Milan Brown (born January 1971) is an American

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coach. He is currently an assistant coach for

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. He was the head coach at Holy Cross until his firing on March 6, 2015. Prior to assuming this position in 2010, he succeeded Jim Phelan at

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, who retired in 2003 after coaching for 49 years. Brown graduated in 1993 from

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, playing basketball there for four years. Brown was a member of the Bison squad which made the school's last NCAA tournament in

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. His number was retired by the school in December 2005. On March 12, 2008, Brown led the Mountaineers to the 2007–08

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Championship game where they were victorious, 68–55, over

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. He led his team to a 69–60 victory over

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in the opening round of the

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. The Mount lost 113–74 to the

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in the first round. Brown completed his sixth season as head coach with a 69–58 loss to

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in the opening round of the 2009 CollegeInsider.com Tournament on March 18, 2009. In Brown's final season at the Mount, he led the Mountaineers to a 16–15 overall record and 12–6 in the Northeast Conference, good for a third-place finish. After starting the season 5–14, the Mount ran off 11 consecutive victories, its longest streak since winning 15 straight in the 1995–96 season. His tenure ended at the Mount when they lost to

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, 80–62, in the Northeast Conference semifinals. He finished his time at the Mount with a record of 95–120, 68–58 in Northeast Conference play. In 2010, during his tenure at Holy Cross, he became the first black member of the

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, having been sponsored by Holy Cross alumnus

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Head coaching record

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