Ben Braun
| Sport(s) | Basketball |
|---|---|
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
November 25, 1953 Chicago, Illinois |
| Playing career | |
| 1972–1975 | Wisconsin |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1977–1985 | Siena Heights |
| 1985–1986 | Eastern Michigan (asst.) |
| 1986–1996 | Eastern Michigan |
| 1996–2008 | California |
| 2008–2014 | Rice |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 615-517 (.543) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
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MAC Tournament Championship (1988, 1991, 1996) MAC Regular Season Championship (1988, 1991, 1996) NIT Championship (1999) |
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| Awards | |
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MAC Coach of the Year (1988, 1991, 1996) Pac-10 Coach of the Year (1997) |
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Benjamin Abraham Braun (born November 25, 1953) is a men's college basketball coach. He is the former coach at Rice University, where he spent eight seasons. Previously, Braun spent 12 years with the California Golden Bears program and 11 years at Eastern Michigan University. He has won the most games of any coach in Eastern Michigan's history.
After graduating from Wisconsin in 1975, Braun began his career as an assistant coach at Washington Park High School in Racine, Wisconsin. After two years of coaching high school basketball, he accepted the head coaching job at Siena Heights University. Braun coached Siena Heights for eight years taking the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) school to a 148–103 record and five postseason tournaments.
Prior to the 1985–86 season, Braun took on the position of associate head coach at Eastern Michigan. Midway through the year, on January 15, 1986, he was elevated to interim head coach. Within two years his Hurons (Eagles from 1991 onwards) were in the NCAA Tournament for the first time in school history. During his 11 years at Eastern Michigan, he guided the Eagles to four postseason berths, including three NCAA appearances. Braun accumulated a record of 185–132 and was named Mid-American Conference Coach of the Year three times. His 185 wins are the most by a coach in Eastern Michigan Eagles men's basketball history.
Braun replaced Todd Bozeman as the head coach at Cal prior to the 1996–97 season. Expectations were low as Golden Bears were predicted to finish in the bottom half of the conference. However, the team finished tied for second in the conference and reached the NCAA Sweet 16. The team finished the season 23–9 and gave Braun a school record for most wins by a Bear coach in his first year with the program. Ben Braun went on to win the Pac-10 Coach of the Year - the first Cal coach to ever receive the award.
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