Brett Brown is a basketball coach who is currently the head coach of the Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

 national basketball team the Boomers

Australia national basketball team

The Australian national basketball team is the men's basketball side that represents Australia in international competitions. The team is known in Australia as the Boomers, an Australian slang term for Kangaroo. Australia is ranked 9th in the world and finished 7th at the 2008 Beijing Olympic...

 team and an assistant coach at the San Antonio Spurs

San Antonio Spurs

The San Antonio Spurs are an American professional basketball team based in San Antonio, Texas. They are part of the Southwest Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association ....

 in the NBA

National Basketball Association

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. He was an assistant coach with the Boomers for 132 games between 1995 and 2003 including the 1998 world championship and the 1996 and 2000 Olympic Games. Brown was formerly an assistant coach with Lindsay Gaze

Lindsay Gaze

Lindsay John Casson Gaze is an Australian basketball player and coach. He played for Australia in three Olympics between 1960 and 1968 and coached the Australian basketball team at four Olympics between 1972 and 1984...

 at the Melbourne Tigers

Melbourne Tigers

The Melbourne Tigers are Australia's oldest and most respected basketball team, established circa 1931 in a local church hall League. Entering the National Basketball League in 1984, they are now the only Melbourne team, after the South Dragons withdrew from the league.The Melbourne Tigers are the...

 before taking over at North Melbourne in 1993. He was named NBL coach of the year in 1994 when he led the Giants to the a championship victory over the Adelaide 36ers

Adelaide 36ers

The Adelaide 36ers are Adelaide's men's professional basketball team, established as the Adelaide City Eagles when they joined the National Basketball League in 1982. The Adelaide 36ers tally of four championships is equal with the Melbourne Tigers and second behind the Perth Wildcats as the most...

. He coached the Sydney Kings

Sydney Kings

The Sydney Kings are a professional basketball team competing in the Australasian National Basketball League. They are the only team to date to win three consecutive championships in the NBL and currently sit third behind the Adelaide 36ers and Melbourne Tigers two away from the record five wins...

 from 2000 to 2002 before leaving for San Antonio. He was Head Coach of the North Melbourne Giants from 1993 to 1998 and amassed 278 games as a Head Coach in the NBL with a 149-129 win-loss record.
Brown is originally American and met and married his wife, Anna, in Australia. They have two daughters, Julia and Laura, and a son, Sam. His task is to take the Australian team to the 2012 London Olympics as a replacement for Brian Goorjian

Brian Goorjian

Brian Goorjian is an American-Australian basketball coach. He is the most successful coach in Australian basketball history...

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High school

Brett was a star basketball player at South Portland High School in South Portland Maine. His father, Bob Brown, A New England Basketball Hall of Famer was the coach of his high school team. His father now coaches Cheverus High School which is one of the premier destinations in Maine to play high school basketball