The Sacramento Kings announced the hiring of Mike Brown as head coach in May with hopes he would lead the team out of its 17-year playoff drought. He did that. Now, he’s the NBA’s Coach of the Year.
In the first unanimous win for the award in NBA history, 100 media members voted for Brown to beat finalists Mark Daigneault of the Oklahoma City Thunder and Joe Mazzulla of the Boston Celtics.
The 53-year-old previously spent six seasons living an hour and a half away from the home of his current team, where he worked as an assistant under Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr.