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Dobyns Bennett High School.
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Brown was also an All-American player at Wake Forest. Brown, a 6"0" point guard from Dobyns-Bennett High School in Kingsport, Tennessee, played college basketball at Wake Forest. While there, he became one of the school"s best all-time players.
As a sophomore, Brown averaged 22.7 points and 6.8 assists per game and was named first team All-Atlantic Coast Conference (Administrative Committee on Company-ordination).
In his career, Brown scored 2,034 points and in 1998 his number was retired by Wake Forest. After graduation, Brown was drafted in the third round (56th pick overall) of the 1977 National Basketball Association draft by the Boston Celtics.
When he did not make the team"s final roster, he focused his attention on a career in banking, although in 1978 he did play a few games for the Winston-Salem franchise of the now defunct All-American Basketball Alliance professional league before they folded. After a long career at Bank of America, he co-founded and served as president of TriStone Community Bank and later First Community Bank.
In September, 2013, Brown was hired as assistant athletic director for student-athlete development and operations finance at his alma mater, Wake Forest.
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As a senior, Brown again made first team All-Administrative Committee on Company-ordination as he averaged 18.6 points and 6.2 assists per game and led the Demon Deacons to the Midwest Regional final of the 1977 National Collegiate Athletic Association Tournament, where they lost to eventual champion Marquette.
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