Men's Volleyball Adds Lindsay Brown as Assistant Coach
November 08, 2024 | Men's Volleyball
LOS ANGELES – The UCLA men's volleyball program has added Lindsay Brown as an assistant coach, it was announced on Friday by head coach John Hawks.
"I am excited to have Lindsay join us on staff here at UCLA," head coach John Hawks said. "Lindsay brings a high-level of professionalism and expertise with her to Westwood. She is a gifted recruiter and has a unique way of connecting with all of the student-athletes she comes in contact with. We can't wait to hit the ground running with Lindsay as we gear up for the 2025 season."
Brown spent last season with Hawks on staff at Loyola Chicago, helping the Ramblers to a 19-10 record, and a 12-4 mark in conference play in 2024. The Ramblers ended the season with the third-highest hitting percentage in the country (.350), swept 12 teams, and enjoyed a seven-match winning streak from Feb. 24 to March 21. Brown helped coach several Loyola players receive individual honors at the end of the 2024 season, including MIVA Player of the Year and AVCA First-Team All-American Parker Van Buren and MIVA and AVCA Newcomer of the Year Daniel Fabikovic.
Prior to her time in Chicago, Brown spent the 2023 season at Princeton where she served as the program's lead assistant coach and recruiting coordinator. The Tigers advanced to the EIVA Championship finals in 2023 and finished the year ranked 14th nationally while having five players garner All-EIVA honors.
Before heading to Princeton, Brown was the lead assistant coach at Purdue Fort Wayne and was a graduate assistant for men's volleyball for two years before she was promoted to assistant coach. In 2021, she stepped into the primary coaching while head coach Ryan Perrotte was on leave.
She helped coach Pelegrin Vargas to an AVCA All-America Honorable Mention honor in 2019 and helped the Mastodons earned the No. 3 seed in the MIVA. The season was highlighted by a pair of 3-0 wins over Ball State, which had never been done in program history prior.
In her first season with the Mastodons in 2018, the team went 18-11, earning the No. 5 seed for the MIVA Tournament. The season was highlighted by a five-set victory at No. 3 UC Irvine.
Brown also has experience on the national level, having coached the U.S. Boys U19 National Team in 2022 and 2023. Under Brown's leadership, the U19 squad would go on to win gold at the 2022 NORCECA Pan American Cup and secure a berth in the 2023 FIVB World Championships in the process. The U.S. would go on to take its best finish ever at the World Championships, placing 4th in Argentina in the summer of 2023.
As a former setter for Sonoma State University, Brown finished her collegiate career as the season and career assist record holder for the Sea Wolves as well as the owner of the career service ace record. Brown was an All-Conference selection three times and was Academic All-Conference four times.
After she finished her time at Sonoma State, she played for Volleyball Club Tirol in Austria and the NorCal Dream Team and Wildfire in the Premier Volleyball League.
Brown's coaching experience includes a head coaching position for the junior club at Empire Volleyball and assistant coaching position at Sonoma State, Ferris State and Dominican University of California.
Brown earned her degree in general studies with a concentration in sociology from Purdue Fort Wayne in 2017.
"I am excited to have Lindsay join us on staff here at UCLA," head coach John Hawks said. "Lindsay brings a high-level of professionalism and expertise with her to Westwood. She is a gifted recruiter and has a unique way of connecting with all of the student-athletes she comes in contact with. We can't wait to hit the ground running with Lindsay as we gear up for the 2025 season."
Brown spent last season with Hawks on staff at Loyola Chicago, helping the Ramblers to a 19-10 record, and a 12-4 mark in conference play in 2024. The Ramblers ended the season with the third-highest hitting percentage in the country (.350), swept 12 teams, and enjoyed a seven-match winning streak from Feb. 24 to March 21. Brown helped coach several Loyola players receive individual honors at the end of the 2024 season, including MIVA Player of the Year and AVCA First-Team All-American Parker Van Buren and MIVA and AVCA Newcomer of the Year Daniel Fabikovic.
Prior to her time in Chicago, Brown spent the 2023 season at Princeton where she served as the program's lead assistant coach and recruiting coordinator. The Tigers advanced to the EIVA Championship finals in 2023 and finished the year ranked 14th nationally while having five players garner All-EIVA honors.
Before heading to Princeton, Brown was the lead assistant coach at Purdue Fort Wayne and was a graduate assistant for men's volleyball for two years before she was promoted to assistant coach. In 2021, she stepped into the primary coaching while head coach Ryan Perrotte was on leave.
She helped coach Pelegrin Vargas to an AVCA All-America Honorable Mention honor in 2019 and helped the Mastodons earned the No. 3 seed in the MIVA. The season was highlighted by a pair of 3-0 wins over Ball State, which had never been done in program history prior.
In her first season with the Mastodons in 2018, the team went 18-11, earning the No. 5 seed for the MIVA Tournament. The season was highlighted by a five-set victory at No. 3 UC Irvine.
Brown also has experience on the national level, having coached the U.S. Boys U19 National Team in 2022 and 2023. Under Brown's leadership, the U19 squad would go on to win gold at the 2022 NORCECA Pan American Cup and secure a berth in the 2023 FIVB World Championships in the process. The U.S. would go on to take its best finish ever at the World Championships, placing 4th in Argentina in the summer of 2023.
As a former setter for Sonoma State University, Brown finished her collegiate career as the season and career assist record holder for the Sea Wolves as well as the owner of the career service ace record. Brown was an All-Conference selection three times and was Academic All-Conference four times.
After she finished her time at Sonoma State, she played for Volleyball Club Tirol in Austria and the NorCal Dream Team and Wildfire in the Premier Volleyball League.
Brown's coaching experience includes a head coaching position for the junior club at Empire Volleyball and assistant coaching position at Sonoma State, Ferris State and Dominican University of California.
Brown earned her degree in general studies with a concentration in sociology from Purdue Fort Wayne in 2017.
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