Isaac Brown
Isaac Brown (born May 7, 1969)
Teams coached: Wichita State Shockers
Wichita State record: 48-34 (.585)
Overall record: 48-34 (.595)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 1 (2021)
- NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 0
- AAC Regular Season Champion: 1 (2021)
Awards:
- AAC Coach of the Year: 1 (2021)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
2020-2023 | Wichita State |
2014-2020 | Wichita State (asst) |
2011-2014 | Louisiana Tech (asst) |
2010-2011 | Arkansas State (assoc. HC) |
2007-2010 | Arkansas (asst) |
2002-2007 | South Alabama (asst) |
2000-2002 | Okaloosa-Walton CC (asst) |
1997-1999 | Pearl River CC (asst) |
Isaac Brown Facts
- Isaac Brown
- Born May 7, 1969
- Hometown: Pascagoula, Mississippi
- Alma Mater: Northeast Louisiana University (BA, 1995)
- The MS-native started his college career at Mississippi Gulf Coast CC (1988-90) before spending one season (1990-91) playing at Texas A&M for head coach Kermit Davis
- Finished his career at Northeast Louisiana (now UL-Monroe), where he played for longtime head coach Mike Vining
- Began coaching in 1997, spending two years as an assistant at Pearl River CC (MS) and one at alma mater Pascagoula HS (MS)
- After two years at Okaloosa-Walton CC in Florida, Brown joined John Pelphrey‘s staff at South Alabama in 2002
- During Brown’s time there, the Jaguars won two Sun Belt titles and went to the 2006 NCAA Tournament
- Followed Pelphrey to Arkansas in 2007, working with the Razorbacks for the next three seasons
- Spent one year as John Brady‘s associate head coach at Arkansas State, then was an assistant under Mike White at Florida for three years
- Arrived at Wichita State in 2014, spending the next six seasons working as one of Gregg Marshall‘s assistant coaches
- During that time, the Shockers went to four NCAA Tournaments, one NIT and won four MVC titles
- Was also on staff when the program transitioned from the MVC to the high-major AAC in 2017
- In November 2020, Brown was named the interim head coach for the 2020-21 season following Marshall’s resignation
- Brown signed a five-year contract in February as he led the Shockers to an AAC title in his first year; named AAC COY
- Went 48-34 overall in three full seasons at the helm; was fired in March 2023 following a 17-15 record
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