Kings coach Mike Brown agrees to multiyear contract extension after weeks of negotiations
The Sacramento Kings reached an agreement with coach Mike Brown late Friday night following weeks of negotiations.
Warren LeGarie, Brown’s agent, told The Sacramento Bee the Kings signed Brown to a new three-year deal that will keep him in Sacramento through the 2026-27 season. Team sources also confirmed the deal, which was first reported by ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.
Wojnarowski reported Brown will receive a $4 million raise to $8.5 million for the 2024-25 season with two additional years at $8.5 million. The Athletic’s Shams Charania reported the deal is worth $30 million over three years.
Brown, a two-time NBA Coach of the Year, was entering the final guaranteed year of his contract after two seasons in Sacramento. The two sides briefly tabled talks a week ago before coming together to get a deal done.
Brown was seeking a contract extension with more annual money after Steve Kerr ($17.5 million), Gregg Popovich ($16 million), Monty Williams ($13 million) and Mike Budenholzer ($10 million) signed lucrative new deals over the past year.
Brown, 54, posted a 94-70 (.573) record in his first two seasons with the Kings. He is the only coach to lead the Kings to a winning record since Rick Adelman in 2005-06.
Brown was unanimously selected as NBA Coach of the Year after leading Sacramento to the playoffs in 2022-23. The Kings won 48 games to secure the No. 3 seed in the Western Conference, ending the longest playoff drought in NBA history after 16 consecutive losing seasons.
The Kings failed to reach the playoffs this season despite winning 46 games. They beat the Golden State Warriors in the first round of the play-in tournament before being eliminated with a loss to the New Orleans Pelicans.
The Kings hired Brown in May 2022 following six seasons as Steve Kerr’s lead assistant with the Warriors. Brown has won four NBA championships, one as an assistant with the San Antonio Spurs and three as an assistant with the Warriors.
Brown also went to the NBA Finals as head coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2006-07. He has a career record of 441-286 (.607).
Brown became the first unanimous winner of the Coach of the Year award last season after after the Kings set a record with the highest offensive rating in NBA history. Sacramento’s offense slipped to No. 13 this season — a point of consternation for general manager Monte McNair and owner Vivek Ranadivé — but the Kings improved from No. 24 to No. 14 in defensive rating, answering Brown’s season-long call for physicality and toughness.
The Kings nearly matched last year’s win total with a 46-36 record this season, but they fell from third to ninth in a much tougher conference with the Oklahoma City Thunder and Minnesota Timberwolves becoming contenders in the West.
