University of Hawai'i at Manoa Athletics

Mike Brown was hired as the head diving coach at the University of Hawai‘i in the summer of 2000, along with his wife Anita Rossing.  

Years Coaching

• Hawai‘i 22nd season
• Overall 40 seasons (1976-94 & 2000-Present)

• 3-time National Coach of the Year
• 9-time MPSF Women’s Co-Coach of the Year
• 5-time MPSF Men’s Co-Coach of the Year
• 7-time WAC Women’s Coach of the Year
• 2-time Conference USA Men’s Coach of the Year
• 2-time NIC Men’s Diving Coach of the Year
• PCSC Men’s Co-Diving Coach of the Year

• Hawai‘i- Head Diving Coach (2000-Present)
• Texas- Head Diving Coach (1976-1994)
• Served as a U.S. National Team Coach (1979-96)

• In 2021 was named to the CSCAA Blue Ribbon Panel 
• Mentored 29 All-Americans, 18 U.S. National Team members and five Olympians between UH and Texas.
• Coached a total of nine individual NCAA champions.
• At UH alone has coached eight All-Americans and tallied 18 A.A. certificates.
• Served as a coach for 14 National Championship squads and 37 conference championship teams.
• Accumulated 31 conference divers of the year at UH (MPSF, WAC, C-USA, NIC, PCSC)

• University of Texas Swimming & Diving Hall of Honor (inducted 2012)
• Texas Swimming & Diving Hall of Fame (inducted 2013)
• FINA Coaching Award of Excellence (2014)
• Hawai`i Swimming Hall of Fame (inducted 2015)
• USA Diving Phil Boggs Award Recipient (2015)

• Dartmouth College (1970), B.A. Mathematics
• University of Indiana (1973), M.A. Secondary of Education