Inductees

Brown, a native of Stoutland, MO, began his coaching career at Richland High School in 1956, where he coached for three years and compiled an 80-17 record. Brown then spent four years at Bolivar, highlighted by a 30-4 record and state Class M Championship in 1960. In 1966, Brown became the head basketball coach for the Parkview High School Vikings in Springfield, where he stayed for 20 seasons. In 1993, Brown took over the helm at Springfield Catholic and served there for his final six years of coaching. Over his coaching career, he took teams to the state tournaments a dozen times and won numerous conference championships and compiled a record of 581 wins and 216 losses.