Dale Brown

Teams coached: LSU Tigers
LSU record: 448-301 (.598)
Overall record: 448-301 (.598)

NCAA National Championships: 0
NCAA Tournament Appearances: 13 (1979, 1980, 1981, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 192, 1993)
NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen: 5 (1979, 1980, 1981, 1986, 1987)
NCAA Tournament Final Four: 2 (1981, 1986)
NIT Championships: 0
NIT Appearances: 2 (1982, 1983)
SEC Regular Season Champion: 4 (1979, 1981, 1985, 1991)
SEC Tournament Champion: 1 (1980)

Dale Duward Brown
Born October 31, 1935
Hometown: Minot, North Dakota
Alma Mater: Minot State University (BA, 1957) / University of Oregon (MA, 1964)
Was a three-star athlete earning 12 total varsity letters (basketball, football, track) at Minot State
Started his coaching career at the high school level, coaching multiple sports at Columbus HS and Bishop Ryan HS (both in ND)
Was head basketball and track coach at Fort Riley, KS while recalled into military service in 1961 (honorably discharged as a US Army sergeant)
After one year each as the head coach at Palm Springs HS and Garfield JHS in Berkeley, Brown moved up to the college ranks
Spent five years as an assistant at Utah State, working under Aggies head coach LaDell Andersen, followed by one season at Washington State assisting Bob Greenwood
Hired as the LSU head coach in 1972, a position he would hold for the next 25 years
- LSU was given Brown’s name by Bob Boyd, the USC head coach who turned down the gig himself
  - Brown later hired Boyd to work on his staff at LSU for his final season (1996-97)
- Built the program from an SEC doormat to a perennial contender on the national stage
- Went to 13 NCAA Tournaments with LSU, including trips to the Final Four in 1981 and 1986
- Retired from LSU in 1997 having won more games than any other coach in SEC history besides Adolph Rupp
Along with his wife, Vonnie, has one daughter and several grandchildren