Larry Brown Considering High School Coaching Job On Long Island

Hall of famer Larry Brown is considering taking a job with East Hampton High School on Long Island.

Larry Brown is one of the greatest basketball coaches in the history of the game. He had success no matter what level he was coaching at. Brown is the only head coach to win championships at both the collegiate and professional level; he won with Kansas in 1988 and the Detroit Pistons in 2004.

During his time coaching in college, Brown compiled a record of 177-61 across seven seasons. In the NBA, Brown went 1,275-965 in the ABA and NBA. He is the only head coach to ever lead eight different teams to the postseason, which speaks to his greatness, but also part of the negative reputation that he built.

Brown was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on September 27th, 2002 as a coach, and the College Basketball Hall of Fame in 2006. While Brown experienced unheralded success, it came at a price. He developed a grass is always greener on the other side reputation, meaning, he was always looking forward to his next coaching job.

While he may have rubbed some people the wrong way, there is no denying he was one of the best to ever coach a basketball team. The 76-year old is coming to the end of his career, but he could still have something left in the tank.

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According to ESPN staff writer C.L. Brown, the Brooklyn, New York native Larry Brown is considering returning home for a coaching job. It is not a professional job, or even a college level job. Instead C.L. Brown says that Larry Brown is consdering the head coaching job with the East Hampton High School Bonackers.

East Hampton unexecetdly needed a new head coach after their new hire resigned last week. Brown has a summer home in East Hampton, which is how he learned of the news. As a result, Brown could realize his dream as a youngster, which was to become a high school basketball coach.

“Tonight (Tuesday), I’m going to the high school and see the kids and talk to the [athletic director],” Brown, 76, told ESPN on Tuesday. “I wish I could tell you when I’m going to make a decision. I’m hopeful, it’s pretty close.”

The athletic director for East Hampton, Joe Vasile-Cozzo, told Newsday that “we’re game,” if Brown decides to coach the team. It is something that Brown seems willing to do if he has the time for.

Bus rides and playing in small high school gyms isn’t something that bothers Brown, as he said it would be fun to do, comparing it to when Michael Jordan felt some relief during his two years playing minor league baseball and being stripped of everything an athlete of his caliber is given.

Brown said that his only responsibility at the school would be coaching; he wouldn’t be required to teach a class as many high school coaches are. Brown would like to get back to the basics of coaching, as he said during recruiting trips with SMU that coaches have gotten away from teaching kids and holding them accountable.

“What I’ve found, on every level, they want to be taught,” Brown said. “They want somebody that’s more than just a workout coach. So many people are afraid to teach kids, and I think that’s a big mistake.”

The only thing holding Brown back from accepting right now is other engagements that he is already committed to. He has agreed to take part in camps and clinics in the Unites States and overseas, while also being invited to practices to evaluate things by people from his coaching tree, such as John Calipari at Kentucky, Mark Turgeon at Maryland and Tad Boyle at Colorado.

If he is able to dedicate himself to East Hampton and not reneg on previous engagements, it sounds like an agreement could be reached. It would be an awesome experience for those high school kids to learn from someone such as Brown. He has forgetten more things about basketball than most people learn in a lifetime, and sharing those experiences is something he would like to give back.

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“When you’ve played for the people that I’ve played for and had people sit next to you like I have, it wouldn’t seem right if I didn’t share everything I was taught,” Brown said. “I know I have this gift that I can teach. I just want to help the game that’s giving me so many unbelievable opportunities that I want to give back.”

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