Louisiana will have one more chance to honor Dale Brown on Wednesday, when Baton Rouge hosts two public services for the LSU basketball icon.
Brown died Oct. 23 at 90, and family, friends, former players and LSU fans are expected to gather to remember the coach who spent 25 seasons shaping the Tigers into a national force.
The day begins with a funeral Mass at 10 a.m. at St. George Catholic Church, 7880 St.
George Drive in Baton Rouge. Later, LSU and Brown’s family will hold a celebration of life at 6 p.m. inside the Pete Maravich Assembly Center on LSU’s campus, with doors opening at 5:30 p.m.
Both events are free and open to the public.
For those planning to attend the PMAC gathering, LSU Athletics says seating for the public will be general admission in the lower and middle bowls. Guests should use the entrances at the top of the exterior ramps. Floor seating will be saved for Brown’s former players and family guests.
Parking is recommended in lots 401 and 404, along with other available spaces around the arena. Concessions will not be offered, but sealed water bottles are allowed.
Anyone unable to make it in person can watch the evening celebration on SEC Network+ and through the LSU Sports YouTube and Facebook pages.
Brown’s résumé at LSU is the kind that still hangs over the program. From 1972 to 1997, he guided the Tigers to 13 NCAA Tournament appearances, two Final Fours and four Southeastern Conference titles. He finished with 448 on-court victories and helped develop some of the program’s biggest names, including Shaquille O’Neal and Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf.
His honors followed him long after his coaching days ended. Brown was inducted into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame, the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame and the LSU Athletics Hall of Fame. LSU also paid tribute in January 2022 by naming the court at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center after him.
After his death, Brown’s family said his impact reached well beyond the hardwood.
“We have lost the most loving and most loved man any of us has ever known. Dale Brown always put others first. He always led with the heart,” his family said in a statement.
Instead of flowers, the family is asking for donations to the Dale Brown Scholarship Fund, which will provide academic scholarships for LSU students and student-athletes.
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