Will Brown (basketball)

Will Brown

Sport(s)	Basketball
Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Albany
Biographical details
Born	(1971-10-08) October 8, 1971 Miller Place, New York
Playing career
1991–1995	Dowling
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1995–1998	Saint Rose (asst.)
1998–2001	Sullivan County CC
2001	Albany (asst.)
2001–present	Albany
Head coaching record
Overall	315–229 (.579)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
5× America East Tournament championship (2006, 2007, 2013–2015) 2× America East regular season championship (2006, 2015)

Will Brown (born October 10, 1971) is an American college men's basketball coach. He is currently the head coach of the Albany Great Danes men's basketball team. In his time as head coach, Brown has led Albany to their first five NCAA tournament berths.

Brown joined the Albany staff as an assistant for the 2001–02 season, and was named interim head coach on December 20, 2001. On March 13, 2002, Brown was officially hired to take the full-time job.

Prior to arriving at Albany, Brown spent three years at the head men's coach at Sullivan County Community College, compiling a record of 90–10 in those three seasons. Brown began his coaching career as an assistant for three seasons at The College of Saint Rose.

Born in Miller Place, New York, Brown played collegiate basketball at Dowling College, starting for three years. He finished his career as the school's all-time leader in assists, three-point field goals and free-throw percentage, and is the only player in Dowling history to score 1,000 points and tally 500 assists.

Brown received his 100th win as head coach of the Great Danes on January 8, 2009, with a 62–61 win over the Boston University Terriers at the SEFCU Arena.

Head coaching record

NJCAA

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Sullivan County Community College (Mid Hudson Conference) (1998–2000)
1998–99	Sullivan County CC	30–2			NJCAA Final Four Appearance
1999–00	Sullivan County CC	28–5
2000–01	Sullivan County CC	32–3			NJCAA Championship Runner-up
Sullivan County CC:		90–10 (.900)
Total:		90–10 (.900)
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

NCAA DI

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Albany (America East Conference) (2001–present)
2001–02	Albany	7–13‡	5–11	T–9th
2002–03	Albany	7–21	3–13	T–9th
2003–04	Albany	5–23	3–13	10th
2004–05	Albany	13–15	9–9	4th
2005–06	Albany	21–11	13–3	1st	NCAA Round of 64
2006–07	Albany	23–9	13–3	2nd	NCAA Round of 64
2007–08	Albany	15–15	10–6	3rd
2008–09	Albany	15–16	6–10	7th
2009–10	Albany	7–25	2–14	9th
2010–11	Albany	16–16	9–7	4th
2011–12	Albany	19–15	9–7	4th	CIT First Round
2012–13	Albany	24–11	9–7	5th	NCAA Round of 64
2013–14	Albany	19–15	9–7	4th	NCAA Round of 64
2014–15	Albany	24–9	15–1	1st	NCAA Round of 64
2015–16	Albany	24–9	13–3	2nd	CBI First Round
Albany:		238–224 (.515)	127–114 (.527)	‡ Beeten fired 12/20/01; Brown coached rest of season.
Total:		238–224 (.515)
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

External links

• Bio on Albany's athletics site
• Official site