Dr. Michael Brown - Life & Performance Coach - Staff Directory - Bowling Green State University Athletics

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Dr. Michael Brown

Title:
Life & Performance Coach
Email:
Phone:
419-372-9019

Dr. Michael Brown (DMB) has served at Bowling Green State University since 1995 in a variety of roles, including Campus Minister, Creator and Director of the SEARCH Learning Community, Creator and Advisor of the Vanguard Men’s Leadership Organization, and the Sales & Marketing Manager for Conference & Event Services.

In 2018, Michael accepted the invitation from BGSU Athletics to engage in a one-year experiment to serve as the Life Coach for the Men’s Basketball Team focusing on coaching staff leadership training, team culture and communication, and assisting the players in developing into a better version of themselves in the various dimensions of their lives.

Dr. Brown’s role then expanded in year two to include work with coaches and players of all BGSU teams, as well as executive, senior, and support staff across the department.  His programming included team huddles, first-year student athlete sessions, captain councils, and staff retreats that featured his life coaching curriculum on the R.E.A.L. Athlete, the Twelve Dimensions of Life, and the Lifegiving Leader.

Over the past three decades, Michael has engaged tens of thousands of university students, faculty, and staff in exploring their life purpose and identity, enhancing their most important relationships, and expanding their capacity to reach their greatest potential.

Dr. Brown has developed volumes of tailored curriculum on hundreds of topics, such as positive and progressive masculinities, innovative leadership paradigms, the nature of high-powered teams, interpersonal conflict resolution, human development, life management, mindfulness, dynamic relationships, emotional intelligence, spiritual struggle, health and wellness, social justice, and redesigning and rebranding organizations for success.

Many of these topics are also expanded upon in the context of his Three Words Podcast.  Michael has released numerous bite-sized episodes that focus on making each choice count and every moment matter.

Having studied journalism [B.A.] (political science concentration) at Ohio University; ministry philosophy and practice [M.Min] (counseling concentration) at Moody Theological Seminary; and higher education administration [Ph.D.] (student development concentration) at Bowling Green State University, Dr. Brown is the co-author of Be Fully Present.  His next two books, Choose What Matters and The Marble Mindset are his current writing projects.

Michael has a passion for leading the charge with his wife (Teresa), four sons, five daughters, and several grandchildren to be a force of positive change within society. The Brown Family has served as a household for dozens of foster children and were selected as the 2008 Bowling Green Family of the Year. Michael’s personal hobbies include rigorous exercise, people watching, and enjoying peanut butter every day.