Brown Reportedly Can Leave Spurs, Return to College Ranks After Season

SAN ANTONIO — Coach Larry Brown of the San Antonio Spurs yearns for his days as a collegiate coach and could return to the college game after the NBA season, according to the San Antonio Express-News.

Citing unidentified sources, the newspaper said Brown has a stipulation in his five-year contract with the Spurs that he can leave after the 1989-90 season.

If he decides to remain, however, it becomes binding for the next three seasons, the newspaper said.

“We play three or four games a week, about 17 a month, and there’s simply no time to work on skills, no time to teach, and that’s what I love doing,” Brown said. “Plus, I have a hard time getting over losses.”

Brown also said he regrets not accepting the UCLA coaching job in 1988.

“I think I should have taken that job but, in some ways, it has worked out best because I did learn a great deal last year with all the losses,” Brown said of last season, when San Antonio went 21-61.