Brown Athletic Director M. Grace Calhoun has filled the vacant head men’s basketball coach by naming Eric Reveno the program’s 32nd head coach.
Reveno has spent the last two seasons at Stanford on the staff of former Columbia head coach Kyle Smith. He was named associate head coach in April 2024 and just over a year later had the title of general manager added to his portfolio.
Brown Athletics announced Reveno as the 32nd head coach in program history Friday, 11 days after announcing that Mike Martin had left the role after 14 years to leave his alma mater and become an assistant coach at reigning NCAA Division I national champion Michigan.
“Coach Eric Reveno is exactly the right person to lead this program forward, bringing a wealth of both coaching knowledge and championship experiences to College Hill,” Calhoun said in a statement. “Eric is a proven winner who personally understands our model of achieving both academic and athletic excellence. I could not be more delighted to welcome him and his family to Brown.”
“Brown University represents a rare opportunity where academic excellence, athletic excellence, and personal development are truly aligned,” Reveno said in a statement. “My family and I are honored to join the Brown community. We will build a championship program by developing exceptional teammates, exceptional students, and exceptional competitors. Our goal is to pursue Ivy League championships while preparing young men to lead meaningful lives long after basketball. I can’t wait to get to work.”
The Stanford, Calif. native stayed home for college, playing for the Cardinal from 1985 to 1989.
After playing professionally in Japan for four years, Reveno returned to Palo Alto to earn his MBA in 1995. He then spent the next two years running a local non-profit mentoring athletes of all ages.
In 1997, Reveno joined the Stanford staff as an assistant under Mike Montgomery. That year’s team made it to the Final Four.
When Montgomery left the program in 2004, Reveno stayed on to work with new head coach Trent Johnson. Johnson elevated Reveno to the associate head coach position a year later.
Revino left his alma mater in 2006 to take his first head coaching job at Portland. During his 10-year tenure, he had an overall record of 140-178 and a 60-96 mark in West Coast Conference play.
Following his dismissal from Portland, Reveno spent six seasons as an assistant at Georgia Tech and two years as the associate head coach at Oregon State.
Hired in late July, the new coach will have his work cut out for him as he looks to guide the Bears back to the Ivy League Tournament for the first time since 2024 and the program’s first NCAA appearance since his rookie season of 1986.
Brown Athletics had named associate head coach Tyson Wheeler an interim replacement for Martin and said Atlanta-based leadership recruitment firm Parker Executive Search would aid Brown in a national search for Martin’s permanent successor.