WATCH: Holy Trinity Head Football Coach Hurlie Brown Talks About the Tiger’s Preparation for Upcoming Season

the 2022 Regular Season Will Kickoff Aug. 26

ABOVE VIDEO: Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy’s head football coach Hurlie Brown spoke with Space Coast Daily sports editor Juan Rodriguez after practice to address the offseason and his team’s preparation heading into this season. 

BREVARD COUNTY • MELBOURNE, FLORIDA – Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy’s head football coach Hurlie Brown spoke with Space Coast Daily sports editor Juan Rodriguez after practice to address the recent offseason and the Tigers’ preparation heading into the season. 

Brown was named head football coach of the Tigers back in June after serving as Merritt Island High School’s head coach for four years prior to his most recent stint as a defensive coordinator at Prairie View A&M in Texas.

After leading the Mustangs to their first 5A State Championship final in 34 years, Coach Brown was honored as the Space Coast Daily–Friday Night Locker Room and Florida Dairy Farmers Class 5A Coach of the Year for the 2021 football season.

He brings a wealth of experience coaching both at the high school and college levels to Holy Trinity.

“To say we are ecstatic to be in the position of attracting someone of Hurlie Brown’s caliber and reputation speaks volumes for our football program,” said Holy Trinity Athletic Director James Phillips.

“Hurlie has spent years cultivating young athletes to help them reach their full potential both on and off the field. With him at the helm, our Tigers will have the opportunity to learn from a legend who understands the game and shares the larger vision for the future of HT football.”

Coach Brown is a 1987 Merritt Island graduate. He became the school’s eighth head football coach in March of 2018, after serving as an assistant with the program. He was 26-16 in four seasons as the Mustangs’ head coach.

Brown previously coached at college programs at Miami, Florida International, and Louisiana-Lafayette, as well as Dillard High and the then-Oakland Raiders. He played on two Hurricanes national championship teams, spent time in the Canadian Football League, and went to training camp with two NFL teams.

“I am so excited about the opportunity to return home to coach for such a prestigious school at such a pivotal time,” said Brown. “AD Phillips and Dr. Cobb shared their philosophy of HT football with me, and I was ‘All IN,’ mind, body, and spirit! Our Tigers will work hard, become a team, and enjoy success as part of a collective process that allows each student-athlete to grow and develop.”

Brown began his coaching career as a graduate assistant where he played college football at the University of Miami in 1992. He played and coached in eight College Bowls for UM from 1988-2015, winning two National Championships.

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