Meet The Founder

Brown is a former Bellport High School graduate who is currently a professional basketball player overseas. Rich gives back a great deal to his community in Bellport, New York by running various basketball camps and clinics for the youth in hopes to inspire the kids to rise through adversity and always work hard as anything is truly possible with Brown himself being living proof. As a troubled student who as a freshman in high school failed every course, Rich overcame his struggles to graduate with a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from SUNY College at Old Westbury with his self- proclaimed DDDS formula which stands for Determination Desire Dedication Success. In 2014, Rich achieved his lifelong dream of playing professional basketball internationally and also launching his first business, All About Ball Inc. as well as the non profit Bellport Youth Basketball. All About Ball started as a local brand in which he sold apparel and ran camps & clinics as well as men’s leagues. What started in 2014 with 13 kids has now blossomed in 2022 to over 450 kids that have passed through the All About Ball/ BYB program with many going on to college to excel. In 2015 Rich partnered with an overseas manufacturing company and launched a sneaker line “RB1”which sold out over 10,000 pairs produced. In 2016 Rich launched the Rich Brown Academy which is both an academic and athletic program that tutors students as well as trains them for athletic performance. Rich has been playing overseas for the last 8 years in 3 different countries (Spain, Australia, Costa Rica) and has launched successful programs in each country he’s played in. In 2018 Rich was named an Athletic Director at Campestre High School in Costa Rica and was vital to the schools academic and athletic performance. In 2020 Rich launched a streaming company The Give Back Network Inc. The Give Back Network was created to give back and spread love to the community by providing healthy, educational and entertaining content and the free streaming site will now be the official partner and provider for all future AAB sporting events. Brown recently launched the first ever professional one on one basketball league in the Cayman Islands called the Check Up Basketball Association adding to his list of accomplishments. For the past 7 years and counting, Rich continues to give back and is the head boys Junior Varsity basketball coach at Bellport High School. With the addition of launching the B.A.L.L basketball program, Rich hopes to establish a global pipeline to ensure each student athletes academic/athletic excellence on and off the court.