Brown agrees to coach Knicks
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2005-07-27 15:58

Larry Brown has agreed to coach New York Knicks in a deal that will make him the highest-paid coach in American profession sports history, the New York Daily News reported on Wednesday.

The newspaper said details would be confirmed on Wednesday to make Brown the New York Knicks's 22nd coach and the fourth for the Knicks in the past 19 months.

Brown will be given a five- or six-year deal worth between 50 million and 60 million dollars, according to the report.

New York Knicks only won 33 games in the last season and has not won a playoff series since 2000.

Brown, who turns 65 in September, guided the Detroit Pistons to the 2004 NBA title and into last season's NBA Finals before losing a seventh-game showdown to the San Antonio Spurs.

Hip surgery last November and a bladder condition that developed as a result caused Brown to miss 17 games last season and it is believed his inability to be certain of coaching a full season this coming season led to his dismissal by the Pistons.

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