Current position | |
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Title | Head coach |
Team | West Texas A&M |
Conference | Lone Star Conference |
Playing career | |
1988–1992 | Winona State |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1994–1998 | Gilmanton HS |
1998–2014 | Winona State (associate HC) |
2014–present | West Texas A&M |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 272–62 (.814) |
Tournaments | 20–7 (NCAA Division II) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
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Tom Brown is an American college basketball coach who is the head coach of the West Texas A&M Buffaloes basketball team.
Brown grew up in Woodbury, Minnesota and attended Woodbury High School. He played college basketball at Winona State. [1] Brown finished his career with the Winona State Warriors as the program's all-time leader in steals as well as fifth in scoring and second in assists. [2]
Brown began his coaching career in 1994 as the head coach of Gilmanton High School in Gilmanton, Wisconsin, where he also taught and served as the school's athletic director. [1] He then served as the associate head coach and recruiting coordinator at his alma mater, Winona State, from 1998 to 2014. [3] The Warriors won the NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament in 2006 and 2008 while Brown was on staff. [4]
Brown was hired as the head coach at West Texas A&M on April 16, 2014. [5] He won his 200th game with a 82–72 victory over St. Edward's on January 31, 2022. [6]
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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West Texas A&M (Lone Star Conference)(2014–present) | |||||||||
2014–15 | West Texas A&M | 17–12 | 7–7 | ||||||
2015–16 | West Texas A&M | 21–10 | 9–5 | ||||||
2016–17 | West Texas A&M | 26–9 | 12–6 | NCAA Division II Sweet Sixteen | |||||
2017–18 | West Texas A&M | 32–4 | 15–3 | NCAA Division II Final Four | |||||
2018–19 | West Texas A&M | 34–4 | 17–1 | NCAA Division II Elite Eight | |||||
2019–20 | West Texas A&M | 32–1 | 21–1 | No postseason held | |||||
2020–21 | West Texas A&M | 19–3 | 10–2 | NCAA Division II Runner-up | |||||
2021–22 | West Texas A&M | 28–7 | 11–5 | NCAA Division II Second Round | |||||
2022–23 | West Texas A&M | 27–7 | 20–2 | NCAA Division II Sweet Sixteen | |||||
2023–24 | West Texas A&M | 30–5 | 20–2 | NCAA Division II Final Four | |||||
2024–25 | West Texas A&M | 6–0 | 1–0 | ||||||
West Texas A&M: | 272–62 (.814) | 143–34 (.808) | |||||||
Total: | 272–62 (.814) | ||||||||
National champion Postseason invitational champion |
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