Former Bucks coach, 91-year-old Hubie Brown’s final broadcast scheduled Feb. 9 in Milwaukee
LAS VEGAS (AP) — ESPN has announced that 91-year-old Hubie Brown will call the final game of his broadcasting career on Feb. 9.
It’ll be a full-circle moment for Brown. The Basketball Hall of Famer’s finale will be in Milwaukee, where his professional coaching career started in 1972. The Bucks will play host to Philadelphia that afternoon, with the game preceding that day’s Super Bowl.
Brown will work the game on ABC alongside Mike Breen, who will handle play-by-play duties. ESPN released the news during the NBA Cup final in Las Vegas on Tuesday night.
Brown is a two-time NBA coach of the year and had stints as head coach of New York, Memphis and Atlanta. He has been with ESPN since 2004.
Brown was an assistant coach under Larry Costello for the Bucks from 1972 to 1974. He was part of the staff that made the NBA Finals in 1974 with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Oscar Robertson, but fell in seven games to the Boston Celtics.
ESPN said it would honor Brown’s career — including more than 50 years associated with the NBA and 35 years as a national television and radio analyst — throughout that broadcast.
TOP PHOTO: FILE – New York Knicks head coach, Hubie Brown, reacts while talking with one of the NBA referees during game against the Boston Celtics at Boston Garden in Boston, Mass., May 3, 1984. (AP Photo/Paul Benoit)