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Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) —  An iconic figure on the Albuquerque basketball scene has been lost with todays death of former Albuquerque Academy basketball coach Mike Brown.

He was a coach at Albuquerque Academy for 26 years, and was selected to the New Mexico Sports Hall of Fame in 2018.

Brown had battled a rare form of Parkinsons Disease, but his sons Greg and Danny will carry on his legacy as basketball coaches themselves.