The first addition to new Baylor School football coach Erik Kimrey’s staff is certainly an impressive one. Chris Brown, who averaged 10 wins in his four seasons at Red Bank, has resigned as the Lions head coach to join Kimrey’s staff as defensive coordinator.
Brown informed his team Monday morning.
“My wife and I take a lot of pride in accepting and taking on new challenges. With what Baylor has to offer, and with the chance to work for Coach Kimrey and learn from his experience, this was just a great opportunity,” Brown said. “Red Bank has been and will continue to be, in my opinion, the best public school in the city and the program will continue to move toward a championship.
“I never pursued the title of head coach just to see my name at the top of a program so the tough part for me is not taking a step back in title but it’s leaving the community and the kids that I love and cherish.”
Brown compiled a 40-8 overall record at Red Bank, his first head coaching job, including nine playoff wins with runs to at least the quarterfinals all four seasons and a semifinal appearance in 2020. During that span he also oversaw a defense that allowed an average of just 13.6 points per game and Lions players have received a total of 104 Division I scholarship offers since Brown’s arrival.