LARRY BROWN TIMELINE 1959-63 North Carolina
Student-Athlete
1963-65 1964 1965-67 1967-68 1968-69 1969-70 1970-71 1971-72 1972 1972-74 1974-79 1979-81 1981-83 1983-88 1985 1987 1988-92 1992-93 1993-97 1997-03 1999 2000 2003-05 2003-04 2005-06 2008-10 2012-
Player Player Assistant Coach Player Player Player Player Player Head Coach Head Coach Head Coach Head Coach Head Coach Head Coach Head Coach Head Coach Head Coach Head Coach Head Coach Head Coach Head Coach Assistant Coach Head Coach Head Coach Head Coach Head Coach Head Coach
Akron Wingfoots (NABL) USA Basketball North Carolina New Orleans Buccaneers (ABA) Oakland Oaks (ABA) Washington Caps (ABA) Virginia Squires (ABA) Denver Rockets (ABA) Davidson Carolina Cougars (ABA) Denver Nuggets (ABA / NBA) UCLA New Jersey Nets (NBA) Kansas USA Basketball USA Basketball San Antonio Spurs (NBA) Los Angeles Clippers (NBA) Indiana Pacers (NBA) Philadelphia 76ers (NBA) USA Basketball USA Basketball Detroit Pistons (NBA) USA Basketball New York Knicks (NBA) Charlotte Bobcats (NBA) SMU
North Carolina 1959-63 & 1965-67
Played for Frank McGuire and Dean Smith (1961-63), Won 1961 ACC Title, 1963 Team Captain 1962 All-ACC Second Team, 1963 All-ACC First Team 1964 AAU Champions & Tournament MVP, Team owned by Goodyear Tire Co. Olympic Gold Medal (Tokyo, Japan) 1967 ACC Title & NCAA Final Four ABA Finals, ABA All-Star Game MVP, Led ABA in Assists,1st in West for Regular Season ABA Champions, Led ABA in Assists, 1st in West for Regular Season East Finals, Led ABA in Assists East Finals, 1st in East for Regular Season Finishes as ABA all-time assists leader (2,509) 1973 ABA Coach of the Year 1976 ABA Finals, 1975 & 1976 ABA Coach of the Year 1980 NCAA Finals 1982 NBA Playoffs 1986 Final Four, 1988 NCAA Champions U.S. Olympic Festival - Gold Medal (Baton Rouge, La.) Junior World Championship - Silver Medal (Bormio, Italy) 1989-90 & 1990-91 Midwest Division Champions 1992 & 1993 NBA Playoffs 1994 & 1995 Eastern Conference Finals, 1993-94 Central Division Champions 2001 NBA Finals Olympic Qualifier - Gold Medal (Puerto Rico) Olympics - Gold Medal (Sydney, Australia) 2004 NBA Champions, 2005 NBA Finals 2003 Olympic Qualifyier - Gold Medal (Puerto Rico), 2004 Olympics - Bronze Medal (Athens, Greece) 2010 NBA Playoffs, First Postseason for Franchise 2013 Recruting Class Ranked No. 14
Kansas, 1983-88 1988 NCAA Champions Larry Brown was the head coach at Kansas from 1983-88 and led the Jayhawks to the 1988 NCAA Championship. The team also reached the 1986 Final Four, which was in Dallas. Kansas’ Danny Manning (pictured with Brown) was the 1988 Final Four Most Outstanding Player.
Larry Brown played at North Carolina from 1959-63, spending two years under Frank McGuire (center) before playing on Dean Smith’s (right) first two UNC squads. Brown was the leading scorer in 1961-62, Smith’s first year as head coach. Brown later served as an assistant coach and the freshman coach for Smith from 1965-67.
USA Basketball 1964 Olympic Gold Medal
Larry Brown was the head coach of the Detroit Pistons when they won the 2004 NBA Championship. The team also reached the 2005 NBA Finals. (Photo is Brown with Richard Hamilton, Ben Wallace and Chauncey Billups.)
USA Basketball 1999 Olympic Qualifier Gold Medal 2000 Olympic Gold Medal 2003 Olympic Qualifier Gold Medal 2004 Olympic Bronze Medal
1999
Larry Brown (front row, second from right) played on the 1964 U.S. Olympic team coached by Henry “Hank” Iba (standing, fourth from left). The team went 9-0 en route to winning the Gold Medal in Tokyo.
Detroit Pistons, 2003-05 2004 NBA Champions
2003 SMU BASKETBALL • 26
2000
2004
Larry Brown was the head coach for USA Basketball in 1999, 2003 and 2004, as well as an assistant coach in 2000. In 1999 and 2003, they won the Gold Medal at Olympic Qualifiers. The 2000 team won the Gold Medal in Sydney and the 2004 team took home the Bronze Medal in Athens.