Five things you should know about Mike Brown, Nigeria basketball team's coach

You will get to know more about the popular Nigeria Basketball team’s coach, Mike Brown. Mike Brown ha actually been praised by Nigerians and the world for defeating the United States in a basketball game which held at Mandalay in Las Vegas on Sunday.

It was really a stunning victory for Nigerians. The scores were actually 90-87. Amazing!!!!

This is recorded that Mike Brown has helped Nigeria to become the first African Nation to beat America.

The match-up  actually serves as one of the tune-up games which was arranged by the Nigeria Basketball Federation for the team as they prepare for the 2020 Olympics where they’ll face Australia, Germany, and Italy in Group B.

Mike Brown has been in the basketball space for many decades. Infact, Mike Brown was instrumental in Nigeria’s victory over the US basketball team.

In this article, you will get to know Everything about Mike Brown. His biography and details will be explained below. The following are the five things you should know about Mike Brown. They are:

1.Mike Brown was actually born in Ohio on the 5th of March 1970. Mike Brown was born to American parents. Mike Brown actually started his basketball journey from his High school days at Würzburg American High School in Germany, where he graduated in 1988.

2.Mike Brown became an associate coach with the San Antonio basketball team, Spurs which was in the year 2000. The team won the National Basketball Association championship, three years later. That same year, Mike Brown then joined the Indiana Pacers as an assistant head coach, where he led Indiana to the Eastern Conference Finals in 2004.

3.Mike Brown also became the coach for Cleveland Cavaliers in the year 2005 and he was awarded as the NBA Coach of the year, which happened four years later


4.Mike Brown also became the head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers before he was actually re-hired by the Cavaliers in 2013.

5.Mike Brown was announced as the new head coach of the Nigerian national football team, and the next year, he led the Nigerian team to its win over the United States team in a pre-Olympic exhibition game.

You can see that Mike Brown really has great knowledge and experience in the world of basketball. Moving from basketball clubs, this has made him acquire skills as a coach.

Though, it wasn't really easy for the Nigerian team to defeat the United States of America team, but Mike Brown made it possible. It was just three scores difference. All hail Mike Brown who recorded a new history for NIgeria