Head Coach Bio 2023

Hank Brown has been the Head Coach of Plant Football since April 2021, following a long tenure serving in various coaching capacities at Plant. Brown first joined the Plant coaching staff in 2004 and has served as Varsity Assistant Head Coach, Defensive Coordinator, Defensive Line and Linebackers Coach.

During the 2022-2023 season, in his second year as head coach, Brown led the team to a 9-3 record, winning the District championship (4M, District 7) and competing as a regional semi-finalist (4M, Region 2). Also during that season, the team received the 2nd highest GPA honor in the state by the Florida High School Athletic Association (FHSAA) and won the National Football Foundation National High School Academic Excellence Award Winner for Florida.

These achievements improved upon the success the team had during Brown’s first year as head coach, which resulted in a 6-4 season, the first winning season in 2 years. That team was also won the Hillsborough County’s Highest Team GPA forFootball Award.

Brown is the recipient of the 2023 Positive Coaching Alliance - Double Goal Coach Award, 2022 Hillsborough County Western Conference American Division Coach of The Year, the 2022 Florida Athletic Coaches Association (FACA) 4M, District 15, Coach of the Year and the 2021 West Hillsborough County All Star Team Head Coach.

Brown played for the Plant Panthers and continued his football career at the University of Central Florida and the semi-pro team, the Granite State Warriors. Brown obtained his BS degree from the University of Central Florida in 1997 and AMDP degree from Harvard University School of Design in 2007. He is the Chief Executive Officer of J.T. Swann & Company. Brown's wife, Julie, who he has been married to for 21 years, serves as Vice Chairman and Commissioner at the Florida Gaming Control Commission. They have two children, Emerson (11th grade) and Tripp (10th grade) attending Plant.