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Biography
- Dale Brown had a 25-year career as the Tiger's head
coach, becoming the winningest coach in LSU basketball history. That
means he was part of more than 35 percent of LSU's all-time victories.
Season after season his teams achieved championship status and
miraculous appearances in the Final Four. Brown's teams played with the
same intensity, tenacity, and aggressiveness in which he coached. Brown
believes the key ingredient that made LSU basketball so successful
stemmed from his close-knit family philosophy. He began his coaching
career as a high school coach, where his duties included coaching
wrestling, football, and track. He was an assistant coach at Utah State
from 1966 to 1971. He spent one year at Washington State as an
assistant before becoming the head coach at LSU. Brown earned 12
letters in basketball, football, and track at Minot State University,
making him the school's only athlete to achieve that goal. In 1957 he
received a BS from Minot State University. From 1961 to 1962 he served
on active duty in the U.S. Army and in 1966 he was honorably discharged
with the rank of Sergeant. In 1964 he received a MS from the University
of Oregon and in 1965 he began work toward his doctorate at the
University of California at Berkeley. Brown, one of the outstanding
personalities in college athletics, was a basketball coach for 44 years
and at this time serves as a television basketball analyst, author, and
motivational speaker. Mr. Brown serves on the boards of Boy's Town,
Boy's Hope of Baton Rouge, Head Start, World Sports Humanitarian Hall
of Fame, and the USA Basketball Academy. In addition, he is a member of
the NABC, NAACP, and the Dreams Come True Foundation. It is clear that
Brown's success and longevity go hand-in-hand.
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