Mike Brown (basketball coach)

Mike Brown
Player information
Full name	Michael Burton Brown
birthday	5th March 1970 (age 50)
place of birth	Columbus , Ohio , United States
college	San Diego
Clubs as coaches
2000–2003 San Antonio Spurs (Assistant) 2003–2005 Indiana Pacers (Assistant) 2005–2010 Cleveland Cavaliers 2011–2012 Los Angeles Lakers 2013–2014 Cleveland Cavaliers Since 2016 Golden State Warriors (Associate HC) 0

Michael Burton "Mike" Brown (born March 5, 1970 in Columbus , Ohio ) is an American basketball coach who has been an associate head coach of the Golden State Warriors in the NBA since 2016 .

Previously, Brown was head coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers , with whom he was able to reach the NBA finals in 2007 . Defense and the ability to develop a good rapport with players are generally considered to be his specialty.

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Assistant coach

After his high school Accounts at the Würzburg American High School in Würzburg in 1988, Brown began his coaching career in 1992 in the NBA as an assistant to Dan Issel with the Denver Nuggets , first as a video coordinator and later as a Scout . In 1997 he signed with the Washington Wizards as Bernie Bickerstaff's assistant coach . In 1999 he was chief scout at the Wizards and in 2000 assistant coach at the San Antonio Spurs under Head Coach Gregg Popovich . After he won the NBA Finals with the Spurs in 2003, he was introduced as Rick Carlisle's assistant at the Indiana Pacers . He reached the Conference Finals with them in 2004 .

Head coach

In June 2005, Brown replaced Brendan Malone as head coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers and was the second youngest coach in the NBA at the time. In 2007 he led the Cavs around superstar LeBron James for the first time in their franchise history in the NBA finals. There, however, the team lost 0-4 against the San Antonio Spurs.

In 2008, Brown was named Eastern Conference Coach of the Month for January and was selected to coach the Eastern Conference All-Star Team . This made him only the second Cavaliers coach after Lenny Wilkens who was allowed to train an All-Star team. In the 2008-09 season , Brown was honored with the NBA Coach of the Year Award .

In the following season, Brown was sacked after the Cavs were eliminated in the playoffs against the Boston Celtics . He was succeeded by Byron Scott . For the 2011/12 NBA season , Brown replaced legendary coach Phil Jackson with the Los Angeles Lakers . On November 9, 2012, he was fired due to an unexpectedly bad start to the season for the team.

For the 2013/14 season Brown returned to the Cleveland Cavaliers and again took over the post of head coach. After a sportingly sobering season, he was released from the Cavs after a year.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ WAHS Yearbook 1988 - Senior Photos
2. ↑ nba.com/cavaliers - Cavaliers Name Mike Brown Head Coach , June 2, 2005
3. ↑ Mike Brown released at Cleveland

Web links

• Mike Brown - NBA.com Trainer Profile
• Mike Brown - Trainer profile on basketball-reference.com (English)