PITMAN--New Jersey City University men's basketball coach Marc Brown captures his 100th career victory. Now him and his father, Charlie Brown, become the third father/son combination in Division III to both reach the milestone.
A generation of New Jersey CIty University men's basketball fans watched legendary head coach Charlie Brown win 483 games at the helm of the Gothic Knights. Now his son and successor has joined him in an exclusive club. In a contest the Gothic Knights had to win to stay in the drivers seat in the New Jersey Athletic Conference tournament race, five NJCU players scored in double figures and reigning NJAC Coach of the Year Marc Brown captured his 100th career victory as the program's head coach in a dominant 80-68 win over Montclair State University on February 12 at the Panzer Athletic Center. Brown, in his seventh season became the fifth coach in the 81-year history of the program to win 100 career games.
Brown, only the 10th head coach in the program's illustrious history, joined his father Charlie Brown (483 wins), Larry Schiner (133 wins), Ollie Gelston (126 wins) and Paul Weinstein (115 wins) in the 100-win club. The four other coaches on the list are all inducted in the NJCU Athletics Hall of Fame.