Chad Brown is a retired American

soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...

midfielder who played six seasons with the Seattle Sounders in the

USL First Division The USL First Division (USL-1) was a professional men's soccer league in the second tier of the United States league system. It was organized by the United Soccer League as its premier league for men from 1996 to 2010, above the USL Second ...

. He was the head coach of NPSL team

Spokane Shadow Spokane Shadow is an American soccer team, founded in 1996. The team competed in the National Premier Soccer League as well as the Evergreen Premier League, one of United States Adult Soccer Association's elite amateur leagues. From 1996 to 2005 ...

Player

In 1994, Brown played collegiate soccer at

Bellevue Community College Bellevue College (BC) is a public college in Bellevue, Washington. Created in 1966, the school is the largest of the 34 institutions that make up the Washington Community and Technical Colleges (SBCTC) system and the third-largest institution o ...

. In 1996, he played for

Spokane Community College Spokane Community College is a Public college, public community college in Spokane, Washington. It is part of the Community Colleges of Spokane and was established in 1963. Academics SCC offers associate degree, bachelor's degrees, and certif ...

. In 1996, Brown spent the summer with the

. In 1997, Brown transferred to

Fresno State California State University, Fresno (Fresno State) is a public university in Fresno, California, United States. It is part of the California State University system. The university had a fall 2020 enrollment of 25,341 students. It offers 60 ba ...

where he spent his last two seasons of collegiate eligibility. In 1999, Brown served as an assistant coach with Fresno State and played for the

as he finished his degree in sociology. In 2000, Brown began the season with the Seattle Sounders Select before being called up to the Seattle Sounders first team in July. He remained with the Sounders through the 2005 season. That season, the Sounders won the

championship.

Coach

In 1999, Brown served as a volunteer assistant coach with Fresno State while finishing his degree. When he retired from playing, he spent several years with the Crossfire Soccer Club in Redmond, Washington. In March 2006, the

University of Nevada-Las Vegas The University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) is a public land-grant research university in Paradise, Nevada, United States. The campus is about east of the Las Vegas Strip. It was formerly part of the University of Nevada from 1957 to 1969. It ...

hired Brown as an assistant coach. In March 2010, Brown became an assistant coach at the West Virginia University. In 2014, Brown was named head coach of

External links

WVU: Chad Brown

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Brown, Chad Living people 1975 births American men's soccer players American soccer coaches Fresno State Bulldogs men's soccer players Seattle Sounders (1994–2008) players Seattle Sounders Select players Spokane Shadow players USL First Division players USL League Two players A-League (1995–2004) players Men's association football midfielders 20th-century American sportsmen