Education
University of Tennessee.
University of Tennessee.
He competed for the United States in two Olympic Games, running the steeplechase at the 1972 and 1976 Olympics. He was a surprise second place at the 1972 Olympic Trials, sprinting from a battle to make the team around leading contender, hometown favorite Steve Savage who had been battling Mike Manley for the lead. That wasn"t even the most thrilling finish in that race, as Mike Roche fell over the last barrier, managed to right himself and outsprint Don Timm for the final position on the team
Brown also made a third Olympic team in 1980, but that was just a status symbol as President Jimmy Carter had already announced the United States would boycott the Olympics.
He also ran on the American silver medal winning team at the 1983 IAAF World Cross Country Championships. After college he ran with the Athletics West track club, one of the first mega teams sponsored by Nike.