Larry Brown
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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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UCLA* | 22-10 | 12-6 | 4th | NCAA (5-1) | ||
20-7 | 13-5 | 3rd | NCAA (0-1) | |||
22-10 | 9-5 | 2nd | NCAA (1-1) | |||
26-8 | 11-3 | 2nd | NCAA (1-1) | |||
35-4 | 13-1 | 1st | NCAA (4-1) | |||
25-11 | 9-5 | T-2nd | NCAA (2-1) | |||
27-11 | 9-5 | 3rd | NCAA (6-0) |
* Vacated six NCAA Tournament games.
- Seven-Year College Coaching Record: 177-61 (.744) overall
- 42-17 (.712) in two years at UCLA
- 135-44 (.754) in five years at Kansas
- 25-11 (.694) in Pacific-10 Conference
- 51-19 (.729) in Big Eight Conference
- 10-3 (.769) in Big Eight Tournament
- 19-6 (.760) in NCAA Tournament