Angelyne Brown To Take Over Stillman Women's Basketball
Program
July 12, 2006
TUSCALOOSA, AL --- The Stillman College Athletics Department named Angelyne
Brown as its new women's basketball coach. Dr. Curtis Williams, athletic director,
introduced the newest of the Stillman coaching staff to the school at a press
conference earlier today in Birthright Hall which included several returning
team members.
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"I am pleased to introduce Angelyne Brown as the women's basketball coach," Williams
said. "We had many qualified candidates to apply, but we believe that
we have the most qualified person to take over the position. Coach Brown was
the best hire because of her experience as a coach in the Southern Intercollegiate
Athletic Conference and her knowledge of the southeast as a recruiting area."
Brown, who takes over the positions that was previously filled by Sherri Harris,
becomes the sixth women's basketball head coach in nine years. Brown takes
over the Lady Tiger program after a year coaching hiatus to work on a master's
degree.
"I am very excited about coming to Stillman," said Brown. "All
of the people that I have met during the interviewing process and after I accepted
the job have been very nice and helpful. You have to have a good working environment.
Also, I will be getting an experienced team that has been competitive in the
SIAC. We have some talented athletes and I want to help them grow on the court
and in the class room."
Brown's last coaching experience was at Morgan State University where she
led that program from 2002-2005. At Morgan State she recruited several highly
touted Division I players, including Sharonda Watson (the school's three-point
record holder) and Jennyffer Vargas (the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference blocked
shots leader). Her career coaching record is 159-175.
Before becoming the head coach at Morgan State she dominated the Southern
Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC). She spent eight years as the head
coach at Clark Atlanta University winning .799 percent of her games.
At the Division II level Brown is an established coach with 14 years experience.
She built her reputation as a winner in the SIAC, winning the tournament in
1999 at Clark Atlanta. During her eight-year stint at CAU she compiled a 151-99
record, had no losing seasons, reached the SIAC tournament semi-finals in 2002,
and was the 2001 tournament runner-up.
During the 1998-99 season at Clark Atlanta her team finished with a 21-9 overall
record (11-4 conference mark) and a sixth place ranking in the NCAA Division
II South Region. Brown also has coaching experience at the Division I level.
Prior to taking over at Clark Atlanta, she was an assistant coach at Tuskegee
University and Spelman College. Brown began her collegiate coaching career
in 1991 at Spelman as the Assistant Basketball Coach. In August of 1992, she
assumed the role of Assistant Women's Basketball Coach at Tuskegee University.
While at Tuskegee, she also served as head coach of the women's volleyball
team.
In 1996, Brown worked as the assistant director of try-outs for the American
Basketball League (ABL), which at that time had a franchise that played its
games at Forbes Area on the Morehouse College campus.
Brown graduated from Clark College in 1987 with a bachelor's degree in physical
education. She was also basketball training site supervisor for the Summer
Olympics in 1996. She is the daughter of Mr. Bishop Warren and Aureila Brown.
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