Kings Coach Mike Brown Signs 3-Year, $30M Contract Extension

Kings Coach Mike Brown Signs Three-Year, $30M Contract Extension

Updated –Jun 1, 2024

We publish independently audited content meeting strict editorial standards. Ads on our site are served by Google AdSense and are not controlled or influenced by our editorial team.

Sacramento Kings coach Mike Brown has agreed on a three-year, $30 million contract extension that will keep him with the NBA team through the 2026-27 season and give him a raise of $8.5 million per season, his agent Warren LeGarie announced Friday night.

Sacramento Kings coach Mike Brown is 94-70 in the regular season, 3-4 in the playoffs the past two seasons

Brown, 54, was offered a $4.5 million raise on his 2024-25 contract and two new seasons at $8.5 million, LeGarie said. Under Brown the past two seasons, the Kings have gone 94-70 (.573) in the regular season and 3-4 (.429) in the playoffs.

The Ohio native played a large role in helping Sacramento make the postseason in 2022-23, finishing 48-34 with the No. 3 seed in the Western Conference to end a 16-year playoff drought.

Sacramento Kings coach Mike Brown has agreed on a new contract that takes him through the 2026-2027 season, his agent Warren LeGarie tells ESPN. Brown, the 2022-2023 NBA Coach of the Year, gets a new deal with a significant raise.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) June 1, 2024

However, the Kings lost in seven games to the Golden State Warriors in the Western Conference first-round series. Despite falling short, Brown still won 2022-23 NBA Coach of the Year by a unanimous vote.

In the 2023-24 season, the Kings also went 46-36 (.561) and finished with the No. 9 seed in the conference, defeating 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 since Rick Adelman

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, per ESPN Stats & Information.

Moreover, Brown is now a two-time NBA Coach of the Year after winning his first award with the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2009. He coached the Cavs for five seasons (2005-10) before getting fired, and he then went on to coach the Los Angeles Lakers for two seasons (2011-13).

Following the 2012-13 season, Brown returned to Cleveland for a brief stint and coached the Cavs to just a 33-49 (.402) record, missing the playoffs. He joined the Kings in May 2022 after the Cavs fired him for a second time.

As a head coach, Brown is 441-286 (.607) in the regular season and 50-40 (.556) in the playoffs.

Since Brown’s arrival, the Kings’ value has increased 49% from $2.03 billion in 2022 to $3.46 billion in 2023.