University of California - Riverside Women's Cross Country

Browne was named director of Cross Country and Track & Field for the Highlanders in January of 2016 following four months as the program's interim director. He tepped into the interim shoes in August of 2015 following the retirement of Coach Irv Ray, who held the post for the previous 12 years. It was the third promotion in three years for Browne, who was named associate head coach for Track & Field in January of 2013. He originally joined the Highlanders program in the summer of 2003 as a volunteer assistant coach after previously serving as a graduate assistant at Cal Baptist from 2001-2002. Browne was promoted to full-time assistant cross country and track and field coach in the summer of 2007. This fall, Browne coached sophomore Faith Makau to the individual Big West Cross Country Championship. Coupled with sophomore Weslie Totten's fourth place finish, the Highlanders Women's Cross Country Team finished in fourth place. Cody Jordan earned all-conference honors on the men's side with a tenth place finish. Since joining the Highlanders, Browne has assisted the track & field team in the training of six national qualifiersthree of whom earned All American honorsand coached six All-West Region performers, 27 NCAA Regional Qualifiers, 12 Big West Conference Champions, and 27 All-Big West Conference performers. Since taking full control of the sprints and relays in 2009, Browne has coached one Big West Conference Champion in the 400m, five NCAA first round west region qualifiers, and 11 All-Big West performers in those events. Additionally, his athletes have set 16 indoor school records, five outdoor school records and 53 UCR All Time Top 10 marks (28 women/25 men). In cross country, Browne trained four national qualifiers, six All-West Region performers, and 15 All Big West Conference athletes. Additionally, Chad Hall (2008) and Emmanuel Ngula (2009) were named Big West Cross Country Freshmen of the Year. Browne was the assistant coach in 2008 when UC Riverside won the Big West Womens Cross Country Championshipthe first such title in the programs history. He also assisted with 92 Big West Academic All Conference honorees since being promoted to full time in 2007. Additionally, UCR Mens Cross Country earned All-American Academic Team recognition in seven consecutive years (2007-2014); Mens Track & Field earned that distinction in 2009 and 2010; while Womens Cross Country received the award in four consecutive years (2009-2012).   Browne was an 11-time collegiate All-American at Cal Baptist. He was the national runner up in the indoor 800m in 1999, the same year the Lancers won the NAIA Indoor National Track & Field team titlethe first national title in the schools history. His other career highlights include winning five NAIA National Championships in the 4x800m and distance medley relays and winning back-to-back conference 800m titles in 1999 and 2000. He has a personal best of 1:49 in the 800m and 47.2 in the 400m. Browne graduated from CBU in 2000 with a bachelors degree in business administration. He was a Golden State Athletic Conference Scholar Athlete. Browne attended Victor Valley High School (Victorville, CA), where he graduated in 1995. He was a CIF Finalist in the 800m. He is a member of the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association, and has his USATF Level 1 Coaching Certification, USATF Level 2 in Sprints, Hurdles and Relays. Additionally, he was selected for the USATF Emerging Elite Coaches Camp in the same event disciplines in 2012. Browne's hobbies include Cross Fit, running, playing basketball, reading, cooking and mentoring young people. He is also involved in online commerce. He resides in Riverside.