Larry Brown made his professional coaching debut with the Carolina Cougars, winning ABA Coach of the Year honors in his first season as he led the Cougars to the conference semifinals.
After his second season the team was sold and moved to St. Louis. Instead of following the team, Brown opted to join the Denver Rockets, also of the ABA.
Record: 104-64
Championships: None";
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spt_larrybrown_timeline[i-1].body = "1975-79
Denver Rockets/Nuggets, ABA/NBA
Brown spent three-plus seasons in Denver, winning two more ABA Coach of the Year awards with the Rockets.
He left the Nuggets before the conclusion of the 1979 season, citing burnout. Later that year, he accepted his first head coaching position in college, at UCLA.
Record: 251-134
Championships: None";
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spt_larrybrown_timeline[i-1].body = "1979-1981
UCLA Bruins
Brown landed in Westwood with a bang and nearly took the Bruins to what at the time would have been their 11th championship. UCLA was a suprise in making it all the way to the championship game, where the Bruins lost to Louisville.
Brown's second season wasn't as successful as the Bruins dropped to fourth in the Pac-10 and were ousted from the NCAAs by BYU in the first round.
That's when the New Jersey Nets can calling, offering bags of cash.
Record: 42-17
Championships: None";
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spt_larrybrown_timeline[i-1].body = "1981-83
New Jersey Nets, NBA
Brown spent nearly two full seasons in New Jersey, failing to win a playoff game (0-2).
As the 1983 season was winding down, Brown interviewed for the opening at Kansas. He accepted the job, and the Nets fired him with only six games left in the regular season. Without Brown, the Nets were swept in the first round by the New York Knicks.
Record: 91-67
Championships: None";
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spt_larrybrown_timeline[i-1].body = "1983-88
Kansas Jayhawks
It was Brown's longest stay at any job at this point in his career, but the shortest tenure of any Kansas coach ever.
Nonetheless, he did earn his first championship as Danny Manning's magic carried the Jayhawks past the powerful Oklahoma Sooners (stocked with future NBA players Harvey Grant, Stacey King and Mookie Blaylock) in the championship game.
Shortly after the tournament, he announced he was heading to San Antonio.
Record: 135-44
Championship: 1988";
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spt_larrybrown_timeline[i-1].body = "1988-91
San Antonio Spurs, NBA
After a horrendous first season with the Spurs (21-61), Brown brought respectability to San Antonio.
Helped by the release of David Robinson from the Navy and the drafting of Sean Elliott, the Spurs went 56-20 and reached the Western semifinals before being ousted by Portland. The next season, Brown took the Spurs back to the playoffs, this time ended with a first-round ouster by Golden State.
Brown's fourth season started with a falling out with owner Red McCombs, who fired him after 38 games.
Record: 153-131
Championships: None";
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spt_larrybrown_timeline[i-1].body = "1991-93
Los Angeles Clippers, NBA
Brown didn't stay unemployed long, replacing coach Mike Schuler after the Clippers started 22-25. Reunited with Manning, Brown helped the Clippers go 23-12 the rest of the way, losing to Utah in the first round.
A 41-41 season with another first-round ouster followed, before Brown grew tired of the Clippers' management and headed off to Indiana.
Record: 64-53
Championships: None, but he took them to the playoffs TWICE!";
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spt_larrybrown_timeline[i-1].body = "1993-97
Indiana Pacers, NBA
Once again, Brown payed immediate dividends for his new team, leading the Pacers to the Eastern finals in his first two seasons. The Pacers lost to the Knicks and Magic respectively, and both series went seven games.
But then the slide began, as the Pacers were beaten in the first round by Atlanta in 1996, and finished with a losing record in 1997.
Brown jumped ship for Philadelphia.
Record: 190-138
Championships: None";
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spt_larrybrown_timeline[i-1].body = "1997-2003
Philadelphia 76ers, NBA
Brown found a home in Philadelphia for six years, the longest stop of his career.
He had a tumultous relationship with the team's star, Allen Iverson, yet somehow managed to take the team to the NBA Finals in 2001. Shaquille O'Neal and the Lakers had little trouble with Brown's team, which was probably fortunate to even get that far.
By the time the 2002-03 season ended in the Eastern semis, Brown had had enough of Iverson's antics and quit the 76ers. The Pistons were waiting, and pushed Rick Carlisle aside to welcome him in.
Record: 255-208
Championships: None";
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spt_larrybrown_timeline[i-1].body = "2003-05
Detroit Pistons, NBA
Before Brown arrived in Motown, Carlisle had built the Pistons into a hardworking, selfless, defensive-oriented club -- this was perfect for Brown.
Late in Brown's first season the team acquired Rasheed Wallace, and the rest was history as the Pistons vanquished the Lakers in five games to give Brown his first NBA title.
Brown took Detroit back to the Finals in 2005, where the Pistons pushed the Spurs to seven games before bowing out. Then the wheels started turning on a buyout that would push him out of Detroit with three years left on his contract.
Record: 108-56
Championship: 2004";
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spt_larrybrown_timeline[i-1].body = "2005-06
New York Knicks, NBA
Brown, a native of Brooklyn, returned home in an attempt to turn around the Knicks. But it was not meant to be.
The Knicks went 23-59 under Brown, tied for the fourth-worst record in franchise history.
He clashed with his players, clashed with the media, and reportedly clashed with team president Isiah Thomas.
The Knicks fired Brown after the season, and replaced him with Thomas.";
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spt_larrybrown_timeline[i-1].body = "2008-present
Charlotte Bobcats, NBA
After a stint as a VP with the 76ers, Brown got the itch to coach again.
And so here he is, taking over the Bobcats, a downtrodden franchise thin on talent and thin on hope, but not nearly as dysfunctional as the Knicks.
Brown will now work for Michael Jordan, a fellow North Carolina alumn and disciple of Dean Smith."; // END editorial data