Larry Brown

Alma Mater: 
Class of: 
Hometown: 
Long Beach, NY
  • Naismith coach of the year in 1988
  • Coach of 1988 NCAA champion, 1980 runner-up and 1986 Final Four team
  • Coach of two Big Eight Conference Tournament champions--1984 and 1986
  • U.S. Olympic team coach for bronze-medal winning squad in 2004
  • Compiled a 229-107 (.682) regular-season record and 20-22 (.476) playoff mark in four seasons as coach in the ABA for Charlotte/Denver from 1972-73 through 1975-76 before compiling a 1,098-904 (.548) regular-season record and 100-93 (.518) playoff mark in 26 years as coach of seven different NBA franchises from 1976-77 to 2010-11
  • Assistant coach at North Carolina under Dean Smith for two seasons in 1965-66 and 1966-67
  • Major-college career playing statistics under Frank McGuire and Smith (11.8 ppg, 2.3 rpg, 45 FG%, 78.1 FT%)
  • Final Top 20 Rankings (five: AP/UPI/USA)--1981 (10/11), 1985 (13/13/16), 1986 (2/2/3), 1987 (20/NR/14) and 1988 (NR/NR/1)
  • All-Americans (two): UCLA's Rod Foster (1981) and Kansas' Danny Manning (1986 through 1988).
Record: 

Season

School

Overall

League

Finish

Conference (Division)

Postseason (Record)

1979-80

UCLA*

22-10

12-6

4th

Pacific-10

NCAA (5-1)

1980-81

UCLA

20-7

13-5

3rd

Pacific-10

NCAA (0-1)

1983-84

Kansas

22-10

9-5

2nd

Big Eight

NCAA (1-1)

1984-85

Kansas

26-8

11-3

2nd

Big Eight

NCAA (1-1)

1985-86

Kansas

35-4

13-1

1st

Big Eight

NCAA (4-1)

1986-87

Kansas

25-11

9-5

T-2nd

Big Eight

NCAA (2-1)

1987-88

Kansas

27-11

9-5

3rd

Big Eight

NCAA (6-0)

* Vacated six NCAA Tournament games.