June 12, 2009

DALLAS (SMU) - Reggie Brown and Reggie Geary have been named assistant men's basketball coaches at SMU, head coach Matt Doherty announced on Friday. Brown comes to the Hilltop after seven years as an assistant coach at UT-Arlington, where his squads made the 2008 NCAA Tournament and claimed the 2004 Southland Conference regular season championship. Geary joins the Mustangs with five years of coaching experience, including a 2009 NCAA Sweet 16 season at Arizona, his alma mater. Geary was an All-Pac-10 guard at Arizona from 1992-96, helping the team to two Pac-10 titles and the 1994 Final Four before embarking on an eight-year professional career that included time with the Cleveland Cavaliers and San Antonio Spurs.

Reggie Brown

Brown was promoted to associate head coach at UTA prior to the 2008-09 season. At UTA, his team won the 2008 Southland Tournament to send the Mavericks to their first NCAA Tournament. He also helped UTA to the 2004 Southland Conference regular season championship.

"Reggie Brown brings a wealth of successful experience as a coach and student-athlete," says Doherty. "Reggie grew up in the DFW Metroplex, then played and coached at UTA. He has a lot of contacts in this area that will benefit our program for years to come."

In seven seasons with the Mavericks, UTA went 110-99, including a 62-54 record in Southland Conference games. He coached 11 student-athletes to 13 all-conference honors, including four first-team selections. Brown saw three players make the 2008 All-Tournament Team, including an MVP for Anthony Vereen, when the squad won the tournament title.

Brown played at UT-Arlington from 1993-97, averaging 16.0 points, 3.0 assists and 2.3 rebounds per game for Mavericks. Brown started every game over his final two years in a UTA uniform. His junior season, he scored a career-high 19.0 points with 4.3 assists. He ranked fifth in the Southland Conference in steals and sixth in the league in assists that season. Brown closed out his UTA career by averaging 16.0 points and 3.0 assists per game as senior. He also excelled academically, earning recognition as a member of the SLC's All-Academic team in 1994-95.

Following his collegiate career, Brown went to Europe to play professionally and spent the 1997-98 season with the Tolka Rovers in Ireland. That season, he averaged 24 points and appeared on the cover of one of Ireland's basketball magazines. He returned to UT-Arlington after that season to complete his bachelor's degree in speech communication, which he did in 1999. Following graduation, Brown coach at Arlington Bowie High School from 1999-2002, serving as the junior varsity boys basketball coach, and a varsity assistant. At Bowie, Brown's teams won three district championships and one bi-district title.

Brown and his wife Anick have two daughters, Alexis and Autumn. He has also served as a motivational speaker at teen and juvenile centers in the area.

Reggie Geary

Geary served as an assistant coach at Arizona in 2008-09, a NCAA Sweet 16 season his alma mater. It was his third stint with the Wildcats where he was an All-Pac-10 guard at Arizona from 1992-96, helping the team to two Pac-10 titles and the 1994 Final Four. He also handled basketball operations for the Wildcats in 2005-06. The Arizona coaching positions bookended two years as the head coach of the Anaheim Arsenal in the NBA Development League. Before coaching, Geary had an eight-year professional career that included playing for the Cleveland Cavaliers and San Antonio Spurs.

"Reggie Geary has played for great coaches in Lute Olson at Arizona, Gary McKnight at Mater Dei High School, and Greg Popovich of the San Antonio Spurs," states Doherty. "He has a wealth of experiences as a player and coach that will greatly benefit our program."

Before rejoining Arizona for the 2008-09 season, he was 36-39 in his two seasons as head coach with the Arsenal. Prior to that, Geary served as Arizona's recruiting and basketball operations coordinator during the 2005-06 campaign. Geary went into coaching after a highly successful eight-year professional playing career. He was a second-round pick by the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 1996 NBA Draft. Geary played in the NBA for two seasons with the Cavaliers (1996-97) and the San Antonio Spurs (1997-98). Geary also spent two seasons in the Continental Basketball Association (1998-2000) before playing professionally in Europe through 2003-04. Additionally, Geary served as an NBA/NBDL Ambassador in Argentina and Brazil in 2001.

Geary was four-year letterwinner for the Arizona Wildcats from 1992-96 and ranks among the finest defenders in Arizona basketball history. The Wildcats ranked in the top-25 of every AP and ESPN/USA Today weekly poll during his career. Geary earned all-Pac-10 Conference and NABC all-District 15 honors as a senior. In 127 career appearances (101 starts), Geary averaged 7.0 points, 3.1 rebounds and 4.4 assists. During his UA career, the 6-2 guard led the Wildcats to a 104-23 (.819) record, two Pac-10 championships (1993, 1994) and a berth in the 1994 Final Four. He closed his career as Arizona's all-time steals leader (208) and ranked third in assists (560). As a senior in 1995-96, Geary became just the third player in Arizona history to pass out 200 or more assists in a single season (231).

Geary, a native of Santa Ana, Calif., earned his bachelor's degree in political science from Arizona in May 2005. He and his wife Candace have two sons, Quincy and Wesley.