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re: RIP Dale Brown
Posted on 10/23/26 at 2:05 pm to alterego55
Posted on 10/23/26 at 2:05 pm to alterego55
Damn, tough year
Posted on 10/23/26 at 2:07 pm to CharlesLSU
And Bob Pettit
Posted on 10/23/26 at 2:14 pm to TigerDCC11
I was in North Stadium in 80-82. I can definitely identify with your post, I absolutely loved Coach Stovall and Coach Pete Jenkins. They would be in a golf cart waiting on the players to get on city buses to take them to practice.
They would ask about your grades, then family and tell you if you need anything to let them know.
Coach Brown was the same. 1997 i think it was a Bayou Bash, I talked to him. He asked for my address and sent me a ton of incredibly great motivational writings.
His last game against Arkansas in 97, I brought my 9 year old son to the Assembly Center to try and get two tickets. The people outside the AC had ridiculous prices so we kinda hung by the doors. Dale Brown waved to the ticket takers to let us in.
I was at the 1981 Midwest Regional in the Dome and that was the greatest Tiger moment ever until 91, 93,96,97,2000 baseball Then Football took off.
TLDR. Im sad that some of you don't realize that Dale Brown IS LSU basketball.
They would ask about your grades, then family and tell you if you need anything to let them know.
Coach Brown was the same. 1997 i think it was a Bayou Bash, I talked to him. He asked for my address and sent me a ton of incredibly great motivational writings.
His last game against Arkansas in 97, I brought my 9 year old son to the Assembly Center to try and get two tickets. The people outside the AC had ridiculous prices so we kinda hung by the doors. Dale Brown waved to the ticket takers to let us in.
I was at the 1981 Midwest Regional in the Dome and that was the greatest Tiger moment ever until 91, 93,96,97,2000 baseball Then Football took off.
TLDR. Im sad that some of you don't realize that Dale Brown IS LSU basketball.
This post was edited on 10/23/26 at 2:16 pm
Posted on 10/23/26 at 2:19 pm to alterego55
Legend. I remember getting his autograph with Nikita Wilson and Chris Jackson.
Posted on 10/23/26 at 2:20 pm to alterego55
I know people have their different opinions on Dale Brown and Dale was self-admittedly not the best Xs and Os coach, however, anyone who lived through that era can't deny how huge he made LSU basketball and how unbelievably exciting it was.
LSU set the all-time attendance record for an NCAA basketball game in the Dome against #2 Georgetown with 54,000+ in actual attendance. Then they broke their own record the next year in the Dome with 68,000+ tickets sold against Notre Dame. That record stood for years and to this day, LSU still has 3 of the top 4 largest attended regular season games of all-time. That is astonishing. That was 35+ years ago. NO ONE sold LSU basketball or even the sport of basketball in Louisiana (and beyond) like Dale Brown did. LSU basketball was a losing, nothing of a program when he took over.
LSU hosting the first round of that regional in the 1986 tournament and the home court advantage LSU had from the phenomenal atmosphere was the reason that the NCAA stopped letting teams host regionals on their home court because LSU won out and eliminated some giants on their way to making the Final Four. People complained that it was unfair due to LSU being an 11-seed.
First #11 seed to ever get to the Final Four (a record that no one has surpassed 40 years later), classic games with Loyola Marymount, UNLV, Georgetown, etc., CJ, Shaq, 4 Regular Season SEC Championships and 2 Final Fours.
Legend. RIP.
LSU set the all-time attendance record for an NCAA basketball game in the Dome against #2 Georgetown with 54,000+ in actual attendance. Then they broke their own record the next year in the Dome with 68,000+ tickets sold against Notre Dame. That record stood for years and to this day, LSU still has 3 of the top 4 largest attended regular season games of all-time. That is astonishing. That was 35+ years ago. NO ONE sold LSU basketball or even the sport of basketball in Louisiana (and beyond) like Dale Brown did. LSU basketball was a losing, nothing of a program when he took over.
LSU hosting the first round of that regional in the 1986 tournament and the home court advantage LSU had from the phenomenal atmosphere was the reason that the NCAA stopped letting teams host regionals on their home court because LSU won out and eliminated some giants on their way to making the Final Four. People complained that it was unfair due to LSU being an 11-seed.
First #11 seed to ever get to the Final Four (a record that no one has surpassed 40 years later), classic games with Loyola Marymount, UNLV, Georgetown, etc., CJ, Shaq, 4 Regular Season SEC Championships and 2 Final Fours.
Legend. RIP.
Posted on 10/23/26 at 2:25 pm to alterego55
Damn. Rip coach.
Posted on 10/23/26 at 2:25 pm to alterego55
RIP Coach 
Posted on 10/23/26 at 2:26 pm to alterego55
Sad day. I lived in North Stadium dorm so I often saw walking and talking below. Great man.
Posted on 10/23/26 at 2:27 pm to alterego55
Sad day for LSU and sports world in general.
With legends in football, basketball, and baseball passing away this year, we BETTER win some championships
With legends in football, basketball, and baseball passing away this year, we BETTER win some championships
Posted on 10/23/26 at 2:34 pm to Mister Ice
And Jerry Stovall.
Coach Dale Brown was one of the good guys. He loved Shaq. RIP
Coach Dale Brown was one of the good guys. He loved Shaq. RIP
This post was edited on 10/23/26 at 2:38 pm
Posted on 10/23/26 at 2:42 pm to alterego55
Once upon a time in the early 90s I was a kid tagging along with my dad to the Ducks Unlimited banquet in the PMAC. While the dads were drinking and spending their money, me and some other kids were sneaking around the PMAC's corridors and trying to find our way into wherever we could that we werent allowed to go.
A security guard angrily stopped us and told us to follow him. We were shitting our pants thinking about how much trouble we were in. He opened a door and motioned for us to go in. When we walked inside it was Dale's office with Dale at the desk. He told us to come in and sit down. We still thought we were in trouble. Here was Dale Brown, a legend in the flesh, about to give us an arse chewing like we've never gotten. We were nervous as can be. Then he smiled, asked us our names, how old we were, where we went to school, what sports we played, etc etc. Had a great conversation. He showed us stuff in his office - trophies, pictures. He had us follow him out to his car as he was heading home for the night. A Cadillac. I can still remember it. He popped the trunk and it had purple and gold basketballs in it. He signed and gave one to each of us and told us to have fun and dont get into anymore trouble. Just an incredible experience for a young kid.
RIP, Coach. Sad day for the Tigers.
A security guard angrily stopped us and told us to follow him. We were shitting our pants thinking about how much trouble we were in. He opened a door and motioned for us to go in. When we walked inside it was Dale's office with Dale at the desk. He told us to come in and sit down. We still thought we were in trouble. Here was Dale Brown, a legend in the flesh, about to give us an arse chewing like we've never gotten. We were nervous as can be. Then he smiled, asked us our names, how old we were, where we went to school, what sports we played, etc etc. Had a great conversation. He showed us stuff in his office - trophies, pictures. He had us follow him out to his car as he was heading home for the night. A Cadillac. I can still remember it. He popped the trunk and it had purple and gold basketballs in it. He signed and gave one to each of us and told us to have fun and dont get into anymore trouble. Just an incredible experience for a young kid.
RIP, Coach. Sad day for the Tigers.
Posted on 10/23/26 at 2:42 pm to alterego55
May he rest in peace. He is the best coach in LSU men's basketball history.
Posted on 10/23/26 at 2:45 pm to Lsupimp
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I will always love Dale. He was very kind to me when I needed some kindness. He didn't care if you could benefit him-he legitimately loved people and would help a stranger. He also was very sympathetic to the underdog-be that a racial minority-or someone who had been punched in the gut by an illness or a setback. He only saw character. Although I once went seven years without missing a home game-it is Dale Brown-the man from Minot-that I will remember,
A lot of people on the outside thought it was a little bit of a self-interested act. But the truth is Dale really did care about people. The hundreds of stories of people who were NOT basketball players confirm that. LSU was often at its best at the underdog because that is who Dale was. Did he pay players before it was "legal" and bend NCAA rules? Yes. But I don't think it was strictly out of self interest to build the best basketball team. I think he truly wanted to help young men who came from limited means because that's who he was as a kid
Shaq has told the story many times about his recruitment. He talks about how he wasn't a good basketball player as an early teen and was ready to give up on the sport. Dale told him that he was going to give Shaq a scholarship anyway even if he never played basketball. That genuine loyalty was what won out when Shaq then became a great player
Posted on 10/23/26 at 2:50 pm to alterego55
RIP Coach
Posted on 10/23/26 at 2:51 pm to udtiger
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frick Bobby Knight.
Cannot emphasize this enough.
Posted on 10/23/26 at 2:53 pm to alterego55
Damn!!! This one hurts. RIP Coach
Posted on 10/23/26 at 2:54 pm to alterego55
I sit here trying to find the words to describe Coach Brown. There are so many things one could say about him on so many different topics. I expect that most here would be quick to point out that he was a great man. But I think, as I take a moment to ponder, that even more importantly, he was a good man, and he left his legacy with every single individual he coached, counseled, or even met and spoke to for a brief, passing instant in time.
Posted on 10/23/26 at 2:55 pm to tonydtigr
for the record they did reconcile in the mid to late 90s and actually became "friends." It was always a shock to hear one of them stick up for the other. 
Posted on 10/23/26 at 2:56 pm to alterego55
People hated him and regardless of those reasons, he always took time to talk to people.
My fondest memory, I was 7 in Oxford 1989. It’s a long winded story but after games in Baton Rouge ( Jackson number retirement and other games) I’d run into him and talk waiting for my nephew to get autographs. He never rushed the conversations. 20-30 minutes just talking recruiting ( I’m on the coast), games I’d been to etc.
Sad day he will be missed. Say what you want, he never backed down from a fight.
My fondest memory, I was 7 in Oxford 1989. It’s a long winded story but after games in Baton Rouge ( Jackson number retirement and other games) I’d run into him and talk waiting for my nephew to get autographs. He never rushed the conversations. 20-30 minutes just talking recruiting ( I’m on the coast), games I’d been to etc.
Sad day he will be missed. Say what you want, he never backed down from a fight.
Posted on 10/23/26 at 2:57 pm to alterego55
In the early days, Coach Brown was a one-man promoting machine for LSU basketball. There were great players scattered here and there in MBB before Dale, but think of the waves of talent he brought to LSU.
Rudy, High C, Chris Jackson, Shaq, Swat Mitchell, Derrick Taylor, Ethan Martin....
Rudy, High C, Chris Jackson, Shaq, Swat Mitchell, Derrick Taylor, Ethan Martin....
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