Mary & Al Schwarz Hall of Fame
Jim Brown served as an assistant, associate and head coach for the Wright State men's basketball team for 27 years.
He was an assistant coach under head coach John Ross, Wright State's first coach, and continued in that roll with head coaches Marcus Jackson and Ralph Underhill, becoming associate head coach in 1993. He then was appointed head coach for the 1996-97 season.
After leaving WSU, he was the head coach at Northmont High School for 16 years.
During his time with the Raiders, the program moved from high school gyms, to the PE Building to the Nutter Center and from a Division II independent to a member of the MCC (now Horizon League) and Division I.
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