Larry Brown is a former basketball player and current assistant coach for the Memphis Tigers. Larry Brown is the only coach in NBA history to have won both an NBA championship and an NCAA national championship.
Quick Facts
| Full Name: | Lawrence Brown |
|---|---|
| Born Date: | 14 Sep 1940 |
| Age: | 83 years |
| Horoscope: | Virgo |
| Gender: | Male |
| Profession: | basketball coach and former player |
| Country: | United States |
| Height: | 5 feet 9 inches (1.75m) |
| Relationship Status: | married |
| Wife | Shelly Galster Brown |
| Net Worth | $70 million |
| Eye Color | hazel |
| Hair Color | grey |
| Birth Place | Brooklyn, New York |
| Nationality | Jewish |
| Education | Long Beach High School and the University of North Carolina |
| Father | Milton Brown |
| Mother | Ann Brown |
| Siblings | One(Brother: Herbert Brown) |
| Kids | Four( three daughters: Kristen, Madison, and Alli and one son: L.J Brown) |
Larry Brown Biography
Larry Brown was born Lawrence Harvey Brown on September 14, 1940. He is currently 83 years old. He is Jewish and was born in Brooklyn, New York. Hittelman, his maternal grandpa, was from Minsk, Belarus.
Ann Brown, his mother, met his father Milton Brown, a furniture merchant, when she was 26 years old. Furthermore, he has an elder brother named Herbert who is an NBA head coach. Unfortunately, he lost his father in 1947 as a result of a ruptured aneurysm. His mother lived for a total of 106 years.
Larry Brown Education
This outstanding athlete attended Long Beach High School. In Israel, he earned a gold medal in basketball with Team USA at the 1961 Maccabiah Games, alongside Art Heyman and Charley Rosen.
He played basketball at the University of North Carolina under great coaches Dean Smith and Frank McGuire. In 1963, however, he was named All-Atlantic Coast Conference.
Larry Brown Height And Weight
Brown stands 5 feet 9 inches tall, which is 1.75 meters. This individual weighs approximately 75 kilos (165 pounds). He has grey hair and gorgeous hazel eyes. However, other information about his physique measurements is currently unavailable.
Career
Larry was a standout for the Tar Heels in the early 1960s, but he was deemed too short to play in the NBA. He began his post-college career with the Akron Wingfoots of the NABL, where he played for two years (1964-1965).
He also guided the Wingfoots to the AAU National Championship in 1964. Later, he was chosen for Team USA’s gold-medal-winning Summer Olympics team in 1964.
After serving as an assistant coach at North Carolina for a short time, this player joined the fledgling American Basketball Association, where he played for the Oakland Oaks, New Orleans Buccaneers, Washington Caps, Virginia Squires, and Denver Rockets.
He was awarded MVP of the ABA’s first All-Star Game in 1968, and he was also named to the All-ABA Second Team that year. During the league’s first three seasons, he topped the league in assists per game.
Larry finished his playing career as the ABA’s all-time assist leader. His 2,509 assists rank him seventh on the ABA’s career list. As a result, with 23 assists in a game, he owns the ABA record. As a result, he was named an ABA All-Star three times.
Larry has a career coaching record of 1,275-965 in the American Basketball Association (ABA) and the National Basketball Association (NBA). In addition, he is the first coach in NBA history to have led eight different clubs to the playoffs.
He also won an ABA championship with the Oakland Oaks in the 1968-69 season, as well as an Olympic Gold Medal in 1964. He is also the only person to have coached two NBA teams in the same season (the Clippers and the Spurs). This player had played collegiately at the University of North Carolina and professionally in the ABA before becoming a coach.
He was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach on September 27, 2002. The National Basketball Coaches Association presented him with the Chuck Daly Lifetime Achievement Award on July 8, 2021.
Larry Brown Relationship Status
In terms of his personal life, Larry married Shelly Galster Brown, a former realtor, in 1993. The Browns are the parents of three daughters and one son. As their first child, they were blessed with a beautiful daughter named Kristen Brown. Their daughters Madison Brown and Alli Brown, as well as their son L.J Brown, later joined the family.
Larry Brown’s Net Worth
The former American basketball coach has an estimated net worth of $70 million. Larry is reported to have made $156 million over his coaching tenure.
Furthermore, he earns around $2 million every year. His principal source of riches is his job as a basketball coach and player.
