- Milan Brown
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Milan Brown Sport(s) Basketball Current position Title Head coach Team Holy Cross Biographical details Born January, 1971[1] Place of birth Hampton, Virginia, USA Playing career 1989–1993 Howard Coaching career (HC unless noted) 1995–1997
1997–2000
2000–2002
2002–2003
2003–2010
2010–presentOld Dominion (asst.)
Mount St. Mary's (asst.)
William & Mary (asst.)
Mount St. Mary's (asst.)
Mount St. Mary's
Holy CrossMilan Brown is an American college basketball coach and the current head men's coach at Holy Cross.[2] Prior to assuming this position in 2010, he succeeded Jim Phelan at Mount Saint Mary's University, who retired in 2003 after coaching for 49 years.
Brown graduated in 1993 from Howard University, playing basketball there for four years. Brown was a member of the Bison squad which made the school's last NCAA tournament in 1992. His number was retired by the school in December 2005.
On March 12, 2008 Brown led the Mountaineers to the 2007–08 Northeast Conference Championship game where they were victorious, 68–55, over Sacred Heart University. He led his team to a 69–60 victory over Coppin State University in the opening round of the 2008 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. The Mount lost 113–74 to the University of North Carolina in the first round.
Brown completed his sixth season as head coach with a 69-58 loss to James Madison University in the opening round of the 2009 CollegeInsider.com Tournament on March 18, 2009.
In Brown's final season at the Mount, he led the Mountaineers to a 16–15 overall record and 12–6 in the Northeast Conference, good for a third place finish. After starting the season 5–14, the Mount ran off 11 consecutive victories, its longest streak since winning 15 straight in the 1995–96 season. His tenure ended at the Mount when they lost to Robert Morris University, 80–62, in the Northeast Conference semifinals.
He finished his time at the Mount with a record of 95–120, 68–58 in Northeast Conference play.
Head coaching record
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers (Northeast Conference) (2003–2010) 2003–04 Mount St. Mary's 10–19 8–10 T–8th 2004–05 Mount St. Mary's 7–20 5–13 10th 2005–06 Mount St. Mary's 13–17 11–7 4th 2006–07 Mount St. Mary's 11–20 9–9 T–4th 2007–08 Mount St. Mary's 19–15 11–7 T–4th NCAA First Round 2008–09 Mount St. Mary's 19–14 12–6 T–2nd CIT First Round 2009–10 Mount St. Mary's 16–15 12–6 3rd Mount St. Mary's: 95–120 68–58 Total: 95–120 National Champion Conference Regular Season Champion Conference Tournament Champion
Conference Regular Season & Conference Tournament Champion Conference Division ChampionNotes
- ^ Holy Cross Names Milan Brown Head Men's Basketball Coach | College of the Holy Cross "Brown, who turned 39 in January [2010]
- ^ "Holy Cross Names Milan Brown Head Men's Basketball Coach". The Morning Call (Holy Cross). April 16, 2010. http://www.holycross.edu/publicaffairs/press_releases/2009-2010/Milan_Brown_announcement. Retrieved December 5, 2010.
Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers men's basketball head coaches William Walsh (1908–1909) • Al Barrett (1909–1910) • Francis Liddy (1910–1911) • Mike Thompson (1911–1913) • John Day (1913–1917) • Mike Thompson (1917–1920) • Charles Dickerman (1920–1921) • John Sheridan (1921–1923) • Walter Halas (1923–1924) • Art Malloy (1924–1935) • Joe Lawler (1935–1937) • Joseph McCormick (1937–1938) • Art Malloy (1938–1941) • Wally Opekun (1941–1942) • No team (1942–1943) • Wally Opekun (1943–1947) • Steve Filipowicz (1947–1948) • Wally Opekun # (1948) • Michael Kennedy (1948–1949) • John McMahon (1949–1950) • Pete Caruso (1950–1951) • Bill Clark (1951–1954) • Jim Phelan (1954–2003) • Milan Brown (2003–2010) • Robert Burke (2010– )
Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.
Holy Cross Crusaders men's basketball head coaches J. Fred Powers (1901–1906) • No team (1906–1907) • J. Fred Powers (1907–1909) • No team (1909–1920) • William Casey (1920–1924) • Ken Simendinger (1924–1925) • John Reed (1925–1931) • No team (1931–1934) • Albert Riopel (1934–1935) • No team (1935–1939) • Moose Krause (1939–1942) • Albert Riopel (1942–1945) • Doggie Julian (1945–1948) • Lester Sheary (1948–1955) • Roy Leenig (1955–1961) • Frank Oftring (1961–1965) • Jack Donohue (1965–1972) • George Blaney (1972–1994) • Bill Raynor (1994–1999) • Ralph Willard (1999–2009) • Sean Kearney (2009–2010) • Milan Brown (2010– )
Current men's basketball head coaches of the Patriot League Jeff Jones (American) • Zach Spiker (Army) • Dave Paulsen (Bucknell) • Matt Langel (Colgate) • Milan Brown (Holy Cross) • Fran O'Hanlon (Lafayette) • Brett Reed (Lehigh) • Ed DeChellis (Navy)
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