Even an outsider can see that Brookhaven Academy soccer coach Alex Brown is a guy that really, really loves the game. He coaches both varsity and junior varsity soccer at the school for both boys and girls.
You can also find him on the pitch coaching travel teams during the offseason and he is one of the most experienced referees in the area during the MHSAA soccer season.

His love of the beautiful game has rubbed off at Brookhaven Academy, a school that’s experienced its greatest soccer success with Brown leading the program.

In 2024-2025, the Brookhaven Academy girls’ team finished 17-5-2 and reached the semifinals of the MAIS Division II bracket. For another outstanding season in leading Cougar soccer, Brown has been named 2025 Daily Leader Boys’ Soccer All-Area Coach of the Year.

Brown has an assistant coach in Brannon Dickerson that appears to be similarly crazy about soccer as his head coach.

A graduate of Parklane Academy, Brown played soccer at Southwest Mississippi Community College and then later served as head coach for a stint at his alma mater in Summit.

A Spanish teacher when he’s not coaching, it looks like Brown has found a home at Brookhaven Academy, as the school hired him to be the first full-time coach, dedicated to coaching only soccer, in its history back in 2021.

It’s a move that has paid off for all involved as Brown has gone a combined 63-18-7 in girls and 58-20 in boys during his first four years coaching Brookhaven Academy soccer.