'I Want Them To Feel Good About Themselves:' TC West's Tom Brown Reflects On Decades Of Coaching
By Art Bukowski | Oct. 31, 2026
Don’t ask Tom Brown to name the best kids on the team. That would be missing the point.
Brown, 71, has been coaching for a long time. Cross country, football, track, basketball, boys, girls, you name it. And while he’s seen hundreds of kids across all ability levels, it’s not necessarily the best athletes that stand out in his memory – it’s the ones who squeeze the most out of themselves.
Maybe they didn’t start every game. Maybe they didn’t medal at regionals or light up the stat sheet. But they got better. They worked hard and they improved. That’s the magic. That’s the goal.
“We had a kid in …
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