Sacramento Kings give coach Mike Brown an extension and a raise (0:54)
Take a look at some numbers behind Mike Brown’s first two seasons with the Kings, leading to his receiving an extension and a raise. (0:54)
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Adrian Wojnarowski, ESPNJun 1, 2024, 12:23 AM ET
Sacramento Kings coach Mike Brown has agreed on a contract extension that will take him through the 2026-27 season with a raise to $8.5 million per season, his agent Warren LeGarie told ESPN on Friday night.
Brown — the 2022-23 NBA Coach of the Year — gets a $4.5 million raise on his 2024-25 contract and two new seasons at $8.5 million, LeGarie said. Brown has played a significant part in bringing the Kings back to relevance with a 94-70 record the past two seasons and the end of a 16-year playoff drought.
Brown and the Kings had briefly tabled talks, but both sides were determined to reach a deal that kept him with the franchise and landed there Friday night. Brown led the Kings to the playoffs for the first time in 16 years in 2022-23, steering Sacramento to a 48-34 record and the No. 3 seed in the Western Conference a year ago — eventually losing a seven-game opening-round series to the Golden State Warriors.
The Kings were a No. 9 seed this season, beating the Warriors in the play-in tournament before the New Orleans Pelicans eliminated them.
Brown is the first Kings coach to have a winning record in each of his first two seasons with the franchise since Rick Adelman from 1998 to 2000, according to ESPN Stats & Information.
Brown is a two-time NBA Coach of the Year — including with the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2009. He had two stops with the Cavaliers as head coach (305-187, .620) and a season-plus as the coach of the Los Angeles Lakers (42-29, .592).
