A right-handed pitcher, Brown played in the farm system of the Pittsburgh Pirates for two years. Brown pitched for Vianney High School from 1981-’84. He is now the head baseball coach at Vianney. He has won 410 games during his 23 years as head baseball coach for Vianney and CBC. In 1985 and 1986, he was a pitcher for the University of Missouri at Columbia. His coach was Gene McArtor. Brown pitched for Belleville Area College in 1987, and Illinois State University in 1988 and 1989. He was a pitcher in the Central Illinois Collegiate League for the Metro East Miners in 1985, and the Springfield Rifles in 1987 and 1988. He pitched in the CICL all-star game in 1988. From 1986 to 1992, he played for the Sauget Wizards in the Mon-Clair League. He also coached the Wizards. Brown has been the head baseball coach at Vianney since 2011. During those five years, he has 130 wins and only 39 losses. He has won three district titles and two conference championships. His teams have made the Elite Eight every year at the Missouri State Tournament, advancing twice to the Final Four He has the highest winning percentage of any coach in Vianney history. Before he came to Vianney, he was the head baseball coach at CBC High School where he had 280 wins and 198 losses. He won 13 district titles and three conference championships. His teams made six Elite Eight appearances, advancing twice to the Final Four. In 1991, Brown was the assistant baseball coach when CBC finished third at the Missouri State Tournament. He has the most wins of any coach in CBC history. In 2015, he was inducted into the Missouri High School Baseball Coaches Hall of Fame. Brown coached four years in the Metro Collegiate League with the Bandits and Dodgers. The Dodgers won the NABF World Series in 2013 and 2015. He has worked at youth baseball camps for almost 30 years. Brown was a high school and college umpire for over 12 years.