Dale Brown

Dale Brown (born October 31, 1935)

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

Career Accomplishments:

  • 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)

Awards:

Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):

1972-1997 LSU
1971-1972 Washington State (asst)
1966-1971 Utah State (asst)

Dale Brown Facts

  • 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

Dale Brown Coaching Tree

  • Ricky Blanton (Nicholls State)
  • Homer Drew (Valparaiso, Indiana-South Bend, Bethel)
  • Al Green (South Adelaide, Forestville)
  • Rick Huckabay (Marshall)
  • Johnny Jones (Texas Southern, LSU, North Texas, Memphis)
  • Randy Livingston (Idaho Stampede)
  • Don Newman (Arizona State, Sacramento State)
  • Chico Potts (Mississippi Valley State)
  • Joey Stiebing (New Orleans)
  • Art Tolis (New Orleans, Tennessee-Martin)
  • Dennis Wolff (Boston University, Connecticut College)