Titans Select Knoxville West High School Coach, Lamar Brown, As 2022 Coach of the Year

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Pictured (L-R): Knoxville West High School head coach Lamar Brown and Josh Corey, Titans Director of Marketing, Youth & Community Engagement. Photo: Joe Howell/Tennessee Titans

Coach Lamar Brown of Knoxville West High School has been named 2022 Tennessee Titans High School Coach of the Year after leading his team to a perfect 15-0 season for the first time in the school’s history. The team also ended the season by winning the Class 5A Tennessee State Championship.

“Coach Brown exemplifies everything we look for in a Coach of the Year winner–integrity, passion and grit. His work at West High School extends far past winning a state championship as he continues to build a reputation for growing and fostering the highest level of character in these young men,” says Josh Corey, Titans Director of Marketing, Youth & Community Engagement. “We know high school coaches have the influence to impact young athletes in the most profound of ways, and Coach Brown is a shining example of that effort coming to fruition.”

Coach Brown has a 61-19 overall record through his six seasons at West High School and has won three consecutive region championships. This season alone, West High School defeated two of its greatest competitors–8x defending Class 3A state champion Alcoa High School and Class 6A semifinalist Maryville High School–during the regular season. This state title represents the second in West High School history and the first since 2014.

As the 2022 Tennessee Titans Coach of the Year, Brown received a grant in the amount of $2,500 from the Titans and a $1,000 personal award from the NFL to benefit his football program.

“There is no one more deserving of his honor than Coach Brown. He continues to build our football program the right way–with character at the forefront of every decision,” adds West High School Principal, Dr. Ashley Speas. “He is a terrific football coach, but his influence runs much deeper as he develops these young men with a love of their school and tremendous pride in their community. He truly has a heart of gold and we are lucky to have him.”

This honor qualifies Coach Brown for the Don Shula NFL High School Coach of the Year award, honoring high school football coaches that display integrity, achievement and leadership exemplified by the coach with the most wins in NFL history, Don Shula. Announced in January, the winner receives grant prizes of over $25,000 for personal and football program use.

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