Middlebury College Men's Basketball

Brown led the team to 24 wins en route to its first NESCAC Championship in 2008-09. The Panthers also made their second-consecutive trip to the NCAA Tournament, as Brown was named the NESCAC and the NABC District Coach of the Year. He now owns a career record of 309-185 over 19 years at Middlebury, owning a higher winning percentage than any other coach in the programs history. Brown tallied his 300th career win on January 16, 2016 in a 73-61 victory over Bates. In 2015-16, he A 1982 graduate of the University of Vermont, Brown scored more than 1,000 points and earned induction into the University's Athletic Hall of Fame during his Catamount basketball career. He is 10th on the all-time scoring list (1,336 points), second in steals (170), eighth in assists (428) and eighth in field goals made (526). While playing at UVM, Brown averaged 12.7 points and 4.1 assists per game. As a junior, he was an All-New England Honorable Mention selection, and he was elected co-captain as a senior. After graduation, Brown spent three years (1982-85) as the top assistant basketball coach at Manhattan College in New York, where he built his reputation as a first-rate recruiter and strategist. Three student-athletes he recruited for Manhattan were named Metro Atlantic Conference Rookie of the Year. Brown returned to his alma mater as an assistant coach for nine years (1985-94). At Vermont, his responsibilities included advance scouting, player development, on-the-floor coaching and game-day preparations. Brown took over the reins of the Bates College program in 1994 as the Bobcats' head coach for three seasons. He is an inductee into the New England Basketball Hall of Fame as well as the Rockland County (N.Y.) Hall of Fame.

Matt Goldsmith joined the Middlebury athletics staff as the Russell L. Reilly Head Coach of Men's Basketball in May 2025. AWARDS & HONORS 2x New Jersey Athletic Conference Championships (2020, 2024) 2018 NJAC John K. Adams Coach of the Year Coached two All-Americans at TCNJ Helped lead Amherst to 2013 NCAA Championship as an assistant 2x NESCAC Champion as assistant coach at Amherst (2013, 2014) COACHING RESUME Head men’s basketball coach - Middlebury College (2025-present) General Manager/Head Coach - The Nerd Team (The Basketball Tournament) (2020-present) Head men’s basketball coach - The College of New Jersey (2015-2025) Volunteer assistant coach - USA Basketball (2013-2015) Assistant men’s basketball coach - Amherst College (2012-2015) EDUCATION & CERTIFICATES Bachelor’s Degree - Political Science - Amherst College - 2008 Master’s Degree - Sports Management - University of Massachusetts - 2014 ATHLETIC CAREER Four-year starter for the Amherst College men’s basketball team Helped lead Mammoths to 2007 NCAA Championship and 2008 runner-up finish 2x NESCAC Champion (2005, 2006) Played professional basketball for TV Werne 03 in Germany (2008-2009)

Sam Rubinstein joined the athletics staff at Middlebury as an assistant men’s basketball coach in the summer of 2022.   AT MIDDLEBURY Helped coach a First-Team All-American Coached the 2023 NESCAC Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year 3x All-NESCAC Selections 2023 NCAA Tournament appearance COACHING RESUME Assistant men’s basketball coach - Middlebury College (2022-present) Assistant men’s basketball coach - Brandeis University (2019-2022) Director of Operations & Recruiting - The Hoop Group (2018-2019) Men’s basketball student manager - University of Massachusetts Amherst (2014-2018) EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS Bachelor’s Degree - Sport Management - University of Massachusetts Amherst - 2018

John Caldera joined the athletics staff at Middlebury as an assistant men’s basketball coach in the fall of 2025. AWARDS & HONORS 2x Pennsylvania Independent Schools Athletic Association (PAISSA) Championships (2023, 2024) 2x Mid-Atlantic Prep League (MAPL) Championships (2020, 2022) Helped coach and train multiple players to continue playing careers at all three NCAA Divisions COACHING RESUME Assistant men’s basketball coach - Middlebury College (2025-present) Basketball coach/counselor - Hoop Group Skills Camp (2015-present) Assistant boys basketball coach - Perkiomen School (2022-2024) Assistant varsity boys basketball coach - Blair Academy (2019-2022) Assistant junior varsity/varsity basketball coach - East Stroudsburg High School (2015-2020) Student assistant basketball coach - East Stroudsburg University (2014-2015) EDUCATION & CERTIFICATES Bachelor’s Degree - Sport Management - East Stroudsburg University - 2017