Dawn Brown has been named head women’s basketball coach at the University of Arkansas At Pine Bluff, UAPB Athletic Director Melvin Hines announced Monday.
Brown will be officially introduced Tuesday at a 1 p.m. press conference at the Arkansas At Pine Bluff STEM Academy Building, located on the UAPB Campus on L.A. “Prexy” Davis Drive and Watson Blvd.
Brown, who won the 2014 Southwestern Athletic Conference Tournament Championship while leading Prairie View A&M University and is a former SWAC student-athlete, comes to UAPB after spending the previous season as associate head coach at Jacksonville University of the Atlantic Sun Conference. In 2017-18, Brown was head coach at Division II Shorter University of the Gulf South Conference.
Brown spent six seasons at Prairie View A&M (2010-16) as a part of the winningest era in program history. As an assistant coach, the Lady Panthers won SWAC Tournament Championships in 2011, 2012 and 2013, advancing to the NCAA Tournament every year.
Upon being named interim head coach prior to the 2013-14 season, Brown continued the winning legacy, leading PVAMU to first-time wins over Houston and Sam Houston State while leading the Lady Panthers to their fourth consecutive SWAC Tournament Championship and NCAA Tournament berth. She was named full-time head coach after the season, and in three seasons as head coach, PVAMU won 41 games, including 30 victories in SWAC play in advancing to the conference tournament in each year.
A Jackson, Miss. native, Brown began her collegiate coaching career as recruiting coordinator at Tougaloo College (2008-09). As a player, Brown was a two-time captain at Atlanta Metropolitan College, leading the team to back-to-back GJCAA Tournament appearances. She completed her playing her career at Jackson St., leading the Lady Tigers to a SWAC Regular Season Co-Championship.
Brown earned her degree in bachelor’s degree in sociology and her master’s degree in Health, Physical Education, and Recreation from Jackson State. She is the proud mother of a son, Camden Lyon (2).
Courtesy: UAPB Athletics
