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Tony Brown (basketball)

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Position
  
Assistant coach

Listed weight
  
185 lb (84 kg)

Weight
  
84 kg

League
  
NBA

Name
  
Tony Brown

Career start
  
1982


Nationality
  
American

Role
  
Basketball player

Career end
  
1994

Listed height
  
6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)

Height
  
1.98 m

Education
  
University of Arkansas

Tony Brown (basketball)

Born
  
July 29, 1960 (age 63) Chicago, Illinois (
1960-07-29
)

High school
  
Farragut Academy (Chicago, Illinois)

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Anthony William "Tony" Brown (born July 29, 1960) is a retired American professional basketball player and former NBA Head Coach of the Brooklyn Nets.

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Brown was a 6'6" (1.98 m) and 185 lb (84 kg) small forward and played collegiately at the University of Arkansas.

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Playing career

The New Jersey Nets selected Brown in the fourth round of the 1982 NBA Draft as the 82nd overall pick. He played for nine NBA teams in seven seasons and also played in the CBA and overseas with Reggio Emilia in Italy from 1992 to 1994.

Coaching career

After his playing career, Brown worked as an advance scout and college talent evaluator for the Milwaukee Bucks from 1994–1997. He has served as an assistant coach for the Portland Trail Blazers (1997 to 2001 under Mike Dunleavy), Detroit Pistons (2001 to 2003 under Rick Carlisle), and Toronto Raptors (2003–2004 under Kevin O'Neill).

On May 19, 2004, the Boston Celtics hired Brown to be an assistant under head coach Doc Rivers; The Boston Globe reported that Brown would be a "defensive coordinator" in Rivers's staff. Brown substituted for Rivers on March 19, 2006, as Rivers missed the day's game due to a death in the family. The Celtics defeated the Indiana Pacers 103-88. The Celtics led 72-71 after three quarters and opened the fourth with a 9-0 run with a lineup of reserve players Tony Allen, Gerald Green, Kendrick Perkins, Orien Greene, and Al Jefferson.

Brown returned to the Bucks at the start of the 2007–08 season to be an assistant this time under Larry Krystkowiak. On November 6, 2007, Brown took the helm as fill-in head coach of the Bucks in a 112–85 win over the Toronto Raptors as Krystkowiak missed the game due to his wife going into labor with twins.

The Los Angeles Clippers hired Brown as an assistant in 2009. Brown also filled in for injured Clippers head coach Mike Dunleavy on December 31, 2009, with Los Angeles beating Philadelphia 104–88.

On December 7, 2011, Brown replaced Dwane Casey as assistant coach to the Dallas Mavericks. This was Brown's second time working under Rick Carlisle.

For the 2014–15 season, Brown was hired by the Brooklyn Nets as an assistant to new head coach Lionel Hollins. He took over as interim head coach after Hollins was fired. On April 18, 2016, he was relieved of the position when the Brooklyn Nets named head coach Kenny Atkinson

References

Tony Brown (basketball) Wikipedia