Former Illinois star Dee Brown is the new coach at Roosevelt University in Chicago, the NAIA school announced Monday.
The 37-year-old Brown was a McDonald’s All-American and Mr. Basketball of Illinois in 2002 at Proviso East in Maywood.
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He went on to lead Illinois to Big Ten regular-season titles in 2004 and 2005 and a run to the 2005 NCAA championship game, in which the Illini lost to North Carolina.
Brown played professionally for nine seasons, including two NBA seasons with the Utah Jazz, Washington Wizards and Phoenix Suns.
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Brown has been an assistant at Illinois-Chicago since 2017. He also worked as director of player development and alumni relations for the Illinois men’s basketball team under former coach John Groce and coached AAU ball.