![]() Brown pictured in The Topeka Daily Capital, 1915 | |
Biographical details | |
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Born | Sevierville, Tennessee, U.S. | August 26, 1880
Died | March 11, 1937 Clarksville, Arkansas, U.S. | (aged 56)
Playing career | |
Football | |
1907–1909 | Wabash |
Position(s) | Tackle |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1913 | Parsons |
1915–1916 | Bethany (KS) |
1917 | Maryville (TN) |
1919 | Central (MO) |
1920–1932 | Arkansas Tech |
1933 | Ozarks (assistant) |
1934–1935 | Ozarks |
Basketball | |
1920–1932 | Arkansas Tech |
Baseball | |
1923 | Arkansas Tech |
Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
1930s | Ozarks |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 108–46–17 (football) 63–54 (basketball) 1–4 (baseball) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
Football 2 AIC (1928, 1931) | |
Edgar Osborne Brown (August 26, 1880 – March 11, 1937)[1] was an American football, basketball and baseball coach and college athletics administrator. He coached at a number of colleges including Parsons College in Fairfield, Iowa, Bethany College in Lindsborg, Kansas, Maryville College in Maryville, Tennessee, Central College—now known as Central Methodist University—in Fayette, Missouri and Arkansas Polytechnic College—now known as Arkansas Tech University—in Russellville, Arkansas. In the 1930s, Brown was the athletic director at the College of the Ozarks—now known as the University of the Ozarks—in Clarksville, Arkansas.[2]