions report. web1.ncaa.org.
  16. Web site: COACHES LIKE LARRY'S SALARY. June 14, 1988. DeseretNews.com.
  17. Web site: THIS TIME SPURS FIRE LARRY BROWN FOR REAL TO END STRANGE EPISODE. January 21, 1992. DeseretNews.com.
  18. Web site: Howard-Cooper . Scott . 1992-02-07 . Brown Is Surprised by Interest of Clippers : Pro basketball: New coach says he expected to be out of work longer after being fired by Spurs. . 2023-06-14 . Los Angeles Times . en-US.
  19. News: BASKETBALL; Brown's 'Last Stop' Is Job With Clippers. Michael. Martinez. The New York Times. February 7, 1992.
  20. News: PRO BASKETBALL; Brown Is Here, There and Now Nowhere. Tom. Friend. The New York Times. May 21, 1993.
  21. Web site: Baker . Chris . 1993-10-22 . CLIPPERS : Larry Brown Offers Version of His Parting With the Team . 2023-06-14 . Los Angeles Times . en-US.
  22. Web site: Pacers Hire Brown, Who Calls This His Last Stop : Pro basketball: The former Clipper coach and Indiana President Walsh are longtime friends.. June 8, 1993. LA Times.
  23. News: BROWN WINS 1,000TH ON SHOT AT BUZZER . en-US . Washington Post . 2023-06-14 . 0190-8286.
  24. Web site: Carr Is Out at Boston; Brown Leaves Indiana. May 1, 1997. LA Times.
  25. Web site: 1997-05-01 . You can color Brown gone from the Pacers . 2023-06-14 . Deseret News . en.
  26. Web site: Sixers coach Larry Brown resigns. UPI.
  27. Web site: Iverson's famous rant was about more than just 'practice'. May 6, 2017. NBC Sports Philadelphia.
  28. News: Robbins . Liz . August 16, 2004 . Brown Blasts U.S. Team After Loss to Puerto Rico . The New York Times.
  29. Web site: Bontemps . Tim . July 21, 2016 . Born from the fires of 2004 failures, Team USA Basketball now built to last . chicagotribune.com.
  30. Web site: 2018-10-26 . Chauncey Billups: Former Pistons coach Larry Brown 'choked' in 2005 NBA Finals . 2023-06-14 . ProBasketballTalk NBC Sports . en-US.
  31. Web site: PISTONS: Larry Brown Relieved of His Coaching Duties . Nba.com . July 19, 2005 . January 10, 2011.
  32. Web site: Contract had three years, $18 million left – NBA . ESPN . July 19, 2005 . January 10, 2011.
  33. Web site: Knicks Name Larry Brown as Head Coach . Nba.com . July 28, 2005 . January 10, 2011.
  34. Web site: Milestone 1,000th victory for Brown with 6th straight over Atlanta . January 14, 2006 .
  35. Web site: Knicks fire Brown, name Thomas new coach . ESPN . June 23, 2006 . January 10, 2011.
  36. Web site: Brown returning to Sixers as executive vice president. January 6, 2007. ESPN.com.
  37. Web site: On the move? Larry Brown resigns as 76ers' VP. April 24, 2008. ESPN.com.
  38. Web site: Brown returns to Carolina to coach Bobcats . ESPN . April 30, 2008 . January 10, 2011.
  39. Bonnell, Rick. Brown fired as Charlotte Bobcats head coach; Silas takes over The Charlotte Observer, December 23, 2010.
  40. Web site: Coach Larry Brown, Bobcats part ways . ESPN . December 22, 2010 . January 10, 2011.
  41. Web site: 2011 Legends of the Phog roster KUsports.com . 2022-03-14 . www2.kusports.com . en.
  42. Web site: Katz. Andy. Tim Jankovich agrees to be SMU coach-in-waiting. April 26, 2012. ESPN. April 28, 2012.
  43. News: Moody magic: Larry Brown gets SMU Mustangs in the Top 25 in less than 2 full seasons . . . February 11, 2014.
  44. Web site: Minnesota defeats SMU 65–63 for NIT championship. Associated Press . April 4, 2015.
  45. News: Austin Hollins' late 3 puts Richard Pitino-coached Minnesota past SMU . . Associated Press . April 4, 2014 . June 1, 2022.
  46. Web site: SMU wins 'road game' to secure first NCAA Tournament bid since 1993. Fox Sports. March 16, 2015. March 16, 2015.
  47. Web site: NCAA bans SMU from 2016 postseason. ESPN. September 30, 2015. December 25, 2015.
  48. Web site: Larry Brown resigns from SMU . KUsports.com . July 8, 2016 . October 2, 2016.
  49. Web site: Larry Brown to become Fiat Torino head coach . sportando.basketball . June 12, 2018 . en .
  50. Web site: Larry Brown officially signs a 1+1 contract with Fiat Torino . sportando.basketball . June 17, 2018 . en .
  51. News: Hall of Famer Larry Brown out as coach of Italian team. December 27, 2018. ESPN.com. December 27, 2018.
  52. News: Ex-Sixers head coach Brown lands unexpected coaching job . Adam . Hermann . . June 30, 2021 . December 14, 2021.
  53. News: Larry Brown steps down at Memphis due to health concerns . . . 9 Dec 2022. 21 Jan 2023.
  54. Web site: Larry Brown ABA stats. Basketball Reference. Sports Reference, LLC. 11 August 2023.

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