Auburn Hills, MI (My Sportsbook) - The Detroit Pistons introduced Larry Brown as their new head coach at a Monday press conference. Brown's contract is reportedly for five years at $5 million per season and he was hired just a week after resigning from his head coaching position with the Philadelphia 76ers.

The Detroit job became available when the team fired Rick Carlisle Saturday. Carlisle was the NBA Coach of the Year for the 2001-2002 season and led the Pistons to back-to-back 50-win seasons in two years on the job. He was let go after the Pistons were swept by the New Jersey Nets in the Eastern Conference finals.

The 76ers defeated New Orleans in six games in the first round of this year's playoffs, but fell to Detroit in six contests in the Eastern Conference semifinals.

"It's hard for me sitting up here when we just got through a series with Detroit and I admired the way their team played and performed and the job Rick did," said Brown. "I'm hopeful that I'll be able to build on what he tried to accomplish. I know this is a tough profession and you hate to see anybody move on. But this league gives a lot opportunities to a lot of people, and I'm sure people will recognize the job he did here."

Brown, who is a member of the Naismith Basketball Memorial Hall of Fame, compiled a 255-205 record in six seasons with Philadelphia. He now takes over a team that has the No. 2 overall pick in this month's NBA Draft.

The 62-year-old Brown has been an NBA coach for 20 years and has recorded an overall record of 879-685. In all, Brown has been a head coach for 31 years, including college and the ABA, and has compiled an all-time mark of 1,285-853.

Brown is hopeful that this will be his last coaching job in the NBA.

"Everywhere I've gone I was hopeful we would win an NBA championship," said Brown. "It's not different now. When I announced I was going to Philly I thought that was going to be my last stop. Every day I went to work that was my goal. I'll be 63 in September so I don't want to put my family through this move again or my assistant coaches or this franchise. I'm here for the long haul. I hope I can be a part of this franchise for a long time and this would be my last stop."

Brown, who had two years left on his contract with Philadelphia, was released by Chairman Ed Snider from a contractual clause that prohibited him from coaching another NBA team if he left Philadelphia prematurely, has also had coaching stints with the Denver Nuggets, Indiana Pacers, San Antonio Spurs, Los Angeles Clippers, New Jersey Nets and ABA Carolina Cougars. He was the head coach at UCLA and the University of Kansas, where he won the National Championship with the Jayhawks in 1988.

In 2000-01, Brown guided the 76ers to a record of 56-26 in the regular season, and then coached the team to its first NBA Finals appearance since 1983. However, Philadelphia fell in five games to the Los Angeles Lakers.

Brown, who is scheduled to coach the 2004 U.S. men's national team this summer at an Olympic qualifying tournament in Puerto Rico, guided Philadelphia to a 48-34 record this past season.

"I've had different reasons to leave different places," said Brown. "I thought they were all valid the time I did it. Not one is like the other. If I felt that I wasn't doing the job I was expected to do it was time to move on. I think Philly is the perfect example of that."