Red Bank hires Chris Brown as head football coach.For once, Chris Brown didn’t mind a phone call interrupting dinner. As Brown and his wife, Joli, were feeding their 7-month-old daughter Adelyn on Monday evening, his phone rang with news he had been hoping for – an offer to become Red Bank High School’s head football coach.
“It was pure elation,” Brown said. “I was humbled and really excited by the opportunity.”
The toughest part after accepting the offer was keeping the news quiet until Tuesday afternoon, when Red Bank’s administration would make the hire official by telling the Lions players.
“It’s important to do things the right way, so we had to wait before it could be officially announced, and that was tough because I was so excited I wanted to tell everyone,” Brown acknowledged.
Brown, who played fullback at Vanderbilt, coached inside linebackers at Cleveland High last season and prior to that was a defensive assistant at Ooltewah for four years. He previously worked at Unicoi County, his alma mater, as defensive coordinator for four seasons.