South Lakes HS Hires New Wrestling Coach

South Lakes High School has hired Stephen Brown to lead its wrestling program.

Brown replaces Bruce Hall, who resigned after the 2012-13 season. Brown is a Special Ed teacher at South Lakes and will also be a freshmen football coach.

Brown, who lives in Reston, had been varsity wrestling coach at Langley and Stuart High Schools.  He was also the assistant wrestling coach at Langley (five years) and Yorktown (three years). 

As a head coach at Langley High School, Brown led his team to a Liberty District title and fourth place in the Northern Region.  He was named the Assistant Wrestling “Coach of the Year” for the Northern Virginia Region in 2007.  Also, that same year, Langley won the Regional tournament.

Coach Brown wrestled and played football in high school and at VMI.  As a wrestler, he was a two-time state qualifier and state champion in both Greco and Freestyle wrestling. 

He received a bachelor’s degree from VMI and received his teacher’s license from the University of Virginia. Brown also has been an assistant football coach at South Lakes and Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology.  

“Stephen Brown will do an excellent job with our wrestling program which finished last year as the Liberty District Runner-up,” said Linda Jones, SLHS Director of Student Activities.