San Antonio Spurs' assistant coach Brett Brown has been selected as head coach of Australia?s men?s basketball team, the Boomers, through to London 2012.

Brown, a 48-year old American, has been an Assistant Coach with the Spurs for the past six years and has extensive experience with the Boomers program and the National Basketball League.

He recorded 132 games as an Assistant Coach of the Boomers between 1995 and 2003 including representation at the 1998 FIBA World Championship and the 1996 and 2000 Olympic Games.

Formerly an assistant coach with Lindsay Gaze?s Melbourne Tigers, Brown was Head Coach of the North Melbourne Giants from 1993 to 1998 and the Sydney Kings from 2000 to 2002.  He has been named NBL Coach of the Month on five occasions and was the NBL?s Coach of the Year in 1994 when he led the Giants to an NBL Championship victory over the Adelaide 36ers.

?The Basketball Australia Board is extremely proud of the performance of the Boomers in Beijing and recognizes the positive building blocks that have been put in place by Brian Goorjian for the Boomers? future,? BA Chairman David Thodey said.

?But as we have done in the past we opened the door to the possibility of change after two Olympic cycles and with our sport moving forward in an exciting new direction we decided to utilize Brett Brown?s fresh energy and new ideas.

?We hope that he will propel the Boomers to great success on the international stage.?