Coach of Nigeria's men's senior basketball team Mike Brown is doing it for free

The NBA coach is not demanding any sort of salary for this job as D'Tigers' boss.


The Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF) in February 2020 pulled off a massive feat with the appointment of NBA coach Mike Brown as the coach of the D'Tigers, Nigeria's senior men's basketball team.



The D'Tigers have had a slew of good coaches but getting Brown; a bonafide NBA coach was a huge feat.

Born in Ohio, Brown didn't have a good playing career, but since he hung his sneakers, he has worked his way up to NBA top coaching jobs.

Aside from his several assistant coach jobs with the Washington Wizards, San Antonio Spurs, Indiana Pacers, and the Golden State Warriors, he has had stints as the head coach at Cleveland Cavaliers and La Lakers, where he worked with the legendary LeBron James and Kobe Bryant respectively

Brown, too, despite his profile, was 100% committed to the job. He chose to work for free for a start, demanding that the money used in the development of basketball in Nigeria.

The Golden State Warriors associate coach took charge of the D'Tigers team with just the Tokyo Olympic Games his only brief, but the COVID-19 pandemic has since changed everything.

Instead of the Olympics, his first task was the first round of the 2021 Afrobasket qualifiers which kicked off in November 2019.

The qualifiers have been successful, with Brown's team already booking their place in the 2021 Afrobaset tournament in Kigali, Rwanda, after the Olympics.

Ahead of the Olympics, the D'Tigers have impressed with big wins against the United States and Argentina in exhibition games.

Although getting a medal at the Olympics might be too much of a task to be asked of the team yet, there has been a stark improvement that started with Brown's predecessor Alexander Nwora who is still in the coaching setup.

While his focus has always been the Olympics since he got the job, Brown has also set his sights on the team's medium and long-term development.

"We want to be a power house, we want to be mentioned with the best in the world and in other to do that, you need to be sure the players are taken care of and the standards are set at the right level," he told ESPN in December 2020.


The 51-year-old is blessed with an array of foreign-born and trained talent but he has also done his homework with making sure that these players opt to play for Nigeria.

He has also improved the coaching staff of the D'Tigers with experts from the NBA.

Some player development coaches on the Warriors staff are already helping him ahead of the Olympics.

Darvin Ham, associate head coach in the Milwaukee Bucks, Jordi Fernandez, second assistant for the Denver Nuggets and James Laughlin, Golden State director of video operations, are also some of the experts he is working with.


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Who Are Mike Brown Parents? Is The Warriors Coach Nigerian? Everything To Know


Is the Warriors coach Mike Brown Nigerian? Nigerian national basketball coach Mike Brown has kept the details about his parents hidden.

Mike Brown is precisely known to be a professional basketball coach.

Having experienced being a head coach for the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Los Angeles Lakers in the past, Brown currently serves as an associate head coach of the Golden State Warriors.

Besides that, the 51-year-old is the national basketball coach of Nigeria.

Under Brown’s guidance, the Nigerian basketball team has outperformed the American team in their exhibition game ahead of Tokyo Olympics.

Nigeria stunned the Team USA with the 90-87 in the full time, with the Nigerian heads headed high.

With the astonishing performance given by the Nigerian team, the sports pundits have largely credited Mike Brown for the win.

Who Are Mike Brown Parents?
Mike Brown’s parents are known to be from military backgrounds.

Although the detailed name and information about his parents are not surfaced on the web yet, Brown’s parents were known to reside in Germany in the 90s.

Given the information about his parents being staying in Wurzburg, Germany, Mike got his primary education in Wurzburg American High School.

Further, Brown also has a younger brother named Anthony, who was known to be a football player for the University of Utah.

What Is Mike Brown Nationality? Is He Nigerian?
Basketball coach Mike Brown belongs to the American nationality.

Although he is known to coach the Nigerian national basketball team, the 6 ft. 3 inches tall coach was born in Columbus, Ohio.

Meanwhile, the lanky coach spends his early years overseas but returned to his home country to finish his education.

Mike Brown is believed to be of the African-American ethnicity.

However, the details behind Brown being Nigerian descendants is left unclear as of now.

The Nigerian men’s basketball team, led by Warriors assistant coach Mike Brown, shocked Team USA 90-87 in an exhibition in Las Vegas.

Read @Rusty_SFChron’s feature on Brown’s ambitions for Nigerian hoops on the world stage.https:///wyG2VzXpKe

— Sporting Green (@SportingGreenSF) July 11, 2021

Mike Brown Family Background
Mike Brown’s family is believed to be African-American as well.

Known to be from a military background, Mike’s family does not have a history with sports.

However, Mike and his brother Anthony have made a quality name for themselves in the sports industry.

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