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Chris Brown

EDUCATION:
  • Boston College - 2004-2008
YEARS AT SAN FRANCISCO:
  • May 2021 - Present
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS AT SAN FRANCISCO:
  • Led San Francisco to an 8-4-5 record in 2023, which included two WCC Defensive Player of the Week and two WCC Offensive Player of the Week honors...Six Dons earned All-WCC honors, including two on the First Team (Gabriel Bracken Serra + Reid Roberts) and two on the All-Freshman Team (Chris Maldonado + Rylan Smith)...Eric Waltz named WCC Goalkeeper of the Year...Waltz (Second Team), Bracken Serra (Third Team) and Roberts (Third Team) all earned United Soccer coaches NCAA Division I All-West Region honors...Upset #9 Stanford (2-1) on the road on Oct. 12, 2023 and upset No. 20 LMU (3-1) at home in San Francisco on Nov. 4, 2023...Finished second in the WCC in goals allowed - 16 goal in 17 total matches
  • Finished 7-6-4 in 2022, which included three WCC Defensive Player of the Week and one WCC Offensive Player of the Week honors...Led USF to best start since 1991 through seven games at 5-0-2...Team earned the athletics department's Stephen Privett, S.J. award, which is awarded to a student-athlete or team who has demonstrated a higher commitment of learning and social justice through their outstanding work in their community
  • 3.6 cumulative team GPA since being hired in 2021
  • 20 WCC All-Academic Selections
  • 12 WCC All-Conference Selections
  • 5 NCAA Division I Men's West Region Selections
  • 1 College Soccer News All-Freshman Team Selection
OTHER CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
  • Associate head coach under Adam Cooper at Saint Mary's College (Moraga, Calif.) from 2011-2016 and 2019-2021...Coached All-Americans, Jake Rudel, Anders Engebretsen and Remi Prieur. In Brown's time in Moraga, three goalkeepers were drafted into the MLS - Doug Herrick, Andre Rawls and Prieur.
  • Played an integral role in recruiting the Saint Mary’s teams that went 40-4-3 from 2018 to the 2021 spring season. Overall, SMC had the best winning percentage in college soccer during this three-year period
  • Developed Rawls, who began his career as a walk-on at SMC and ended as the program's first conference Goalkeeper of the Year before also becoming the first Gael to be selected in the Major League Soccer (MLS) Superdraft...Drafted 44th overall in 2015 to New York City FC
  • Developed Prieur, who took home WCC Goalkeeper of the Year honors in 2019 in addition to being named a Second Team All-American by the United Soccer Coaches Associated before being drafted 47th overall in the 2020 MLS Superdraft by Sporting KC
  • Served as an assistant with the San Francisco Deltas between his time at Saint Mary's...Defeated the New York Cosmos, 2-0, in front of 10,000 fans at Kezar Stadium to win the NASL Soccer Bowl...Guided goalkeeper Romuald Pieser to a nomination for NASL Player of the Year
PERSONAL HIGHLIGHTS:
  • Three-year captain and goalkeeper at Boston College (2004-2008)
  • Captained the Eagles to the program's first-ever ACC regular season and tournament titles in 2007...Also earned BC's first-ever overall seed in the NCAA Tournament
  • Named the 2008 ACC Goalkeeper of the Year
  • Part of the United States Olympic Team Pool in 2007 before the games in Beijing, China
  • Played professsionally in Norway after college
  • Holds his UEFA B license
OTHER NOTABLES:
  • Brother, Adin, was an eleven-year soccer professional and is now the current goalkeeper coach for the San Jose Earthquakes
  • Father, Adin Brown Sr., was a captain for Marv Levy and the football team at William & Mary prior to being selected as linebacker by the Denver Broncos in the 1968 NFL Draft.
  • Resides in the East Bay with his wife Jess and dog Mack