Mike Brown coaching timeline: Inside Knicks coach's career from Cavs start to New York era

Mike Brown coaching timeline: Inside Knicks coach's career from Cavs start to New York era originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . New York Knicks head coach Mike Brown is hoping to lead the team to its first NBA title since 1972, and doing so would cap off a well-travelled career in the NBA.

At 56 years-old, Brown is a veteran coach who has found both success and scrutiny in his career. Brown has seemingly taken some of the highest-pressure jobs in the league, coaching future hall-of-famers and leading teams with decorated histories or dysfunctional pasts. At times it's seemed like Brown was a scapegoat for a bigger issue, but that's still led to him bouncing around the league a bunch.

If he can win a title with the Knicks, though, it would be the culmination of a career full of risks without many rewards. Here's a look at Brown's coaching timeline. NBA PLAYOFFS HQ: Live NBA scores | NBA playoff schedule | NBA playoff bracket Mike Brown teams coached As an NBA coach, Brown has been the head coach for four different teams across five different stints.

He was the head coach for the Cleveland Cavaliers two different times and also led the Los Angeles Lakers , Sacramento Kings and New York Knicks. Over the course of his career, Brown coached his way into the top-40 on the all-time coaching wins list despite never having a head coaching stint more than five seasons with one team. In fact, after Brown's first head coaching job went five year, he hasn't coached the same team for three-straight years despite ending most of those stints with a winning record.