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Greg Brown
Greg Brown
Born	March 7, 1968 (age 56); Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.
Height	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight	195 lb (88 kg; 13 st 13 lb)
Position	Defense
Shot	Right
Played for	Buffalo Sabres; Pittsburgh Penguins; Winnipeg Jets
National team	United States
NHL draft	26th overall, 1986; Buffalo Sabres Coaching career
Current position
Title	Head Coach
Team	Boston College
Conference	Hockey East
Biographical details
Alma mater	Boston College
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2004–2012	Boston College (asst.)
2012–2018	Boston College (asso.)
2014	USA U20 (asst.)
2017	USA U20 (asst.)
2018	USA U20 (asst.)
2018–2021	New York Rangers (asst.)
2021–2022	Dubuque Fighting Saints
2022–Present	Boston College
Head coaching record
Overall	48–22–7 (.669)
Tournaments	3–1 (.750)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
	Hockey East regular season champion (2024); Hockey East Tournament Champion (2024);
Awards
	Hockey East Coach of the Year (2024); Spencer Penrose Award (2024);
Playing career	1990–2003

Gregory Curtis Brown (born March 7, 1968) is an American ice hockey coach and a former professional player, most notably for the Buffalo Sabres and the Pittsburgh Penguins. He is currently the head coach of the Boston College Eagles, an NCAA Division I team competing in Hockey East. Previously, Brown was a member of the Eagles coaching staff for fourteen years from 2004–2018, serving as an assistant coach under Jerry York and later alongside him as associate head coach. He also coached under David Quinn with the New York Rangers from 2018–2021 and served as the head coach for the Dubuque Fighting Saints for the 2021–22 USHL season.

Playing career

Brown was drafted in the second round, 26th overall, by the Buffalo Sabres in the 1986 NHL Entry Draft. Brown played his prep hockey career at St. Mark's School in Massachusetts before moving on to Boston College, where he played from 1986–1990 and amassed 120 points in 119 games. Brown skipped his sophomore season at B.C. to play for the American national men's hockey team and in the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta, where he totaled four points in six games for the seventh place US team. Following his junior and senior seasons at B.C., Brown was named Hockey East player of the year and was a finalist for the Hobey Baker Award, given to the top NCAA men's ice hockey player. He was also named 1990 Athlete of the Year by USA Hockey.

Brown moved into the professional ranks for the 1990/91 season, splitting time between the Sabres and their AHL affiliate, the Rochester Americans and scoring 26 points in 80 combined games. The 39 games played in Buffalo that season represented a career high, as he would play in only 55 more NHL games over the next three seasons. Most of Brown's time with the Sabres organization was spent in Rochester, where he was part of the team's 1991 and 1993 Calder Cup finalists. Brown left the Americans during the 1992 season to again represent USA Hockey at the Winter Olympics in Albertville, France. Brown appeared in seven games for the US team, which finished in fourth place after losing to Czechoslovakia in the Bronze Medal game.

Following the 1992–93 season, Brown was released by the Sabres and signed with the San Diego Gulls of the IHL and later with the Pittsburgh Penguins. Brown scored a career-high 11 points in 36 games for the Penguins during the 1993/94 season. Brown was traded to the Winnipeg Jets during the following season, where he appeared in his final nine NHL contests.

With the exception of two brief stints with USA Hockey, Brown spent the final six seasons of his pro career in Europe, retiring after the 2002/03 season. His stops in Europe included games with Rogle Angelholm and Leksands IF in the Swedish Elite League, Feldkirch VEU of the Austrian National League, the Kloten Flyers of Nationalliga A in Switzerland, and EV Landshut and the Kölner Haie of Germany's Deutsche Eishockey Liga.

Coaching career

Boston College

Following his playing career, Brown returned to Boston College, where he was named as an assistant coach on the men's hockey team for the 2004–05 season.

New York Rangers

On July 17, 2018, the New York Rangers announced that Brown would be joining David Quinn as an assistant coach for the team, along with David Oliver.^[1]

Dubuque Fighting Saints

On June 28, 2021, Brown was hired for his first head coaching position with the Dubuque Fighting Saints of the junior United States Hockey League (USHL).^[2]

Return to Boston College

Brown was named the head coach of the Boston College Eagles on May 6, 2022.^[3]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

			Regular season					Playoffs
Season	Team	League	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1984–85	St. Mark's School	HS-Prep	24	16	24	40	12	—	—	—	—	—
1985–86	St. Mark's School	HS-Prep	19	22	28	50	30	—	—	—	—	—
1986–87	Boston College	HE	37	10	27	37	22	—	—	—	—	—
1987–88	United States National Team	Intl	55	6	29	35	22	—	—	—	—	—
1988–89	Boston College	HE	40	9	34	43	24	—	—	—	—	—
1989–90	Boston College	HE	42	5	35	40	42	—	—	—	—	—
1990–91	Rochester Americans	AHL	31	6	17	23	16	14	1	4	5	8
1990–91	Buffalo Sabres	NHL	39	1	2	3	35	—	—	—	—	—
1991–92	United States National Team	Intl	8	0	0	0	5	—	—	—	—	—
1991–92	Rochester Americans	AHL	56	8	30	38	25	16	1	5	6	4
1992–93	Buffalo Sabres	NHL	10	0	1	1	6	—	—	—	—	—
1992–93	Rochester Americans	AHL	61	11	38	49	46	16	3	8	11	14
1993–94	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL	36	3	8	11	28	6	0	1	1	4
1993–94	San Diego Gulls	IHL	42	8	25	33	26	—	—	—	—	—
1994–95	Winnipeg Jets	NHL	9	0	3	3	17	—	—	—	—	—
1994–95	Cleveland Lumberjacks	IHL	28	5	14	19	22	—	—	—	—	—
1995–96	Rögle BK	SEL	22	4	7	11	32	—	—	—	—	—
1995–96	Rögle BK	Allsv	18	3	9	12	12	12	1	3	4	8
1996–97	Kloten Flyers	NDA	46	3	12	15	36	4	1	1	2	2
1996–97	VEU Feldkirch	AUT	6	0	2	2	8	—	—	—	—	—
1997–98	Landshut EV	DEL	43	1	17	18	4	6	2	4	6	12
1998–99	Kölner Haie	DEL	41	4	20	24	30	—	—	—	—	—
1999–00	Kölner Haie	DEL	56	2	12	14	32	10	0	4	4	8
2000–01	Kölner Haie	DEL	42	4	10	14	36	—	—	—	—	—
2001–02	Leksands IF	Allsv	31	8	15	23	73	10	3	6	9	14
2002–03	Leksands IF	SEL	30	2	8	10	32	5	1	0	1	10
AHL totals			148	25	85	110	87	46	5	17	22	26
NHL totals			94	4	14	18	86	6	0	1	1	4
DEL totals			182	11	59	70	102	16	2	8	10	20

International

Year	Team	Event	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1986	United States	WJC	7	0	2	2	8
1987	United States	WJC	7	1	1	2	2
1988	United States	OLY	6	0	4	4	2
1989	United States	WC	10	0	1	1	4
1990	United States	WC	10	2	3	5	0
1992	United States	OLY	7	0	0	0	2
1998	United States	WC	6	0	0	0	0
1998	United States	WC Q	3	0	1	1	0
Junior totals			14	1	3	4	10
Senior totals			42	2	9	11	8

Transactions

On June 21, 1986 the Buffalo Sabres selected Greg Brown in the second-round (#26 overall) of the 1986 entry draft.
On September 29, 1993 the Pittsburgh Penguins signed free agent Greg Brown.
On April 7, 1995 the Pittsburgh Penguins traded Greg Brown to the Winnipeg Jets.

Awards and honors

Award	Year
All-Hockey East Rookie Team	1986–87	^[4]
All-Hockey East First Team	1988–89	^[5]
AHCA East First-Team All-American	1988–89	^[6]
Hockey East All-Tournament Team	1989, 1990	^[7]
All-Hockey East First Team	1989–90	^[5]
AHCA East First-Team All-American	1989–90	^[6]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Boston College Eagles (Hockey East) (2022–present)
2022–23	Boston College	14–16–6	8–11–5	8th
2023–24	Boston College	34–6–1	20–3–1	1st	NCAA Frozen Four
Boston College:		48–22–7	28–14–6
Total:		48–22–7
National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion

Personal

He is the brother of former NHL winger Doug Brown and uncle of current Boston Bruins player Patrick Brown.

He coached his nephews Patrick and Christopher while they attended Boston College from 2010–2014, and 2015–2019, respectively. Both Patrick and Christopher were captains of the Eagles during their senior years.

Brown has been married to his wife, Katharine Walker Brown, since June 1993. They have two children, Ashley (born 1997) and Peyton (born in 2000).

References

^ "Rangers Announce Coaching Staff Additions". 15 October 2023.
^ "Greg Brown Appointed Head Coach of the Dubuque Fighting Saints". OurSports Central. June 28, 2021.
^ "Greg Brown Named Head Coach of Boston College Men's Hockey". Boston College Athletics. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 2022-05-07.
^ "Hockey East All-Rookie Teams". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
^ ^a ^b "Hockey East All-Teams". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
^ ^a ^b "Men's Ice Hockey Award Winners" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved June 11, 2013.
^ "2013-14 Hockey East Media Guide". Hockey East. Retrieved 2014-05-19.

External links

Boston College Eagles bio
Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Bob Motzko	Spencer Penrose Award 2023–24	Succeeded by Incumbent
Preceded by Mike McHugh	Hockey East Player of the Year 1988–89, 1989–90	Succeeded by David Emma