Background
Brown was born in Albion, Michigan.
Brown was born in Albion, Michigan.
He attended Albion High School where he played football and basketball as well as athletics.
He then spent two years at Southwestern Michigan College in Dowagiac before attending Siena Heights University in Adrian in 1993. His lifetime best throw of 66.66 metres was the winning throw at the 2003 United States of America National Championships held in Palo Alto.
He became the only two-time National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics national champion in the history of athletics at Siena Heights College, and the first athlete to win back-to-back national titles in the discus in 1994 and 1995 at the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics Outdoor Track & Field Championships. He won the 2003 United States of America Track and Field National Championship and was ranked 6th in the world by Track & Field News after finishing eighth at the 2003 World Championships.
