Stony Brook University Athletics

Brown was Stony Brook's second coach of the men's basketball program and led the team from 1964 until 1969. He earned 43 victories during his tenure with Stony Brook and guided the 1968-69 team to 16 victories, the most in the first decade of basketball at the school. Brown went on to also coach for many years in the NBA, including a stint as the head coach of the Detroit Pistons from 1976 to 1978. He also served as an assistant coach under his brother Larry Brown during the Pistons NBA title run in 2004.