Sacramento Kings coach Mike Brown has agreed to a contract extension that will take him through the 2026-2027 season with an annual raise to $8.5 million per season, his agent Warren LeGarie told ESPN on Friday night.
Brown, the 2022-2023 NBA Coach of the Year, will receive a $4.5 million raise on his 2024-2025 contract and two new seasons worth $8.5 million, LeGarie said. Brown has played a major role in returning the Kings to relevance with a 94-70 record the last two seasons and the end of a 16-year playoff drought.
Brown and the Kings had briefly postponed talks, but both sides were determined to reach a deal that would keep him with the franchise and he landed there Friday night. Brown led the Kings to the Western Conference playoffs for the first time in 16 years in 2022-23, leading Sacramento to a 48-34 record and third place in the Western Conference a year ago; he ultimately lost seven games. first round series against the Golden State Warriors.
The Kings were ranked ninth this season, beating the Warriors in the play-in tournament before being eliminated by the New Orleans Pelicans.
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 research.
Brown is a two-time NBA Coach of the Year, including with the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2009. Brown had two stops with the Cavaliers as head coach (305-187, .620) and more than one season as Los Angeles' coach. Los Angeles Lakers (42-29, .592).
