Dale Brown, legendary LSU basketball coach, dies aged 90

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Dale Brown, who coached LSU basketball for 25 years and guided Shaquille O'Neal, has died at 90.

Dale Brown, who coached LSU basketball for 25 years, has died at 90, one week before his 91st birthday. Days before his death, he was named the 2027 recipient of the John R. Wooden Legends of Coaching Award. His family said in a statement: 'We have lost the most loving and most loved man any of us has ever known. Dale Brown always put others first. He always led with the heart.'

Brown was named AP Coach of the Year in 1981 and was a four-time SEC Coach of the Year, with the most wins of any coach in LSU program history. The panache with which his teams played packed LSU's Pete Maravich Assembly Center so densely that the stadium earned the nickname 'Deaf Dome'. The highlights of his tenure included two trips to the NCAA Final Four with his 1981 and 1986 teams.

Brown coached Shaquille O'Neal for three seasons from 1989–90 until O'Neal entered the 1992 NBA draft and was selected first overall by Orlando. LSU earned bids to the NCAA Tournament during all three of O'Neal's seasons but did not advance past the second round. The final years of Brown's career were marked by an NCAA investigation into alleged recruiting tactics; the NCAA concluded that a booster had paid one of Brown's former players about $5,000 whilst he played for the Tigers. Brown retired in 1997 and LSU was placed on probation in 1998.

How it is being reported

• Dale Brown, LSU basketball coach who discovered a 13-year-old Shaquille O'Neal playing in Germany, dies at 90Dale Brown, the LSU basketball coach credited with discovering a 13-year-old Shaquille O'Neal, has passed away one week shy of his 91st birthday.Daily Mail Sport · 24 Oct, 03:44
• Dale Brown, winningest LSU basketball coach who Shaquille O’Neal played under, dead at 90He was 90.New York Post · 23 Oct, 21:25

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