The San Antonio Spurs today announced that Brett Brown has been named an assistant coach. He will join Mike Budenholzer and Don Newman on the team?s bench.

?Brett Brown will continue to do the great work he has done for us for the past five years,? said Spurs Head Coach Gregg Popovich. ?I look forward to him joining us on the bench.?

Brown has served as the Spurs assistant coach/director of player development for the last five seasons. Prior to joining the Spurs, in July of 2002, he spent 14 years coaching in the National Basketball League in Australia. He served as a head coach in the NBL for nine seasons, first with the North Melbourne Giants and then with the Sydney Kings.