Brown was named Space Coast Daily–Friday Night Locker Room Coach of the Year in 2021
BREVARD COUNTY • MELBOURNE, FLORIDA – Former Merritt Island Mustangs coach Hurlie Brown has been named head coach of the Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy Tiger football team as of Monday.
Brown succeeds longtime Tiger head coach Nate Hooks, who was the longest-tenured coach, joining the Tigers in 2014.
During the 2021 season, Brown led the 13-2 Mustangs to their best season since 1989 and was honored as the Florida Dairy Farmers Class 5A Coach of the Year.
A 1987 Merritt Island graduate, he starred for the Mustangs before playing on two Miami Hurricanes National Championship teams and then spent four seasons in the Canadian Football League.
Brown took over as head coach for the Mustangs in 2018 and posted a record of 26-16 over four seasons. Prior to that, he had been an assistant coach for the Mustangs.
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COACH OF THE YEAR – Hurlie Brown, Merritt Island: Hurlie Brown led his Mustangs farther than any Mustangs team in recent memory. Brown is a player’s coach. He coaches hard but attributes all of the team’s success on the players and coaches. As Brown said after the state semifinal game against Sebring, “It’s not about me, it’s about these kids.” He wants people to know that the kids have done what he has asked and have done things the right way.
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