Robert "Bird" Brown is a part-time recreational sports writer and columnist who came to the Times in January 2006. He is a full-time business teacher, boys' varsity soccer, and boys' JV lacrosse coach at his alma mater, Westminster High School. Bird has a B.A. in Sociology from Coker College and an MBA from Mt. St. Mary's University. He formerly worked in the insurance industry for 17 years and with his wife owned a couple of small businesses in the Westminster area.
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Bird Brown: Reminiscing about those tournament days gone by
We spent so many weekends driving our Chevy Suburban full of kids and smell equipment (or was it equipment and smelly kids) up and down I-95 that the memories just kept pouring in.
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Bird Brown: Knowing when to praise and when to punish
I never know when the right time is to lay down a “Black Sunday” type training session to get the players’ attention. I certainly have had my share of teams under-performing over the years (including my current high school team) but have always been uncomfortable being the coach that lays down punishment to get them back on track.
