Fred Brown enters his 13th season as an assistant coach with the Lakeland wrestling programs in 2023-24.
Brown has coached for more than 30 years at many levels, including developmental, middle school, high school, junior national and college. Recently, Brown was a member of the Coaches Apprentice Program (CAP) through USA Wrestling where he traveled to Turkey to attend the Senior World Wrestling Championships. In 2015 he also was named to the George Martin Wrestling Hall of Fame for Wisconsin wrestling coaches.
Prior to coaching at Lakeland, Brown was the head wrestling coach for 11 seasons at Sheboygan Falls High School. There he led the Falcons to 12 regional titles, two sectional titles and a number of conference championships.
Before assuming the head job at Sheboygan Falls, Brown served as an assistant coach at Somerset (1979-80), Jefferson (1981-83), Sheboygan Falls (1983-91 and 1995-2000) and Sheboygan North (1991-95) high schools. Brown was also a graduate assistant coach at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse from 1980-81, following his college career wrestling at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls.
Brown graduated with a bachelor's in Physical Education at UW-River Falls. He earned his master's degree in physical education from UW-La Crosse in 1981. In addition to coaching, Brown is an Instructor Trainer (IT) for the American Red Cross and teaches a number of instructor courses.
Brown resides in Sheboygan Falls with his wife Lori and has two children, Nathan and Stephanie.
