Hubie Brown
Brown in 1981
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| Personal information | |
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| Born |
September 25, 1933 Hazleton, Pennsylvania |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
| Listed weight | 160 lb (73 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | St. Mary (Elizabeth, New Jersey) |
| College | Niagara (1952–1955) |
| NBA draft | 1955 / Undrafted |
| Coaching career | 1972–2005 |
| Career history | |
| As player: | |
| 1958–1959 | Rochester Colonels |
| As coach: | |
| 1972–1974 | Milwaukee Bucks (asst.) |
| 1974–1976 | Kentucky Colonels |
| 1976–1981 | Atlanta Hawks |
| 1982–1987 | New York Knicks |
| 2002–2005 | Memphis Grizzlies |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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| Basketball Hall of Fame | |
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College Basketball Hall of Fame Inducted in 2006 |
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Hubert Jude "Hubie" Brown (born September 25, 1933) is an American retired basketball coach and a current television analyst. Brown is a two-time NBA Coach of the Year, the honors being separated by 26 years. Brown was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2005 and hall of fame Curt Gowdy award.
Born in Hazleton, Pennsylvania, Brown moved to Elizabeth, New Jersey at age three and was raised there, living in a small apartment building without a telephone. Brown, an only child, has said that his father, Charlie, who worked at the shipyards, was a "demanding man."
He graduated from St. Mary of the Assumption High School in 1951. While in high school, St. Mary won state championships in football, basketball and baseball.
Hubie Brown played college basketball and baseball at Niagara University, graduating in 1955 with a degree in education. While at Niagara, Brown was a teammate (and roommate) of former Utah Jazz coach Frank Layden, as well as Larry Costello and Charlie Hoxie, who would go on to star for the Harlem Globetrotters.
After leaving Niagara, Brown joined the U.S. Army where he joined the Army's basketball team. After being honorably discharged in 1958, Brown briefly played for the Rochester Colonels of the Eastern Professional Basketball League (the forerunner to the Continental Basketball Association) before they folded after just eight games. He averaged 13.8 points per game in his brief stint as a pro and was an excellent defender as a player. He returned to Niagara to earn a master's degree in education.
Brown's defensive mentality would carry on into his coaching career, which began in 1955 at St. Mary Academy in Little Falls, New York where he coached both basketball and baseball. He spent nine years at the high school level, including Cranford High School in Cranford, New Jersey and Fair Lawn High School in Fair Lawn, New Jersey before becoming an assistant coach for one season at the College of William and Mary in 1968. The following season, Brown joined Duke University as an assistant coach.
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