Coach Charlie Brown

Grimsley High School ran the 100 and 200 meters in high school.  Coach Brown was recruited by 

UNC - Chapel Hill.  At UNC, Coach Brown Competed in the 55 meters, 100 meters and 200 meters for UNC in the ACC Championships.   

Coach Brown coached Clara Hairston to the USA U20(was called Junior team) in the 100 meter hurdles.  Clara was the last high school athlete to beat Jackie Joyner Kearse in a race. 

      Pam Doggett beat out her own Pacesetter teammates to Make the U20(Junior team).  In 1984, 4 of the top 5 heptathletes in High School competed and trained with the Greensboro Pacesetters and Coach Brown.  Pam went onto placing 3rd in the Pan American Junior Championships in Jamaica. 

     In 2003, Coach Brown was selected by USATF to Coach the U20(Junior Team) at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships in Saint Etienne France and the NACAC team.  

1998 KIM JONES, LONG JUMP, NATIONAL New Balance  OUTDOOR HIGH SCHOOL CHAMPION

1999 KIM JONES, LONG JUMP, NATIONAL INDOOR HIGH SCHOOL CHAMPION

1999 KIM JONES, LONG JUMP, NATIONAL New Balance OUTDOOR HIGH SCHOOL CHAMPION

1999 KIM JONES, 100 M HURDLES, NATIONAL New Balance OUTDOOR HIGH SCHOOL CHAMPION

Voted MVP of National New Balance High School Track Championships, Also Known as Nike/New Balance National Scholastic Championships

Nineteen USA NATIONAL JUNIOR OLYMPIC  TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONS

2014      Nolan Cook                                          15-16         1,500 meter run

2013      Clayton Wilson                                     17-18        2,000 Steeplechase

1992       MIA RICHARDSON                            17-18        800 METERS

1992       MIA RICHARDSON                            17-18        1500 METERS

1991        PAUL KINSER                                   17-18       1500 METERS  National Meet Record and still the record in 2019

1988       BRAD CARTER                                   15-16       800 METERS

1986       PAM DOGGETT                                   17-18       100 M HURDLES

1986       PAM DOGGETT              }

SONYA THOMAS              }                     17-18        4 X 100 RELAY

ADRIENNE FERGUSON       }

STEPHANIE JESSUP       }

CHASE HEMPHILL       }

MIKE ROWAN              }                     15-16       4 X 800 RELAY

JOHN CLARKIN              }

CHRIS GRIGGS              }

1984       PAM DOGGETT                            15-16       100 M HURDLES

1984       PAM DOGGETT                            15-16       HEPTATHLON

1984       TERI LEBLANC                            17-18       HEPTATHLON

1984       PAT GOODWIN                            15-16       800 METERS

1984       MIKE CLINEBELL                            15-16       5,000 METERS

1983       JOHN ERICKSON                            17-18       XC AGE GROUP

1983       PAM DOGGETT                            15-16       100 M HURDLES

1983       PAM DOGGETT                            15-16       HEPTATHLON

1981       CLARA HAIRSTON                            17-18       100 M HURDLES

1981       CLARA HAIRSTON                            17-18       400 M HURDLES

1981       APRIL COOK                                   15-16       400 M HURDLES

OVER 200+ PACESETTERS HAVE GONE ON TO UNIVERSITY AND COLLEGE TEAMS :

TEXAS, AUBRUN, STANFORD, UNC CHAPEL HILL, NC STATE, UNC-CHARLOTTE, PRINCETON, YALE, MISSOURI, EAST CAROLINA, APPALACHIAN STATE, NEBRASKA, MISSISSIPPI, BREVARD, TAFT, CORNELL, KENTUCKY, WAKE FOREST, VIRGINIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, EAST TENNESSEE STATE, FLORIDA, UNC-WILIMGTON, UNCG, DUKE, NC A & T, HOWARD, BENNETT COLLEGE, BARTON, BROWN, ST. AUGUSTINE, UNC-ASHEVILLE, RICHMOND, FLORIDA STATE, John Hopkins, Clemson, High Point University, Indiana Wesleyan University, West Point  Military Academy

WILLIAM & MARY, WESTERN CAROLINA, PITTSBURGH, Davidson,  College of Charleston, Western Carolina, Elon,  +++

USATF Level 1 Coach 

USATF certified Coach by Coaching USA Team in 2003 

2023 Inducted into North Carolina High School Track and Field Hall of Fame 

* UNC article at https://goheels.com/news/2023/1/1/track-field-former-unc-standout-earl-patterson-named-to-nc-hs-track-hof.aspx  

2021 inducted into Guilford County Sports Hall of Fame  

Meet Director of USATF National Cross Country Championships and Club Cross Country Championships

Meet Director and founder of one of the longest running Cross Country Invitationals in South, The 38th Annual Greensboro Cross Country Invitational 

Meet Director of MEAC, CIAA and other Conference College Cross Country Championships 

Coached North Carolina State Team Champions at Southwest Guilford and Greensboro Day School 

Coached two track and field athletes who are now in the Guilford County Sports Hall of Fame. 

Pam Doggett and Kim Jones

USA National Junior Olympic Championships

1979              LINCOLN, NE

1980              SAN JOSE, CA

1981              LINCOLN, NE

1982              LINCOLN, NE

1983              DURHAM, NC

1984              BATON ROUGE, LA

1985              SEATTLE, WA

1986              LINCOLN, NE

1987              PROVO, UT

1988              GAINESVILLE FL

1989              SPOKANE, WA

1990              LINCOLN, NE

1991              CHAPEL HILL, NC

1992              LOS ANGELES (Mt. Sac), CA

1993              BATON ROUGE, LA

1994              GAINESVILLE, FL

1995              SAN JOSE, CA

1996              HOUSTON, TX

1997              BATON ROUGE, LA

1998              SEATTLE, WA

1999              OMAHA, NE

2000              BUFFALO, NY

2001              SACRAMENTO, CA

2002              OMAHA, NE

2003              MIAMI, FL

2004              Eugene, OR

2005              Indianapolis, IN

2006              Baltimore, MD

2007              Mt. Sac, LA, CA

2008              Omaha, NE

2009              NC A & T, Greensboro, NC

2010              Sacramento, CA

2011              Wichita, Kansas Wichita State University

2012              Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD

2013              NC A & T State University, Greensboro NC

2014             Turner Stadium, Houston, TX

2015              Jacksonville, FL

2016             Sacramento, CA

2017             Lawrence, KS

2018             NC A & T State University, Greensboro NC

2019             Sacramento State University, CA 

2020             Cancelled Covid 

2021             University of North Florida, Jacksonville, FL

2022             Sacramento State University, CA 

2023            Eugene, Oregon Hayward Field, University of Oregon