Phil Brown is an Australian basketball coach and coached the

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Women's Team 1986 to 2005 and 2009 to 2013. In his high school days, Brown played cricket and but was drawn back to basketball in the early 1970s. Brown played for the

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in the National Basketball League from 1981 to 1983. After his playing career, he moved into coaching with his first major appointments being ACT Basketball State Junior Coach from 1983-1989 and Assistant Coach

from 1986 to 1987. In 1986, he was appointed

(AIS) Women's Assistant Coach and in 1991 was appointed Head Coach in 1991. In 1993, National Junior Women's Team won the World Championship and all players were current (four) and former AIS scholarship holders. Another highlight for Brown was coaching the young AIS team to win the 1988-1999 WNBL Premiership. Leading Australian players coached by Brown at the AIS include

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, Jenni Screen,

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, Laura Summerton and

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. These players were significant contributors to

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medal success at the

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from 1996 to 2012 and

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1998 to 2014. In 2005, Brown left the AIS to take up the position of Associate Head Coach of the

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Women's Basketball Team. In 2009, he returned to Australia to again become Head Coach of the AIS Women's Program. In November 2013, Brown was named Basketball ACT's Head of High Performance and Coaching.

National Appointments

* Head coach, National Junior Women's Team (Gems) - 2003-2005 * Assistant coach, National Senior Women's Team (Opals) - 2001-2002 * Assistant coach, National Junior Women's Team (Gems) - 1990-2002 * Scouting coach, National Senior Women's Team (Opals)(Opals) - 1999-2000

Recognition

*2000 -

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*2002/2003 -

Women's National Basketball League The Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) is the pre-eminent professional women's basketball league in Australia. It is currently composed of eight teams. The league was founded in 1981 and is the women's counterpart to the National Baske ...

life member *2017 - ACT Sports Hall of Fame inductee. *2023 -

University of Canberra The University of Canberra (UC) is a public research university with its main campus located in Bruce, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory. The campus is within walking distance of Westfield Belconnen, and from Canberra's Civic Centre. UC ...

Sports Walk of Fame.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Brown, Phil Living people Australian women's basketball coaches Australian Institute of Sport coaches Canberra Cannons players Recipients of the Australian Sports Medal Oregon Ducks women's basketball coaches Australian expatriate basketball people in the United States Year of birth missing (living people) University of Canberra alumni