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Larry Brown

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Lawrence Harvey Brown (born September 14, 1940) is an American basketball coach and former player who last served as an assistant coach for the Memphis Tigers. Brown is the only coach in basketball history to win both an NCAA national championship (Kansas Jayhawks, 1988) and an NBA title (Detroit Pistons, 2004). He has a 1,275–965 lifetime professional coaching record in the American Basketball Association (ABA) and the National Basketball Association (NBA) and is the only coach in NBA history to lead eight teams (differing franchises) to the playoffs. He also won an ABA championship as a player with the Oakland Oaks in the 1968–69 season, and an Olympic gold medal in 1964. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Larry Brown is the 130th most popular basketball player (down from 99th in 2019), the 7,208th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,051st in 2019) and the 79th most popular American Basketball Player.

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, Larry Brown ranks 130 out of 1,757Before him are George Gervin, Heino Kruus, Don Nelson, Alexander Belov, Bob McAdoo, and Predrag Danilović. After him are Reggie Miller, Alzhan Zharmukhamedov, Dominique Wilkins, Carlos Blixen, Manu Ginóbili, and Borislav Stanković.

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Among people born in 1940, Larry Brown ranks 373Before him are Nasser Al-Sabah, Claus Offe, Ralph Towner, Karin Baal, Alberto Gallardo, and Vicente Miera. After him are Chris Farlowe, Lorella De Luca, Robby Müller, Liang Guanglie, Jürgen Kurbjuhn, and Pedro Armendáriz Jr..

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Larry Brown ranks 7,210 out of 20,380Before him are Malcom McLean (1913), Miles Teller (1987), Melville Shavelson (1917), Charles Sibley (1917), Ethelda Bleibtrey (1902), and Helen Murray Free (1923). After him are Bitsie Tulloch (1981), Randy Johnson (1963), William Roth (1921), Hoagy Carmichael (1899), Spike Jonze (1969), and Eddie Cheever (1958).

Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among basketball players born in United States, Larry Brown ranks 79Before him are Kevin Durant (1988), Paul Arizin (1928), Billy Evans (1932), George Gervin (1952), Don Nelson (1940), and Bob McAdoo (1951). After him are Reggie Miller (1965), Chuck Daly (1930), Mark Jackson (1965), Walt Frazier (1945), Jerry Lucas (1940), and Bill Sharman (1926).