Larry Brown

Larry Brown

coach

BIRTHDAY September 14, 1940
BIRTH SIGN Virgo
BIRTHPLACE New York
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ABOUT LARRY BROWN

Prolific basketball coach who led 8 NBA teams into the playoffs, won the NCAA Championship with Kansas and won an NBA Championship with Detroit.

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.

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.

Only Brown, Pat Riley and a few other basketball coaches have 1,000+ career wins.