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Bob Brown Inducted Into MO Sports Hall of Fame
Saturday, February 7, 2009, at the University
Plaza Convention Center in Springfield, Mo.
MO Sports Hall of Fame press release
BOB BROWN – BASKETBALL
Brown, a native of Stoutland, Mo., began his
coaching career at Richland High School in 1956
where he spent three years and compiled an over-all
record of 80-17. The 1956-57 Richland basketball
team finished third in the state tournament.
Brown spent four years at Bolivar, highlighted
by a 30-4 record and state Class M championship
in 1960. Following his stint with the Bolivar
Liberators, Brown spent two years at Ruskin High
School in the Kansas City area, and had a record
of 43 wins and 12 losses, winning one conference
crown. In 1966, Brown became the head basketball
coach for Parkview High School Vikings in Springfield
where he stayed for 20 seasons. At Parkview, Coach
Brown won his 500th game in 1975. After his 20th
year as head coach at Parkview, Coach Brown moved
on to the college ranks as an assistant coach at
Tulsa University. Later he would coach as an assistant
at Western Kentucky University. In 1993, Brown
returned to high school coaching in Missouri when
he took the helm at Springfield Catholic and served
there for a final six years. Over his coaching
career he took teams to the state tournaments a
dozen times and won numerous conference championships.
As a head coach, Brown compiled a record of
672 wins and 286 losses.
Parkview Highlights:
- '65-'66 Viking squad has been the only post-1950
Springfield R-12 team to go undefeated
during the regular season.
- Regional / District titles in 1966, 1968, 1969,
1975, 1977, 1979, & 1981.
- Ozark Conf. Championships in 1966, 1967, 1970,
1971, 1980, & 1981.
- Second Place in Class L in '66 and Third
Place in Class 4-A in '81.
- Coached All-Stater Greg Cavener and the
Vikings to a 71-16 record between '78-'81.
- Even in defeat, the Parkview student body
carried Coach Brown off the court after a
regional contest against city rival Glendale.
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