Larry Brown News & Bio

Name: Larry Brown Hometown: Long Beach, NY High School: Long Beach Born: September 14, 1940 (80) Height/Weight: 5-9, 160 Position: Guard Notes: Basketball

Rasheed Wallace hilariously showed up Dean Smith during UNC days, reveals Larry Brown
Speaking with former North Carolina guard Shammond Williams on “The Carolina Conversation” podcast, Larry Brown, who coached the Pistons to the 2003-04 NBA championship revealed...
Sunday December 6, 2020

Larry Brown On Rasheed Wallace, Dean Smith, and 3-Point Shooting
Legendary UNC big man Rasheed Wallace has gone down in basketball lore for his dominant play and controversial on-court antics. Former UNC player, assistant coach,...
Thursday November 12, 2020

Tar Heel Firsts: UNC’s First Basketball Olympian
Larry Brown was a first-team All-ACC player for Dean Smith’s second North Carolina team in 1962-63. At 14.2 points per game, he was the second...
Sunday June 21, 2020

Chansky's Notebook: Praise keeps coming for UNC football
The praise keeps coming for North Carolina football, all with irony dripping. Three major stories came out Wednesday, pumping up the Tar Heels for a...
Thursday June 18, 2020

Pistons acquisition of Rasheed Wallace shook the NBA – and brought another banner to Detroit
Nobody could have known for sure how emphatically Rasheed Wallace completed the Pistons. The ace Joe Dumars held in his pocket was Larry Brown, whose...
Wednesday June 10, 2020

Podcast: George Lynch Discusses Michael Jordan, Larry Brown, Allen Iverson
Former North Carolina Tar Heel, 1993 NCAA champion, and Philadelphia 76er George Lynch joined the Sixers Talk podcast to reminisce about 2001 and discuss Michael...
Friday May 22, 2020

Lucas: Day 1 UNC Point Guard Fan Favorite Voting
Today tips off the voting in the UNC point guard fan favorite bracket. Today's matchups include some very difficult decisions, and you can vote all...
Thursday May 14, 2020

The story of how Michael Jordan made his way into a recruiting video for Kansas basketball
The Kansas men’s basketball program officially hired Roy Williams to replace Larry Brown as head coach on July 8, 1988, and less than two months...
Sunday May 10, 2020

Podcast: The Larry Brown Interview
Legendary basketball coach Larry Brown had a remarkable conversation with Noah Coslov and Adam Stanco on the Catch and Shoot podcast. The Hall of Famer...
Tuesday July 23, 2019

As former Goodyear Wingfoots gather, Larry Brown recalls special first step on Hall of Fame journey
Larry Brown played only two seasons with the Goodyear Wingfoots before going on to a four-decade coaching career that landed him in the Basketball Hall...
Saturday May 11, 2019

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