By Rick Peterson
TopSports.news
Trey Brown is stepping down as head boys basketball coach at Hayden after one season with the Wildcats.
Brown, a former Shawnee Heights All-Stater and Class 5A state champion and MidAmerica Nazarene standout point guard, met with Hayden's players Monday night to inform them of his decision.
Former Shawnee Heights star Trey Brown has resigned as Hayden's head boys basketball coach after his Wildcats advanced to the Class 3A state tournament in his only season at the school. [File photo/TSN]
The 25-year-old Brown confirmed to TopSports.news Monday that he has accepted another position, but that hiring has not yet been announced by the institution.
After helping lead Heights to the 5A state championship in 2017, Brown began his college playing career at Missouri Western before transferring to MidAmerica Nazarene, where he averaged 13.4 points as a senior and surpassed more than 1,000 career points for MidAmerica, where he earned his criminal justice degree in 2022.
Brown's first coaching job was at Cair Paravel Latin, which he led to a 9-13 record in the 2022-2023 season before he accepted the Hayden position.
The Wildcats posted an 8-16 record this past season, but posted three straight sub-state wins to earn a trip to the 3A state tournament.
Hayden dropped a 56-42 decision to top seed Beloit in the first round.
With the resignaton of Brown, Hayden will be looking for its fourth head coach in five seasons.
After Torrey Head retired, Dwayne Paul coached the Wildcats for two seasons before accepting the job at Free State, leading to Brown's hiring.
