Basketball Corridor of Famer Larry Brown resigned from his place as a particular adviser to the College of Memphis basketball program Friday because of ongoing well being considerations.
The 82-year-old’s well being points are mentioned to not be critical in nature based on the varsity.
Brown, the one coach to ever win an NCAA nationwide championship and NBA title, joined Memphis’ employees in June of 2021, helping his former participant and present head coach of the Tigers, Penny Hardaway.
The pair have been collectively throughout Brown’s time as head coach of the New York Knicks from 2005-2006.
Previous to the start of this season, Brown took medical go away from Memphis. ‘We want Coach Brown a speedy restoration,’ Hardaway mentioned in an announcement launched by the varsity.
Former NBA championship-winning coach Larry Brown has resigned from Memphis basketball
‘Having Coach Brown as a part of our program during the last year-and-a-half was very impactful on our student-athletes and me as a coach, and we hope all the very best for him and good well being transferring ahead.’
Brown received the 1988 NCAA title when Danny Manning — aka ‘Danny and the Miracles’ — carried Kansas to the crown.
Whereas within the NBA, his 2004 Detroit Pistons workforce led by Chauncey Billups and Richard Hamilton took house the championship.
Brown ranks eighth in NBA historical past with 1,098 regular-season teaching victories and made the playoffs in 18 of his 26 seasons. He misplaced 904 video games whereas main 9 totally different groups.
The 82-year-old’s well being points are mentioned to not be critical in nature based on the varsity
He guided Kansas to 2 Closing Fours and UCLA to at least one throughout 11 seasons as a university head coach. His closing stint was at SMU from 2012-16.
Brown additionally has been a part of two Olympic gold medal-winning groups — as a participant in 1964 and an assistant coach in 2000. He was additionally inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Corridor of Fame in 2002.
By means of 9 video games this season, Memphis sits at 7-2 in Hardaway’s fifth season in cost.
The Corridor of Famer is the one coach in historical past to win a NCAA nationwide championship & NBA title
