Marc Brown (basketball)

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Marc Brown
Sport(s) Basketball
Current position
Title Head coach
Team New Jersey City University
Biographical details
Born (1969-07-05) July 5, 1969 (age 54)
Playing career
1987–1991 Siena College
1991–1993 Albany Patroons (CBA)
1993–1994 Ovarense (Portugal)
1994–1995 Fort Wayne Fury (CBA)
1995–1997 Corinthians-RS (Brazil)
1997–1998 Flamengo (Brazil)
1998–2001 Uberlândia (Brazil)
2001 Marinos (Venezuela)
2001–2002 BCM Gravelines (France)
2003–2004 Flamengo (Brazil)
2004–2005 Reims (France)
2005 Telemar (Brazil)
2006 Reims (France)
2006 Xalapa (Mexico)
2006–2007 Hyères-Toulon (France)
Position(s) Point guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2007–present New Jersey City University

Marc Brown (born July 5, 1969) is an American basketball coach and retired professional player. He is currently head basketball coach at New Jersey City University. He played professionally for 15 years following an All-American college career at Siena College.

College career

Brown, a 5'11" point guard, played basketball at Columbia High School in Maplewood, New Jersey and played collegiately at Siena. As a sophomore, Brown led Siena to its first NCAA tournament appearance in 1989 then led the 14th-seeded Saints to a first round upset over 3 seed Stanford. Brown scored 32 points, handed out 6 assists, and hit the winning free throws in the 80-78 victory.[1] He was named an honorable mention All-American by the Associated Press that year.[2]

Brown ended up as a four-time first team All-Conference performer in the ECAC North and the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC), and was named the conference's player of the year as a senior in 1991. He also repeated as an AP honorable mention All-American that season. Brown ended his Siena career as the school's leading scorer (2,284 career points),assists (796), and fourth in steals (221). He was elected to the school's athletic Hall of Fame in 1998.[2]

Professional career

Brown went undrafted in the 1991 NBA Draft, and embarked on a 15-year professional career taking him to Portugal, France, Brazil, Venezuela and Mexico. He also played in the Continental Basketball Association for the Albany Patroons and Fort Wayne Fury.[2]

Coaching career

After retiring from basketball in 2007, Marc Brown followed his father Charles Brown as head coach at New Jersey City University on an interim basis. In 2010, Brown was named head coach of the Knights.[3] In the 2010/2011 season Brown lead New Jersey City University to their 18th NCAA Division III tournament, guiding the team to a victory over Montclair State University in the conference championship game. The victory guided NJCU to their 12th New Jersey Athletic Conference title.

Coaching Record

NCAA DIII

Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
New Jersey City University (New Jersey Athletic Conference) (2007–present)
2007–08 NJCU 14-12 6-7
2008–09 NJCU 10-15 4-7 8th
2009–10 NJCU 13-13 5-8 8th
2010–11 NJCU 19-10 8-5 3rd NCAA Men's Division III Basketball Championship 1st round
2011–12 NJCU 17-8 7-6 4th
2012–13 NJCU 15-13 9-9 6th
2013–14 NJCU 14-13 9-9 5th
2014–15 NJCU 13-14 9-9 6th
2015–16 NJCU 18-7 15-3 1st
New Jersey City University: 133-105 (.559) 72-63 (.533)
Total: 133-105 (.559)

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

References

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