Amy Brown steps down as women’s basketball coach
Tennessee Tech women’s basketball coach Amy Brown announced Tuesday that she is stepping down as head coach of the Golden Eagles in order to pursue other professional opportunities.
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – Tennessee Tech women’s
basketball coach Amy Brown announced Tuesday that she is stepping
down as head coach of the Golden Eagles in order to pursue other
professional opportunities. Her resignation is effective Thursday
(July 2).
Brown recently completed her third season as head coach and 13th
season on the Tech staff. A national search will begin immediately
to find Tech’s fourth women’s basketball head
coach.
“Amy Brown has been a loyal, valued member of our department
for over 13 years and she is a respected colleague,” said
Mark Wilson, TTU Director of Athletics. “I wish her all the
best in her future pursuits and thank her for her dedicated service
to Tennessee Tech women’s basketball.
“Whatever opportunities she pursues, I know that she will be
successful because she is a high quality person who works extremely
hard,” Wilson said.
After serving as a member of the women’s basketball coaching
staff for 10 years, first as an assistant then as an associate head
coach, Brown took over the head coaching position in September
2006.
The Golden Eagles were 12-18 in her first season, finishing with a
three-point loss on the road at Samford in the OVC Tournament. In
2007-08, Tech was 8-21 overall, winning five of the last nine
regular season games in a late surge.
Last year, Brown guided the Golden Eagles on another run late in
the year, winning five of the final seven regular season contests
to earn a spot in the OVC Tournament. Tech took top-seeded Eastern
Illinois to the limit in the first-round on the road, before
falling by five points and wrapping up the year with a 9-21 overall
mark.
“It has been an honor and a privilege to be at Tennessee
Tech and work with the women’s basketball program for the
past 13 years,” Brown said. “Much thought has gone into
this decision, but I am going to pursue other professional options
and opportunities. “With the administration that is in place,
and with the players that we have in the program, I see a bright,
bright future for the young ladies and where they are
headed,” Brown said. “I look forward to watching and
supporting the team and the entire athletic program at Tennessee
Tech.”
During her 13 seasons on the Tech coaching staff, Brown was part
of six OVC regular season championships and helped lead TTU to
back-to-back NCAA tournament appearances in 1999 and 2000.
“I want to thank (University President) Dr. Bell and Mark
Wilson, all the administrators and faculty, my assistant coaches as
well as the players, for 13 great years,” Brown said.
“My heart will always be loyal to Tennessee Tech University
and Tennessee Tech Athletics. I wish everyone nothing but the
best,” she said.
A winner on the court during her playing days at Livingston
Academy and Louisiana Tech, Brown was instrumental in the success
of the Golden Eagles from the sidelines. She helped Tech claim five
consecutive OVC championships between 1998 and 2002, followed with
a sixth in the 2005-06 season.
A four-year starter for the nationally prominent Lady Techster
program at Louisiana Tech, Brown graduated in 1996 with a B.S. in
health and physical education. She received her Master’s from
Tennessee Tech in instructional leadership.
At Livingston Academy, she was a member of USA Today’s Top
25 Super Team after averaging more than 20 points per game as a
senior. She helped lead Livingston Academy to the 1990 Class AA
State Championship and was named Miss Basketball in Tennessee as a
senior.
During her playing career at Louisiana Tech, the Lady Techsters
reached the NCAA tournament all four seasons and reached the
championship game at the Final Four in 1994.
