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- Larry Brown Biography
- Ethnicity, religion & political views
- Larry Brown Net Worth
- Height, Weight & Body Measurements
- Who is Larry Brown Dating?
- Facts & Trivia
- How many teams did Larry Brown coach?
- Why did Larry Brown leave Kansas?
- Is Larry Brown retired?
- Is Larry Brown in the Hall of Fame?
- Who is the youngest coach to win a national title?
Larry Brown Biography
Larry Brown is one of the most popular and richest Basketball Coach who was born on September 14, 1940 in New York, New York, United States. Prolific basketball coach who led 8 NBA teams into the playoffs, won the NCAA Championship with Kansas and won an NBA Championship with Detroit.
Only Brown, Pat Riley and a few other basketball coaches have 1,000+ career wins.
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). Before coaching, Brown played collegiately at the University of North Carolina and professionally in the ABA.
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..
He married Shelly Brown in 1993 and he has three daughters, Madison, Alli and Kristen, and a son, L.J. His parents were Ann and Milton Brown. After his father’s death, his mother kept his passing a secret for a whole month.
| Name | Larry Brown |
| First Name | Larry |
| Last Name | Brown |
| Occupation | Basketball Coach |
| Birthday | September 14 |
| Birth Year | 1940 |
| Place of Birth | New York |
| Home Town | New York |
| Birth Country | United States |
| Birth Sign | Virgo |
| Full/Birth Name | |
| Father | Not Available |
| Mother | Not Available |
| Siblings | Not Available |
| Spouse | Not Known |
| Children(s) | Not Available |
Ethnicity, religion & political views
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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.
Larry Brown Net Worth
Larry Brown is one of the richest Basketball Coach from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Larry Brown's net worth $70 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
He played as a 5′ 9′ point guard at Long Beach High School, and then played at the University of North Carolina under coaches Frank McGuire and Dean Smith.
He became the first coach to ever win both an NCAA and NBA Championship.
Brown is Jewish, and was born in Brooklyn, New York. 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. 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 an aneurysm. His family moved first to Brooklyn, then to Long Beach, New York, on Long Island. His mother lived until the age of 106.
| Net Worth | $70 Million |
| Salary | Under Review |
| Source of Income | Basketball Coach |
| Cars | Not Available |
| House | Living in own house. |
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. He was a three-time ABA All-Star.
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”.
Height, Weight & Body Measurements
Larry Brown height 5 ft 9 in Larry weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.
| Height | 5 ft 9 in |
| Weight | Not Known |
| Body Measurements | Under Review |
| Eye Color | Not Available |
| Hair Color | Not Available |
| Feet/Shoe Size | Not Available |
A 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) point guard, Brown attended Long Beach High School. He won a gold medal with Team USA in basketball at the 1961 Maccabiah Games.
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.
Who is Larry Brown Dating?
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Relationships Record: We have no records of past relationships for Larry Brown. You may help us to build the dating records for Larry Brown!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.
Facts & Trivia
Larry Ranked on the list of most popular Basketball Coach. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Larry Brown celebrates birthday on September 14 of every year.
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.
How many teams did Larry Brown coach?
He’s been head coach of the NBA’s Denver Nuggets, New Jersey Nets, San Antonio Spurs, Los Angeles Clippers, Indiana Pacers, Philadelphia 76ers, Detroit Pistons, New York Knicks Charlotte Bobcats (now the Hornets). He’s the only coach in NBA history to lead eight different franchises to the playoffs.
Why did Larry Brown leave Kansas?
Brown resigned, according to reports, because the school wouldn’t offer the 75-year-old a long-term contract. When asked about his decision, Brown told ESPN’s Andy Katz: “I’ve got nothing else I can say right now.”
Is Larry Brown retired?
1972
Is Larry Brown in the Hall of Fame?
2002
Who is the youngest coach to win a national title?
As of the 2020 season, Ford is still the youngest coach to win a national championship, doing so at age 33. Just days after the 1982 season ended, however, the Tigers were found guilty of recruiting violations. While most of them occurred under Pell, the NCAA found they had continued under Ford.
