After orchestrating one of the most dramatic turnarounds in the league in years and ending a 16-year playoff absence, Sacramento Kings coach Mike Brown has been voted the National Basketball Coaches Association's Coach of the Year, sources told ESPN on Thursday.
The award, named in honor of late NBCA executive director Michael H. Goldberg, is based on a vote of the league's 30 head coaches. Brown's victory ends a two-year run for Phoenix's Monty Williams.
The NBA will announce its Coach of the Year winner, an award based upon media voting, later in the playoffs.