Shaun Brown joined the Mountaineer men's basketball staff in May 2018 as strength and conditioning coach.
He came to West Virginia from Minnesota, where he served as the strength and conditioning coach for the Golden Gophers men's basketball team for five years.
Prior to Minnesota, Brown spent three seasons overseeing the strength and conditioning program at USC from 2010-13 and three years at Virginia from 2006-09.
Brown worked eight years in the professional ranks, serving as the head strength coach for the NBA's Toronto Raptors from 2003-06 and six seasons as head strength coach for the Boston Celtics from 1997-2003.
Brown has worked with 22 players who were selected in the NBA Draft, including lottery picks Jamal Mashburn, Ron Mercer and Antoine Walker. He has worked with eight NBA All-Stars, including Kenny Anderson, Chris Bosh, Vince Carter, Jamaal Magloire, Paul Pierce, Jalen Rose, Mashburn and Walker. Brown has also mentored seven former assistant strength coaches who have worked at Power 5 schools or in the NBA.
From 1992-97, Brown was the head strength coach for the men's basketball team at Kentucky. During his time with the Wildcats, Kentucky participated in three Final Fours and won the 1996 NCAA Championship.
Brown served as the head strength coach at Providence from 1989-92. Before that, he was an assistant strength coach at Rutgers.
Brown earned a bachelor's degree from Canisius in 1987 and a master's degree from Ohio State in 1988. He served as a graduate assistant strength coach at Ohio State and as a strength and conditioning coach at Dublin HS (Ohio) from 1988-89.
