Larry Brown steps down at Memphis because of well being issues

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Corridor of Famer Larry Brown is stepping down from his position as a particular adviser to Memphis males’s basketball coach Penny Hardaway due to ongoing well being issues, the college introduced Friday.

“We want Coach Brown a speedy restoration,” Hardaway stated in an announcement launched by the college, which stated the well being points are usually not thought-about severe. “Having Coach Brown as a part of our program during the last year-and-a-half was very impactful on our student-athletes and me as a coach, and we hope all one of the best for him and good well being shifting ahead.”

Brown had taken a quick depart of absence in late October from the group.

Brown, 82, is the one coach to win championships in each the NCAA (with Kansas in 1988) and the NBA (Detroit Pistons, 2004).

He coached Hardaway with the NBA’s New York Knicks, joined Hardaway’s workers in Memphis in July 2021 as an assistant and was named a particular assistant to Hardaway earlier than this season.

Brown gained 1,098 NBA video games and reached the playoffs 18 instances over 26 seasons. His NCAA title with the Kansas Jayhawks was amongst three Ultimate 4 appearances his groups made within the Eighties, together with one with UCLA.

Brown was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Corridor of Fame in 2002.