Brown went to Manual Arts High School in Los Angeles, then spent his first two years of college at Loyola Marymount University.
New Mexico coach Gary Colson saw him play in a summer league in Los Angeles and offered him a scholarship.
Brown was a 6' 6" forward, yet he was most comfortable playing inside the lane, using muscle and position to score and rebound over taller players.
[6] He is one of four Lobo players to score over a thousand points while playing only two seasons, and his career average is fifth best in school history.
He played for five seasons in the World Basketball League (WBL), most notably with the Las Vegas Silver Streaks.
Brown helped lead Fresno State to NIT bids in 1996, 1997, and 1998, including a Final Four run in the last of those appearances.
He left the Bulldogs to help establish the Texas A&M-Corpus Christi basketball program, which played its first season in 1999–2000.
[16] Brown has coached numerous players who played professionally, including Melvin Ely and Rafer Alston.