ESPN’s Hubie Brown, 91, retiring after calling one more game in legendary career

Legendary basketball announcer Hubie Brown, 91, is calling it quits after this year.

The longtime coach first started broadcasting games after he was fired by the Hawks in 1981.

“We are going to give Hubie one last shot on a game,” ESPN Burke Magnus said on Jimmy Traina’s “SI Media” podcast.

“He deserves that. We think the world of him. I think it’s absolutely remarkable the level he still calls games at age 90-plus.”

It is unclear when that last game will take place, but it seems like a celebratory final game is in the works for Brown.

“I don’t mean to be purposely mysterious here, but we’re going to honor Hubie this year during the regular season at some point to be determined and send him off in style,” Magnus said.

“I don’t think there’s a single human being who’s ever had a longer association with professional basketball.”

Brown has had a tough year as his wife, Clair, passed away in June, and his son, Brendan Brown, passed away at 54 just two weeks ago.

Brendan was previously an assistant coach for the Grizzlies and a commentator in his own right for the Knicks.

Brown has been with ESPN since 2004 and coached multiple teams during his longstanding career in basketball.

He graduated from Niagara University in 1955 and immediately began coaching high school hoops throughout the New York-New Jersey area.

Brown took over as head coach of the Knicks when Red Holzman departed in 1982, a job Brown held until 1987.