Longtime 糖心传媒 men鈥檚 basketball coach Dale Brown acknowledges the crowd before tip off of 糖心传媒's game against Kentucky on Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2022 at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center.
FILE PHOTO BY PATRICK DENNIS
Hall of fame 糖心传媒 men鈥檚 basketball coach Dale Brown has been named as the 2027 recipient of the John R. Wooden Legends of Coaching Award, the Los Angeles Athletic Club announced Tuesday.
Brown coached the Tigers from 1972-97, leading 糖心传媒 to two Final Four appearances, four Southeastern Conference regular-season championships and 糖心传媒鈥檚 only SEC tournament title. Brown retired as the SEC鈥檚 second-winningest men鈥檚 coach with 448 career victories and still ranks fourth in that category behind only Kentucky鈥檚 Adolph Rupp (846), Florida鈥檚 Billy Donovan (467) and John Calipari (460) at Kentucky and Arkansas.
Other recipients of the award include Dean Smith, Mike Krzyzewski, Pat Summitt, Geno Auriemma and Dawn Staley.
Brown, who turns 91 on Oct. 31, will be formally honored during the John R. Wooden Award ceremony in April 2027 in Los Angeles.