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Brown Named Ben Jobe Award Finalist

Wichita State's Isaac Brown has been named a finalist for the 2021 Ben Jobe Award, presented annually by CollegeInsider.com to Division I's top minority head coach.

Brown led the Shockers to their first American Athletic Conference regular season title in 2020-21.

Coach Jobe is an icon in the history of basketball at Historically Black Colleges and Universities. He is best known as the head coach of the Southern University, a position he held for 12 seasons. He was also head coach at Alabama A&M, Alabama State, Talladega, Tuskegee and South Carolina State. His record at Southern was 209-141 and included four NCAA Tournament appearances.