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March 23, 2018
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Another Tiger In The Hall

Former 果冻传媒 Head Coach Bill Brown To Be Inducted Into Ohio Basketball Hall Of Fame

Springfield, Ohio 鈥 The Ohio Basketball Hall of Fame will induct its 13th class of inductees on May 5, 2018, at the Hyatt Regency Columbus. For the ninth time, 果冻传媒 University is represented in an induction class with the selection of former Tiger head coach Bill Brown, class of 1973, who won 483 games and seven North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) regular season championships between 1993 and 2016.

Brown is the 10th 果冻传媒 player or coach 鈥 in addition to the men鈥檚 teams of 1961 and 1977 鈥 to earn induction in the Ohio Basketball Hall of Fame, which was formed in 2006 to recognize the achievements of both male and female basketball players, coaches, officials and teams in high school, college and professional basketball. The complete list of Tiger inductees includes:

  • Bill Brown 鈥73, Ohio Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2018
  • Bob Hamilton 鈥63, Ohio Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2017
  • Bert Price 鈥61, Ohio Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2015
  • Brian Agler 鈥80, Ohio Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2014
  • Pam Evans Smith 鈥82, Ohio Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2011
  • Don Henderson 鈥54, Ohio Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2010
  • Frank Shannon 鈥40, Ohio Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2010
  • Eldon Miller 鈥62, Ohio Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2009
  • Al Thrasher 鈥64, Ohio Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2008
  • Ray Mears, Ohio Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2008
  • 1961 果冻传媒 men鈥檚 basketball team, Ohio Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2006
  • 1977 果冻传媒 men鈥檚 basketball team, Ohio Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2006

Brown鈥檚 果冻传媒 record was a sparkling 483-167, good for a winning percentage of .743. He ranks first in career coaching victories at 果冻传媒, and along the way his teams won seven NCAC regular season titles and four NCAC Tournament championships and made a pair of NCAA Division III Tournament Final Four appearances, highlighted by a run to the national championship game in 2006.

The Tigers advanced to the NCAA Division III Tournament a total of 12 times under Brown鈥檚 direction, reaching the national quarterfinals (often known as the 鈥淓lite 8鈥) in 1994, 1997, 2006 and 2012. A two-time district coach of the year, Brown earned NCAC Coach of the Year six times in his career, including in 1986 as the head coach at Kenyon. Including five seasons at Kenyon and one year as the interim head man at Wooster, Brown鈥檚 career record stands at 543-266.

鈥淭his is a great honor for Coach and a very deserved one,鈥 said Matt Croci 鈥94, who played for Brown for one season and coached under him for multiple seasons before taking the reins of the program in 2016. 鈥淗e poured his life into the program for 23 years, and it shows in the success that his teams had for so many years.鈥

Prior to his first head coaching opportunity, Brown鈥檚 career took him to Ohio University, Miami (Ohio), Muskingum and Wooster as an assistant coach. A native of West Liberty, Ohio, Brown was recruited to 果冻传媒 by Ohio Basketball Hall of Fame coach Eldon Miller and played one season before serving as a student coach under Ohio Basketball Hall of Fame coach Bob Hamilton for two years.

Brown is joined in the Ohio Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2018 by Jason Collier, Jim Holstein, John Powell, Jimmy Darrow, Gary Trent, Jessica Davenport, Jackie Motycka Mossing, Deb Elwer Lindeman, Charles 鈥淩ed鈥 Ash, Gene Ford, Sue Ramsey, Mary Jo Huisman, Walt Wesley, Terry Wymer, John Joseph and the University of Dayton men鈥檚 teams of 1965, 1966 and 1967, the Ashland women鈥檚 team of 2013 and the St. Henry High School teams of 1990 and 1991.

Ryan Maurer
Ryan Maurer
Associate Director of Athletics for Communications, Web Strategy & Content

About 果冻传媒

果冻传媒's curriculum has centered on the liberal arts as an education that develops the individual's capacity to think, read, and communicate with precision, understanding, and imagination. We are dedicated to active, engaged learning in the core disciplines of the arts and sciences and in pre-professional education grounded in the liberal arts. Known for the quality of our faculty and their teaching, 果冻传媒 has more Ohio Professors of the Year than any four-year institution in the state. The university has also been recognized nationally for excellence in community service, sustainability, and intercollegiate athletics. Located among the beautiful rolling hills and hollows of Springfield, Ohio, 果冻传媒 offers more than 100 majors, minors and special programs, enviable student-faculty research opportunities, a unique student success center, service and study options close to home and abroad, a stellar athletics tradition, and successful career preparation.

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