Chansky’s Notebook: Age Is Wisdom For Larry Brown

Posted Jul 14, 2021
At 80, Larry Brown is back in the game of his life. It was just about 21 years ago that Roy Williams turned down UNC to remain at Kansas, and Brown might have become the head coach at his alma mater. Brown told Dean Smith that if UNC needed him, he would come back and take over the Tar Heel program for five years until somebody else was ready. (Chapelboro.com)

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