Billy Brown enters his fifth year on the Jackrabbit staff in 2024-25 and serves as an assistant coach. He spent three seasons as SDSU's Director of Player Development and was previously a graduate assistant.
Brown has taken on a larger role on the coaching staff during his time in Brookings. He's been a part of four regular season title teams along with two NCAA Tournament squads. He's been integral to SDSU's current run of 14 consecutive seasons with First Team All-Summit League performers. The Jackrabbits have had two Summit League Players of the Year (Baylor Scheierman and Zeke Mayo) during his time in Yellow and Blue.
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A native of Spirit Lake, Iowa, Brown was a four-year letterwinner at North Dakota. He started all 63 games over the final two years of his career for the Fighting Hawks. He led the team with 32 steals as a senior in 2019-20, and as a junior, his .458 success rate on 3-pointers was a team high.
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Brown was named to the Iowa Newspaper Association all-state second team as a senior in high school. He ranked fourth among all Class 3A players in scoring at 21.7 points per game and first in assists, tallying 5.6 per game.
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Brown earned his bachelor's degree in banking and financial economics at UND. He completed his master's degree in sport and recreation administration at SDSU in 2022.