Greg Brown, a two-time U.S. Olympic Men’s Ice Hockey Team member, is making his third appearance as an assistant coach on a U.S. National Junior Team. Last year, he was a part of the U.S. staff that orchestrated a gold medal at the 2017 International Ice Hockey Federation World Junior Championship in Montreal and Toronto, Canada.
Prior to that, he served as an assistant coach on the U.S. National Junior Team that finished fifth at the 2014 International Ice Hockey Federation World Junior Championship in Malmo, Sweden. Additionally, Brown served as a camp coach at the 2010 and 2012 U.S. National Junior Evaluation Camps.
Brown is in his 14th season as a member of the Boston College men’s ice hockey team and his sixth as its associate head coach. Brown, who was a defenseman for the Eagles for three seasons (1986-87, 1988-90), joined his alma mater in 2004 as an assistant coach before being promoted to associate head coach prior to the 2012-13 season. During his time on the Eagles bench, the program has claimed five Hockey East Conference regular-season championships (2005, 2011-12, 2014, 2016); five Hockey East Conference tournament championships (2005, 2007-08, 2010-12); six NCAA Frozen Four appearances; and three NCAA national championships (2008, 2010 and 2012).
As a player for the Eagles, Brown was a two-time All-America First Team selection and two-time Hobey Baker Award finalist (1986-87, 1988-90). He is one of only three players in Hockey East history to twice capture the league’s Player of the Year honor and in 1994 was recognized for his college playing days by being one of four defensemen selected to the Hockey East All-Decade Team. Additionally, he was inducted into Boston College’s Varsity Club Hall of Fame in November 2004.
Internationally, Brown represented the United States at both the 1988 Olympic Winter Games in Calgary, Alberta, and the 1992 Olympic Winter Games in Albertville, France. He also skated in 55 games with the U.S. Men’s National Team during the 1987-88 season leading up to the Calgary Games.
Brown enjoyed a 12-year professional hockey career that included stops with the NHL's Buffalo Sabres (1990-91, 1992-93), Pittsburgh Penguins (1993-94) and Winnipeg Jets (1994-95) in addition to playing eight seasons overseas in Germany, Sweden and Switzerland.
Greg and his wife, Katharine, have two children, Ashley and Peyton, and reside in Scituate, Massachusetts.