HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Legendary coach Tom Brown dies

By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com MAIDEN — Legendary football coach Tom Brown, who came to the Greater Hickory area to play college football at then-Lenoir-Rhyne College and was later a high school head football coach at Maiden, Bunker Hill and East Burke, has died. Brown — who battled COVID-19 and other health concerns for several months — died at about 2:30 …

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Maiden to dedicate stadium to Tom Brown on Oct. 20

HobbsDailyReport.com MAIDEN – Maiden High is inviting its former football players to a reception that will honor former head coach Tom Brown on the night the football stadium is named after him. Former players and coaches who worked with Brown from 1965 through 2007 are encouraged to attend on Oct. 20 from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m., school administrators and …

BLAST FROM THE PAST: Brown found his calling in life very early

By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com MAIDEN – Tom Brown has never been one to run a what-might-have-been checklist because he knows he found his life’s calling – coaching football – at a very young age. “It was an easy call for me to be a football coach,” Brown said this week. “And once I got involved, I never wanted to be …