Opinion

Op-Ed: Remembering Art Brown

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[Jay Egan is athletic director at New Canaan High School.]

Our friend and colleague Coach Art Brown passed on Friday, August 9th. 

Art was a cross country and track coach at New Canaan High School  for the past 15 years. Prior to coaching at NCHS, Art had a long and successful career as a teacher and track coach at Stamford High School.  He was named the CHCAA  Track Coach of the Year in 2002 and was inducted into  the FCIAC Hall of Fame in 2008 in recognition of his work as a track coach at both Stamford and Rippowam High Schools. Art was loved by all the athletes he coached because they knew he unconditionally cared about each one of them. Art was also a great Fan of the Rams. He regularly attended football, basketball, soccer and lacrosse games and loved to share his coaching advice with the NCHS staff. We will remember Art as a dedicated and passionate coach who was loved and respected by all of his athletes.

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‘A Perfect 14-0’: New Canaan Girls Golf Wins FCIAC and CIAC Crowns

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Typically, when a four-time state champion-winning coach steps away from a program, there is a lengthy rebuilding period. It can take time to return to glory. 

Yet, that is not the case for the New Canaan High School Girls Golf program. 

The girls’ success hasn’t missed a beat since Head Coach Priscilla Schultz stepped down two years ago and was replaced by current Head Coach Bill Brown. Brown is now the coach of both the boys’ and girls’ golf teams, and came to the girls’ side with abundant championship pedigree, having won 10 state championships and six FCIAC championships as the Boys Golf Head Coach. So, it seems fitting that in his second year with the girls Brown capped off a season in which his team went undefeated, winning both the county and state championships. Brown described the transition to being head coach as “seamless” due to the shared culture that exists within the golf programs. 

“Even though we have boys and girls golf teams, we are all a part of New Canaan Golf.

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‘They’ve Carried on Our Culture’: New Canaan Girls Lacrosse Beats Darien for CIAC Class LL Title

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It was a lot of déjà vu all over again at Sacred Heart University’s Campus Field on Saturday afternoon. For the third consecutive year it was New Canaan-Darien in the CIAC Girls Lacrosse Championship. The same matchup as it has been for the previous four FCIAC Championship Games. And just like the conference final played 16 days ago, it was the Rams who came away with a five-goal win as New Canaan downed the top-seeded Blue Wave 10-5 to take the Class LL crown. “I am just so happy for this team,” New Canaan head coach Kristin Woods said.

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NCHS Girls Tennis Wins State Title

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The New Canaan High School varsity girls tennis team on Thursday dominated No. 1 seed Guilford 7-0 to win the Class L CIAC Finals. The state title win at Joel Barlow High School—which coincided with a CIAC title by the NCHS boys team (congratulations to coach Ben Young and his players)—was punctuated by all straight-set wins. The No. 2 seeded Rams, who’d won FCIACs over Greenwich High School last week, were led by No.