Eastern Michigan Athletics
Men's Basketball
Brown, Mike
Mike Brown
- Title:
- Associate Head Men's Basketball Coach
- Email:
- mbrow111@emich.edu
- Phone:
- 734.487.0365
The 2016-17 campaign marks the sixth season that Mike Brown serves on the men’s basketball staff at Eastern Michigan University and his fifth as the Associate Head Coach.
In five seasons at EMU, Brown has been an integral part of the turn around of the men’s basketball program, which includes the 2012 Mid-American Conference West Division Championship , a run to the semifinals of the 2013-14 MAC Tournament and a postseason berth for the first time since the 1997-98 season when the Green and White earned a spot in the 2014 CollegeInsider.com Tournament. In addition, the Eagles made their way into the College Basketball Invitational following the 2014-15 campaign.
In three seasons working with EMU’s guards, he has coached a trio of All-Mid-American Conference ward winners, Darrell Lampley (2012), Raven Lee (2015 & 2016) and Karrington Ward (2014).
An assistant men’s basketball coach at the University of South Alabama from 2009-2011 and an Ann Arbor native, Brown was named an EMU assistant, May 5, 2011.
Brown has basketball coaching experience on the high school, junior college and NCAA levels, including two stints as a head coach.
In 2008-09 Brown was the head coach at Motlow State Community College in Tullahoma, Tenn. and led that team to the Tennessee Junior College Athletic Association (TJCAA) championship with a 22-8 record while coaching three All-TJCAA players and one All-American. Motlow reached the semifinals of the TJCCAA Tournament, falling to host Cleveland State Community College. Brown coached Tim Williams, an All-American and the co-TJCCAA Player of the Year.
During the 2006-07 season, he was the head men’s basketball coach at Schoolcraft (Mich.) Community College and directed that squad to the Michigan Community College Athletic Association (MCCAA) title while posting a 23-10 record. For his efforts, he was named the MCCAA Coach of the Year. All five sophomores on that Schoolcraft team signed with NCAA-Division I schools.
Brown began his coaching career at nearby Belleville High School as an assistant boy’s basketball coach, helping lead the Tigers to a 21-2 record and the MEGA Red Division championship in 2004-05.
From Belleville, Brown joined the Schoolcraft C.C. program as an assistant men’s basketball coach in 2005-06 and helped that team to a 23-5 record before taking over as the head coach the next season.
Brown left Schoolcraft to join the Kent State University men’s basketball program as the director of basketball operations in 2007-08. In that season KSU won the Mid-American Conference regular season and tournament titles and advanced to the NCAA Tournament. Four players earned all-MAC honors and one was an All-American. The Golden Flashes were also ranked in the Associated Press and ESPN Coaches’ polls during the season.
After one season at Kent State, Brown was named the head coach at Motlow and following that one year, moved on to the University of South Alabama in Mobile, Ala. where he was an assistant men’s basketball coach and recruiting coordinator from 2009 through the 2011 season.
As an intercollegiate basketball player, Brown earned four varsity letters at Siena Heights (Mich.) University (1998-2000) and Wayne State (Mich.) University (2000-02). Siena Heights posted a 58-15 mark in his two seasons with two trips to the NAIA National Tournament, including a national semifinals appearance and two conference titles. As a sophomore he led the team in scoring, assists, and steals, was a third team All-American and first team all-conference and was named to the all-defensive team and all-academic teams.
He played his final two seasons at Wayne State, earning all-Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference honors as a junior after leading the team in scoring, assists and steals. Brown was named the preseason player of the year in 2001 but played in only seven games after suffering a season-ending injury.
While a high school player at Ann Arbor’s Huron H.S., Brown was a sixth-team All-Stater and first-team All-Area player as a senior in 1996-97.
Brown earned both his bachelor’s degree and master’s degree at Wayne State University, completing his B.A. in business in 2002 and his M.A. in sport management in 2004.
Brown is married to Melissa (Green), a 2008 Eastern Michigan University graduate and former standout track performer for the Eagles.
In five seasons at EMU, Brown has been an integral part of the turn around of the men’s basketball program, which includes the 2012 Mid-American Conference West Division Championship , a run to the semifinals of the 2013-14 MAC Tournament and a postseason berth for the first time since the 1997-98 season when the Green and White earned a spot in the 2014 CollegeInsider.com Tournament. In addition, the Eagles made their way into the College Basketball Invitational following the 2014-15 campaign.
In three seasons working with EMU’s guards, he has coached a trio of All-Mid-American Conference ward winners, Darrell Lampley (2012), Raven Lee (2015 & 2016) and Karrington Ward (2014).
An assistant men’s basketball coach at the University of South Alabama from 2009-2011 and an Ann Arbor native, Brown was named an EMU assistant, May 5, 2011.
Brown has basketball coaching experience on the high school, junior college and NCAA levels, including two stints as a head coach.
In 2008-09 Brown was the head coach at Motlow State Community College in Tullahoma, Tenn. and led that team to the Tennessee Junior College Athletic Association (TJCAA) championship with a 22-8 record while coaching three All-TJCAA players and one All-American. Motlow reached the semifinals of the TJCCAA Tournament, falling to host Cleveland State Community College. Brown coached Tim Williams, an All-American and the co-TJCCAA Player of the Year.
During the 2006-07 season, he was the head men’s basketball coach at Schoolcraft (Mich.) Community College and directed that squad to the Michigan Community College Athletic Association (MCCAA) title while posting a 23-10 record. For his efforts, he was named the MCCAA Coach of the Year. All five sophomores on that Schoolcraft team signed with NCAA-Division I schools.
Brown began his coaching career at nearby Belleville High School as an assistant boy’s basketball coach, helping lead the Tigers to a 21-2 record and the MEGA Red Division championship in 2004-05.
From Belleville, Brown joined the Schoolcraft C.C. program as an assistant men’s basketball coach in 2005-06 and helped that team to a 23-5 record before taking over as the head coach the next season.
Brown left Schoolcraft to join the Kent State University men’s basketball program as the director of basketball operations in 2007-08. In that season KSU won the Mid-American Conference regular season and tournament titles and advanced to the NCAA Tournament. Four players earned all-MAC honors and one was an All-American. The Golden Flashes were also ranked in the Associated Press and ESPN Coaches’ polls during the season.
After one season at Kent State, Brown was named the head coach at Motlow and following that one year, moved on to the University of South Alabama in Mobile, Ala. where he was an assistant men’s basketball coach and recruiting coordinator from 2009 through the 2011 season.
As an intercollegiate basketball player, Brown earned four varsity letters at Siena Heights (Mich.) University (1998-2000) and Wayne State (Mich.) University (2000-02). Siena Heights posted a 58-15 mark in his two seasons with two trips to the NAIA National Tournament, including a national semifinals appearance and two conference titles. As a sophomore he led the team in scoring, assists, and steals, was a third team All-American and first team all-conference and was named to the all-defensive team and all-academic teams.
He played his final two seasons at Wayne State, earning all-Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference honors as a junior after leading the team in scoring, assists and steals. Brown was named the preseason player of the year in 2001 but played in only seven games after suffering a season-ending injury.
While a high school player at Ann Arbor’s Huron H.S., Brown was a sixth-team All-Stater and first-team All-Area player as a senior in 1996-97.
Brown earned both his bachelor’s degree and master’s degree at Wayne State University, completing his B.A. in business in 2002 and his M.A. in sport management in 2004.
Brown is married to Melissa (Green), a 2008 Eastern Michigan University graduate and former standout track performer for the Eagles.
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