Irv Brown (2006) - Hall of Fame - University of Northern Colorado Athletics

Irv Brown

Induction:
2006
Class:
1957

Brown earned all-district honors in both basketball and baseball as a multi-sport athlete at Northern Colorado. Following his playing days he had a successful 25-year coaching career at the high school and collegiate level. He also spent 25 years as collegiate basketball referee and worked six NCAA Final Fours. He has been a broadcaster for ESPN, CBS and Altitude Sports and Prime Sports among others and has spent over 24 years hosting his own sports talk show in Denver. Brown was a supervisor of officials for both the WAC and Big Sky Conferences and was a former Commissioner of the Colorado Athletic Conference. He was named to Sports Illustrated's "50 Great Sports Figures From Colorado From 1900-2000" (ranked No. 39 overall). He has also served as a Denver Nuggets Youth Consultant. He was inducted into the Colorado Sports Hall of Fame in 1997 and the Colorado High School Hall of Fame in 2001. Brown was also selected by Referee Magazine as one of "20 Who Made a Difference."