Brown has had a relatively unusual head coaching career. Rather than starting out with a young team and growing slowly, he was thrown into the fire as the head coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers right as LeBron James began to grow into a superstar.

A person with knowledge of the details says the New York Knicks have offered their coaching job to Mike Brown and are working to finalize a deal with the two-time NBA Coach of the Year.

After a month-long search to replace Tom Thibodeau, the New York Knicks have offered their head coaching job to Mike Brown and are finalizing a deal to make him their next head coach, according to multiple reports.