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  Willis Brown

Willis Brown

Player Profile

Position:
Assistant Coach

Alma Mater:
Baldwin-Wallace '94

Brown, an Ohio native, brings 13 years of coaching experience to Athens. During the 2006-07 season, Brown served as the first-ever head coach for the Myers University men's basketball program. Prior to that, Brown was an assistant coach at Baldwin-Wallace College in Berea, Ohio. In Brown's two years there, the Yellow Jackets compiled a 38-17 record and reached the NCAA Tournament after capturing the Ohio Athletic Conference title in 2005.

Before coaching at Baldwin-Wallace, Brown spent eight seasons at Lakeland Community College in Mentor, Ohio, serving as the head coach from 1999-03 and an assistant coach from 1995-99. As head coach, Brown collected 61 victories, while four players were named Ohio Community College Athletic Conference MVP, four named first-team All-OCCAC, three named Academic All-OCCAC, two named NJCAA All-American, one named NJCAA Academic All-American, and four selected to the All-Region XII Team.

Brown was a four-year letterwinner at Baldwin-Wallace from 1990-94. He was selected All-OAC and served as a team captain as both a junior and senior. The sport management major was the 1994 Cleveland Cavaliers Lenny Wilkens Award recipient. Brown is a graduate of Kenston High School and grew up in Chagrin Falls Park, Ohio.