“I remember coach Smith hired Dick Harp, who was his college coach after Phog Allen retired at Kansas,” Brown said. But, inspired by a move Dean Smith, who coached Brown at North Carolina, made in the 1980s, he decided his next move would be Memphis. There have been opportunities for him to do that. I think he’s as good as anybody and getting better all the time.”īrown admits there’s a part of him that still wants to finish his coaching career like his mentors Pete Carril, John Bach and Tex Winter – as assistants and/or advisors at the NBA level after successful coaching careers. I’m going to do whatever he wants me to do, go wherever he wants me to go. I want to be the resource he needs and help him in any way I can. “(Hardaway) will define my role and I’ll do whatever he feels is necessary. “I didn’t want to come on in a role where I’m not doing what an assistant coach is supposed to do,” he said. OMARI SANKOFA: Cade Cunningham is the perfect player in today's NBA. Pistons must take him No. But there were also concessions he wasn’t willing to make.ĭIG IN: Saddiq Bey has come a long way to get surprising USA Select Team invite When the window opened for Hardaway to finally hire Brown, who coached him with the New York Knicks more than a decade ago, Brown admits he was thrilled. “But, it’s not like getting up every day.”
I was lucky to have so many people that either played for me or coached for me that invited me to go to their practices and observe. “But I had some other obligations and didn’t think I could give the time necessary for the kids. “I even thought about going to high school,” said Brown, adding he was interested in an opening at East Hampton High School in New York. MEMPHIS BASKETBALL: Penny Hardaway gets his man Larry Brown and has Memphis basketball in the spotlight LARRY'S MEN: Why 2004 Detroit Pistons are responsible for the NBA's scoring boom Had the deal fallen through, he likely would have found his way back to a bench somewhere else. Hardaway has tried multiple times over the past three-plus years to bring Brown on board, Brown confirmed. But, for a variety of reasons, it wasn’t until now that Memphis was able to finalize a deal. He also explained his motivation for getting back in the game as an assistant and reflected on the time he nearly became the head coach at Memphis. On Friday, the coach who has advanced to three Final Fours and three NBA Finals - winning one championship in each, his only NBA title coming with the 2004 Detroit Pistons - and won more games at the NBA level than all but seven others, revealed what he hopes to achieve with the Tigers. Experts aren't convinced he'll be best player 1 draft pick, but best player is often found a pick or few laterĪNALYSIS: Cade Cunningham is safest pick for Pistons. It's also the first time he has coached at the collegiate level since 2016 and the first time he has been an assistant since 1967. It’s the first time he has coached since 2018, when he spent part of one season in Italy. On Thursday, Memphis announced Brown is joining Penny Hardaway’s coaching staff as an assistant. “It’s been kind of an interesting couple of days.” “My phone and texts have been blowing up,” Brown told The Memphis Commercial Appeal in an exclusive interview Friday afternoon. There’s not much Larry Brown hasn’t seen or experienced.īut at 80 - he’ll be 81 by the time college basketball season begins in November - the Hall of Fame coach and newly minted Chuck Daly Lifetime Achievement Award winner still finds himself unpacking a 24-hour stretch unlike any he’d been through before. View Gallery: Larry Brown through the years
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