Markeith Brown

Head Coach

Markeith Brown,, one of the top assistant women's basketball coaches in the nation the past seven seasons while at Texas A&M-Commerce, was named as Oklahoma Christian's head coach on April 21, 2022.

Brown, 40, assisted TAMUC coach Jason Burton as the Lions' program has established itself as one of the best in NCAA Division II. TAMUC now is a perennial top-25 team and the Lions spent a week during the 2021-22 season atop the Division II Sports Information Directors Association national poll before falling in the second round of the NCAA tournament, capping a 27-5 season.

Brown was named as the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches Small College Women's Assistant Coach of the Year in May 2017 and as the NCAA Division II World Exposure Women's Assistant Coach of the Year in March 2020. He is only the third coach in the history of the OC program, following Max Dobson (1977-1985) and Stephanie Findley (1985-2022), both members of the OC Athletic Hall of Fame.

During Brown's tenure at TAMUC, which began in July 2015, the Lions posted a 143-57 record and qualified for the Division II tournament in 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022. He has helped coach four All-America players at TAMUC, including 2021-22 LSC player of the year Dyani Robinson.

Brown joined the TAMUC staff after six seasons as an assistant women's basketball coach and head women's cross country coach at NCAA Division III LeTourneau (Texas). In cross country, he led the LeTourneau to its best American Southwest Conference finish in school history, a third-place showing in 2013. In women's basketball, he helped recruit and coach a team that in 2013-14 became the first from LeTourneau to reach the ASC tournament.

Before arriving at LeTourneau, Brown served as the owner of the Texas City Rangers of the American Basketball Association (2008-09) and the head coach of the Lake Jackson Lakers of the Texas Professional League (2007-08).

He served as the head boys basketball coach at Vermillion Catholic High School in Abbeville, La., in 2006-07, where they were bi-district champion and regional finalist. Brown was recognized as the Vermillion Parish Coach of the Year and also served as the school's head cross country and head girls track and field coach.

He founded MB Basketball Training from 2005-07 while serving as the head freshman and assistant boys varsity basketball coach at Central Lafourche High School in Raceland, La. Brown was also the head coach of Nike-sponsored Louisiana Select, a 16-year old team that won two major national tournaments in 2006 (Next Level Ballers in Dallas and Kingwood Classic in Houston).

Brown, from Jackson, Miss., starred at Provine High School, leading his squad to a state title in 1998. He played collegiately at East Central (Miss.) Community College and Nicholls State, graduating from the latter with a bachelor's degree in General Studies in 2004. He led Nicholls State in assists during the 2002-03 season.

He and his wife, Julie, and have three children – daughters Jayda and Mia and son Mayson.