New Jersey City University Athletics

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JERSEY CITY, NJ…Hundreds of friends, family, former players and Gothic Knight basketball supporters were in attendance on Saturday, November 15 as New Jersey City University officially dedicated the arena floor at the John J. Moore Athletics and Fitness Center in honor of retired men's basketball coaching icon Charlie Brown, `65 (M.A., `85). The event capped a two-day celebration of the career of Brown, and was preceded by a four-hour retirement dinner on November 14 which will directly fund a “Coach” Charlie Brown Endowed Scholarship Fund for NJCU students.

Prior to NJCU's 78-74 victory over York College (NY) on Saturday afternoon, the official unveiling ceremonies were held. Brown's youngest son, current NJCU head coach MARC BROWN was joined by 1991 graduate and team captain JEFF JORDAN on one sideline. The namesake of the building, JOHN J. MOORE, , `56, a 1989 men's basketball Hall-of-Famer and former NJCU Chairman of the Board of Trustees, was joined on the other sideline by his wife CARMELA MOORE—both long-time Gothic Knight supporters and friends of Charlie Brown.

Each group removed a floor covering as the crowd counted down for the official naming of “Charlie Brown Court.” 

Following the game, Brown was presented with one final gift as a spotlight beamed down on the darkened floor, and his family uncovered a portrait taken with the lettering on the floor in the foreground.

NJCU became the first school among the 25 Division I, II and III institutions in the state to dedicate its game court to a coach. Brown is now one of only a handful of coaches anywhere in the United States in Division I, II, III or NAIA history to have a court named in his honor.