He was on the Newton team that won the 1892 junior interscholastic championship and was captain of the 1893 squad.
[4] Reid left after the 1906 season and recommended Brown for the head coaching position, however Joshua Crane was chosen instead.
[6] Brown served as Harvard's chief scout and strategist under Percy Haughton.
[11] In 1926, athletic director W. J. Bingham offered Brown the opportunity to return to Harvard to coach with Huntington Hardwick.
The plan was for Brown and Robinson to be in charge of strategy and for Hardwick to teach fundamentals.