Live With CDP Sports Talk, Guest: Will Brown, Season #4, Episode #33, (September 21st, 2022)

Will Brown, is an American basketball coach who serves as Head Coach and General Manager for the Albany Patroons of The Basketball League (TBL). He is a former men's basketball head coach at the University at Albany, and he also has coaching experience at The College of Saint Rose and at Sullivan County Community College. Brown coached the University at Albany Great Danes to each of their seven postseason appearances as a Division I team, including their first five NCAA tournament berths. Brown was the head coach at the University at Albany from 2002 to 2021. Brown began his coaching career at The College of Saint Rose, serving as an assistant coach for three seasons. He then became the head coach at Sullivan County Community College, compiling a record of 90–10 in three seasons. Brown joined the coaching staff at the University at Albany as an assistant coach for the 2001–02 season, and was named interim head coach on December 20, 2001 after head coach Scott Beeten was fired. On March 13, 2002, UAlbany removed the "interim" tag from Brown's title and officially named him as its 15th head coach. In his fourth full season on the job, Brown led the Great Danes to their first-ever America East conference regular season and tournament championship, as well as its first Division I NCAA Tournament appearance. With the help of two-time America East Player of the Year Jamar Wilson, the team won the America East conference tournament title in 2007 and returned to the NCAA tournament in 2007 From the 2012–13 season to the 2014–15 season, Brown guided Albany to three straight America East titles and NCAA appearances, adding his second conference regular season title in the process. His fifth conference tournament title tied Jim Calhoun for the highest total in America East history.In 2019, Brown earned his 300th career victory as the coach of the Great Danes when the team defeated Niagara. On March 1, 2021, Brown and Albany agreed to mutually part ways at the expiration of his contract. Brown's career record at the University at Albany was 315–295. On October 27, 2021, the Albany Patroons of The Basketball League announced that the team had hired Brown as its head coach and general manager for the 2022 season. Career highlights and awards 2 America East regular season championships (2006, 2015) 5 America East Tournament championships (2006, 2007, 2013–2015) America East Coach of the Year (2015) #willbrown #albanypatroons #livewithcdp #talkshow #guest #thebasketballleague #youtube #facebook #linkedin #audio #applepodcasts #googlepodcasts #spotify #anchorfm #linkedin #radiopublic #breaker #pocketcasts #headcoach #generalmanager #barrycullenchevrolet #sponsor