Eric Reveno is officially the next men’s basketball head coach at Brown, with ESPN dropping the news late Thursday. This is a massive change for the Bears, who are bringing in a guy with some seriously impressive history to replace Mike Martin. A formal announcement is coming soon, but trust me, the buzz is already hitting hard right now. We’re talking about a definite shift for the program.
From Stanford Associate to Head Honcho
Reveno isn’t just showing up cold to Providence. He spent the last two seasons making moves and calling plays at Stanford, first as the associate head coach and then adding the general manager title in his second year. During his time there, the Cardinal stacked up a combined 41-27 overall record. In the ACC, they pulled off a respectable 20-18 mark. That’s a solid run for an associate coach and GM, showing he knows how to be part of a winning program and what it truly takes behind the scenes to get results. Brown is clearly banking on that recent experience paying off big time.
Bringing a Track Record That Jumps Off the Page
What’s truly got everyone talking about Reveno, though, is his past head coaching gig at Portland. This guy’s got a history of making teams absolutely electric. His Pilots squads didn’t just play, they *performed*, hitting the national top 100 in 3-point shooting an astounding *six times*. Think about that for a second! More than that, from 2008-09 to 2010-11, Portland locked in three straight top-5 finishes in offense, according to KenPom.com. They were a top-100 offense in each of those years, racking up a combined 60 wins. That middle season was especially wild, with Portland going 10-4 in league play, which was the only time they’ve hit double-digit conference wins since way back in 1996-97. That’s a serious resume of building a team that can score, compete, and truly innovate offensively. Brown fans should be absolutely buzzing about that kind of offensive firepower heading their way this season.
Out With the Old, In With the New
This coaching change marks the first new hire at Brown since Mike Martin took the reins back in the 2012-13 season. Martin just bounced earlier this month, taking an assistant coach gig at Michigan under Mike Boynton. He definitely left his mark on the program, setting a new program record with 171 wins and even getting the Bears into the Ivy Madness title game against Yale during the 2023-24 season. So, while Martin had his run and built something real, Reveno is walking into a program that just saw its leader move on. He’s got big shoes to fill, no doubt, but with an even bigger opportunity to push the team further and stamp his own identity on the Bears.
The formal announcement for Reveno is still pending, but the new era for Brown basketball just kicked off with a bang. Get ready, because if his Portland days are any indication, we’re about to see some serious offensive action hit the court. It’s time to see what this guy can do as the main man again, and honestly, I’m hyped to watch it unfold.
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Originally reported by Yahoo Sports.
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