Howie Braun, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetHowie Braun
American basketball player and coach
Date of Birth: 13-Nov-1912
Place of Birth: Champaign, Illinois, United States
Date of Death: 09-Jan-1996
Profession: basketball coach
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio 
About Howie Braun
- Howard J.
- Braun (November 13, 1912 – January 9, 1996) was an American college basketball assistant coach for the University of Illinois from 1937 to 1967.
- Braun graduated from the University of Illinois in 1936.
- He won six varsity letters in tennis and basketball and was a member of the "I" Men's Club.For three decades Howie Braun was responsible for all recruiting of high school basketball player for the University of Illinois.
- Braun worked and played for three legendary Fighting Illini head coaches.
- From 1933-1936, Braun played for Craig Ruby, winning a Big Ten Conference championship in 1935.
- He coached with Doug Mills from 1937 to 1947, winning conference championships in 1937, 1942 and 1943, and Harry Combes from 1948-1967, winning conference championships in 1949, 1951, 1952 and 1963.While recruiting, head coaches generally didn't become involved until an athlete made it to campus for an official visit.
- Since there was no AAU summer basketball as exists today, most major college coaches had the summers to themselves.
- While on the recruiting circuit, Braun was known for operating alone.
- He was known for being an intense, strong-willed man with a good heart who many former athletes respected.After a notorious slush-fund scandal in 1967, Braun was banned from coaching in the Big Ten and began working in public relations at the Commercial Bank of Champaign.
- He also was president of Worden-Martin Leasing from 1967 to 1977.
- Additionally, he was the pro golf manager at Lincolnshire Fields golf course in Champaign.
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