Sources: Sixers get Brett Brown

San Antonio Spurs assistant Brett Brown has agreed to become the new head coach of thePhiladelphia 76ers, sources tell ESPN.

Brown will sign a four-year contract to coach the Sixers, according to SI.com, which reported the agreement earlier.

The 52-year-old Brown has been an assistant under Spurs coach Gregg Popovich for the past seven seasons and previously served as San Antonio’s player-development coach. He also has international coaching experience, guiding Australia to a seventh-place finish at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.

Brown becomes the second Spurs assistant to land a head-coaching job this offseason, joining Mike Budenholzer (Hawks).

Brown replaces Doug Collins, who was not retained after three seasons as the 76ers’ coach.

Story courtesy of ESPN.com

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