Jeremy Brown enters his 19th season with the Fort Hays State men's basketball program in 2024-25. This will be his sixth year serving as Associate Head Coach after serving 13 years as assistant coach and recruiting coordinator of the program. He enters his 25th year in NCAA Division II and 23rd overall at FHSU after serving as a graduate assistant coach from 2001-2003 and student assistant from 1998-2000.
Prior to his return to FHSU, Brown was the assistant coach at Southwestern Oklahoma State University in Weatherford, Oklahoma, from 2004-2006. He helped coach the team to a top-25 ranking two years in a row and its only NCAA Tournament appearance in history in 2004-05.
Over the last 20 years as an assistant coach and associate head coach, Brown helped guide seven teams to the NCAA Tournament (six at FHSU and one at SWOSU). He coached 10 teams that won at least 20 games. Three of the teams he helped coach reached a top three ranking in the national poll and eight reached the top 25. In 2011, Brown helped Fort Hays State claim its first-ever MIAA Tournament Championship, then in 2013 helped guide FHSU to its first MIAA Regular Season Championship. Most recently in 2023-24 the Tigers had the nation's top scoring defense, allowing just 57.9 points per game.
As a coach at FHSU and SWOSU, he has recruited three All-Americans, eight all-region selections, and numerous all-conference players.
A native of Mulvane, Kan., Brown played two years of basketball at Friends University in Wichita, Kansas, from 1996-1998. He earned a bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education from Fort Hays State University in 2001 and a master’s degree in Sports Administration in 2003. He and his wife Nikki have two sons, Cooper and Jacob.
