Erin Brown

Erin Brown is entering her third season as the head coach of the Lindenwood softball team in 2024.

In 2023, the Lions went 16-32, including an 8-15 mark against OVC competition. Lindenwood finished with a winning record at home (12-10) and swept eventual conference champion Eastern Illinois late in the year at Lou Brock Sports Complex. Irelynn West and Dallis Darnell earned all-conference honors with West being a second-team selection and Darnell being named to the all-newcomer team.

Under Brown's guidance, the Lindenwood softball team capped a historic 2022 season in the NCAA Midwest Regional and a 35-13 overall record. The Lions' trip to the regional tournament marked the first in program history, as the team claimed the No. 4 seed. Lindenwood earned a notable win over No. 2 UIndy in late April, the highest-ranked victory in program history. Junior ace Amanda Weyh led the Lions all spring, hoarding a plethora of individual postseason accolades, including CoSIDA Academic Team Member of the Year and NFCA All-America Third Team.

Prior to Lindenwood, Brown was the head coach at Truman State University in Kirksville, Mo., where she accumulated a 348-302 record in 13 seasons at the helm of the program. Over her final seven seasons with the Bulldogs, Brown amassed 233 wins and a .643 winning percentage. Brown led TSU to five NCAA Regional Appearances, and coached three All-Americans, 12 first-team All-Conference selections, 10 second-team All-Conference honorees, and four conference major award winners in 13 campaigns. The Bulldogs made the GLVC Tournament in every season under Brown.

Brown rejoined her alma mater of Truman State as head coach after previously serving as the head coach and Sports Information Director at Westminster College in Fulton, Mo. She took over the program in 2004 and improved the team from two wins in its previous two seasons combined into 17 throughout the next two years. She had four players named All-Conference by the St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletics Conference, including the school’s first first-team All-SLIAC pick in three seasons.

Prior to Westminster, Brown served as a graduate intern at the Missouri State High School Activities Association in the summer of 2004 after completing her master’s degree at the University of Central Missouri. She assisted long-time Jennies coach Rhesa Sumrell for two seasons in Warrensburg as CMSU went 69-40 during that period.

In 1999, Brown transferred to Truman State from Culver-Stockton College and was a letter winner on three NCAA regional finalist squads. Brown was used mostly as a utility player and had a career high .313 batting average in 1999 and was second on the team in 2000 with 14 stolen bases in 48 games played.

Brown played high school softball at South Shelby High School in Shelbina, Mo., and is married to her husband, Brian, and has two children, Teryn and Brooks.