Hubie Brown edges out Sloan for Coach of the Year

04.21.2004

Memphis, TN (Basketball News) - Hubie Brown of the Grizzlies won the Coach of the Year Award on Wednesday after leading his team to their first playoff appearance in the franchise’s 10-year history.

Under Brown’s tutelage Memphis finished the regular season at 50-32, a 22-win improvement from just a year ago.

Brown returned from retirement as an NBA head coach to become the Grizzlies sixth head coach on November 12, 2002. Previously, the 70-year-old coach lead the New York Knicks to two playoff appearances during five seasons (1982-87) and the Atlanta Hawks to three playoff appearances in five seasons (’76-81).

In his 12-year coaching career with the Hawks, Knicks and Grizzlies, Brown has a regular season record of 419-488.

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