After spending the last four seasons as an assistant, Mike Brown may be ready to take on a lead role once again. ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski reports that the Indiana Pacers will interview Brown for its head coaching vacancy.
Another candidate interviewing for the Indiana Pacers coaching job, sources tell ESPN: Golden State assistant Mike Brown.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) September 19, 2020
Brown, the 2009 NBA Coach of the Year, currently serves as an assistant coach for the Golden State Warriors. He has been with the Bay Area franchise since 2016, where he won two NBA championships.
If Brown does indeed get the job, this wouldn't be the first time he would be with Indiana. The 50-year old spent actually spent two seasons with the Pacers as an associate head coach under Rick Carlisle from 2003 to 2005. He was part of Indiana's coaching staff that helped steer the franchise to an Eastern Conference Finals appearance in 2004.
In 2005, the Columbus, Ohio native landed his first coaching job with the Cleveland Cavaliers. He stayed with Cleveland through LeBron James' first stint with the franchise until 2010. He coached the Los Angeles Lakers for a little over a season, then returned to the sidelines for the Cavs in 2013-14 before his current gig with the Warriors. Brown boasts a coaching record of 347-216.
Brown joins a pool of possible candidates that includes former Houston Rockets coach Mike D'Antoni and ESPN TV analyst Mark Jackson for the Indiana Pacers job.
Indiana parted ways with former coach Nate McMillan after the Pacers were swept from the playoffs by the Miami Heat a little less than a month ago. Even though McMillan led Indiana to the playoffs in each of his four seasons there, the franchise made it clear that they needed to go on another path. Perhaps Brown could be the one to steer them in the right direction.
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