Bruce Brown Biography

Bruce Brown is a man of many talents, a multi-dimensional man in an often single dimensional world. Brown has been a Teacher, Coach, Athletic Administrator with 35 years experience working with youth from junior high thru the college level.

He was Director of Proactive Coaching, an organization which conducts workshops and furnishes materials designed to instruct coaches, parents, businesses, school districts and atheletes how they can be effective in building teams and promote character and competence among student-athletes. Brown has coached several sports including football and basketball and has been employeed by the NFL for 24 years.

Brown currently travels the country doing a special presentation for the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics entitled "Champions of Character." He believes that developing character in our youth can help change the culture of our nation. It's that belief that motivates this coach and educator to spend countless hours and thousands of miles on the road, speaking to athletes, parents groups, coaches and businesses.

The "Champions of Character" Five Core Values" Brown and the NAIA vigorously promote are, how the athlete shows respect, how the athlete shows responsibility, how the athlete shows interity, how the athlete shows servant leadership and how the athlete shows sportsmanship. Core values which would stand us in good stead in athletics or in life.

Sports, which can play a vital role in the development of our youth, is the foundation upon which Brown builds his presentation. As Brown puts it,"The culture of sport is out of perspective."

Every night on SportsCenter, we see $8-million athletes who say, "I don't have to practice". They have a sense of entitlement. The danger is in the trickle down of that attitude from the professional athlete to the 10-year-old kid. What they see affects how they react to a coach, teammate or official.

Brown has produced six instructional coaching videos and is the author of two coaching books: "101 Drills for Youth Basketball Coaches" and "Teaching Character Through Sport." His third book, "Called to Coaching: Creating a Legacy," will be available soon.

Some of his accomplishments are:

A Teacher, Coach, Athletic Administrator with 35 years experience working with youth
Director of Proactive Coaching
Coached several sports including football and basketball
Employeed by the NFL for 24 years
Does special presentations for the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics
Clinician, Speaking to Athletes, Coaches, Parents, School Districts and Corporations Nation Wide
NAIA National Co-Athletic Director of the Year - 2002
Lifetime Achievement Award- Citizenship Through Sports Alliance - 2003
Has produced six instructional coaching videos
Author of two coaching books