At Alabama, he won the Johnny Bench Award as the nation's top collegiate catcher.

[2] Though spending the majority of his time with the Oakland's Double-A Midland RockHounds and Triple-A Sacramento River Cats, "Badge" (short for "Badger," a nickname for his ample body hair)[1] had a .379 OBP over his first four years.

[6] Brown was the team's third-ranked catcher behind Kurt Suzuki and Rob Bowen and was unlikely to make the major league roster.

[7] After a brief time working in coal mines, Brown returned to college and obtained his masters in education at the University of West Alabama.

Brown later became the head baseball coach at Grissom High School in Huntsville, Alabama.