Marco A. Brown - Track & Field/XC Coach - University of North Texas Athletics

Marco A. Brown

Title:
Assistant Coach (Throws/Meet Director)
Email:
Marcus.Brown@unt.edu

Marco A. Brown was hired as UNT track & field's assistant coach for throws and meet director on Aug. 24, 2023.

His presence was felt immediately by a throws group that posted eight school record performances in his first year at North Texas. He coached five athletes to AAC all-conference honors, including KeAyla Dove who won the AAC indoor shot put and went on to earn second-team All-America honors at the NCAA Indoor Championships. During the outdoor season, the men's javelin group was ranked as high as No. 14 in the country in the USTFCCCA Event Ranking, led by Zion Hill and AAC bronze medalist Akeel Hanchard.

In 2025, Brown coached Jake Parchman to a pair of conference titles in the weight throw and hammer throw, while shattering school records in both events. In addition, Hanchard once again took third in the javelin throw at the outdoor meet. Maybe most impressive though, was Brown's work with the women's throwers following injuries to all-conference performers Allison Stigarll and Dionna James. He coached three newcomers to podium finishes with freshman Ava Roberts garnering All-AAC accolades in the shot put at both conference meets, and Bolaji Subair (Discus) and Fabrienne Foster (Weight Throw) both earning runner-up finishes in their events. Javelin thrower Mackenzie Kuehl also saw major improvement from the 2024 season, increasing her personal best by over four meters resulting in a third-place finish at the AAC Championships and her first career berth to the regional meet.

Brown joined the Mean Green after spending the previous two years as an assistant coach at Morgan State, serving primarily as the throws coach and recruiting coordinator. He has coached 26 MEAC championship performances throughout his career. At Morgan State he coached Johnelle Johnson to four conference championships in both the shot put and discus en route to her earning team MVP on two separate occasions. He also coach John Purvis to three conference titles in the shot put and guided him to outdoor conference meet MVP honors. He coached Zach Dillon to two conference championships in both the shot put and discus, and he oversaw Terine Lambert becoming a two-time indoor and outdoor conference champion in shot put. Brown also coached Brylan Carter to the 2023 outdoor silver medal in the women's javelin.

Brown, who hails from Prince Georges County, Md., spent five years at Bethune-Cookman University in Daytona Beach, Fla., where he served as the throws coach and assisted with multi-events. There he coached Jeremiah Peters, a four-time MEAC Men’s Field Event Athlete of the Year, four-time conference champion, 2018 NCAA East preliminary qualifier and shot put/discus school record holder. Brown also coached Sidney Holston to a weight throw title and school-record performance at the 2020 indoor MEAC Championships. He also coached Akassja White to a weight throw title and school record at the 2018 MEAC indoor championships. During the 2017-18 seasons, he coached Catoria Sirmons to her sweep of the MEAC indoor and outdoor shot put Championship and NCAA East Preliminary appearance. Aside from the championship performances, Brown also coached multiple silver & bronze medalist performances and school records.

Prior to Bethune-Cookman, Brown spent two years at Coppin State University in Baltimore. While there, he also served as an athletics academic counselor/compliance assistant as well as an assistant track and field coach working with throws. He coached the 2016 MEAC Outdoor Men’s Field Event Athlete of the Year (Steven Thomas) in addition to the 2016 MEAC Outdoor Women’s Hammer Throw Champion (Kristen Deacon). Thomas would go on to win the discus on the men’s side. Brown also coached multiple silver & bronze medalist performances and school records.

As an athletics academic counselor, Brown monitored academic progress, eligibility status and maintained class schedule and enrollment records for over 50 student-athletes while also participating in the recruiting process to provide prospects with information concerning academic support services for student-athletes. He also assisted with monitoring and calculating Academic Progress Rate (APR) scores for all assigned teams, traveled with assigned teams and provided study hall opportunities for student-athletes while away from campus. Brown evaluated transcripts and academic reports to determine student-athletes' initial and continuous eligibility per NCAA eligibility requirements, he also assisted with the successful completion of the NCAA Acceleration Academic Success Program (AASP) Grant initiatives.

In the sport of track & field, Brown designed and implemented throws-specific training programs for seven student-athletes, and provided academic and personal guidance to all student-athletes in the program.

Aside from academic counseling/compliance and track, Brown helped serve with student-athlete development and assist with the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC). He advised 28 SAAC Officers, these duties entailed presenting an alcohol awareness seminar to all CSU student-athletes, as well as collaborating with career services to hold a résumé building workshop. He was also the chair of the SAAC Banquet Committee.

Brown is a 2014 graduate of Clemson University, earning a degree in Psychology and minoring in Education. At Clemson, Brown competed for the Tigers’s track & field team for two years (2012-14). He was named a two-time NCAA East Region qualifier as well as a two-time Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) silver medalist at the ACC Championships. He was a two-time All-ACC Team member and finished his career third all-time on the Clemson shot put record list. Other accolades include being the 2014 Pepsi Florida Relays title holder, while competing unseeded heading into the annual event. He was also the 2014 Raleigh Relays shot put champion.

Prior to Clemson, Brown began his collegiate career at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, where he was a three-time MEAC champion (twice in the shot put and once in the discus - as a freshman). He was named to the All-MEAC First Team three times, and is still third all-time on the Hawks records list for the shot put and weight throw.

Brown was inducted into the Quince Orchard High School Hall of Fame in the Class of 2001. During his time at Quince Orchard, he became a two-time USATF Junior Olympic All-American, a two-time Maryland 4A State Champion (shot put & discus), and was given 2009 Spring First Team Washington Post All-Metropolitan Honors. He also still holds the shot put and discus school records and Montgomery County records.

Brown currently holds a USATF Level 1 Coaches Certification, and he is also a member of the Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc., and a member of Boaz 212 Free & Accepted Masonic Lodge (Prince Hall Affiliate).