The 2025-26 season marked Miranda Brown's fourth full season at the helm of the Albright men's and women's tennis programs. Both teams captured MAC Commonwealth Championships, highlighted by the women's program completing a three-peat. The men's championship earned the Lions their first NCAA Tournament appearance in program history. For her efforts, Brown was named MAC Commonwealth Coach of the Year, while first-year standout Renato Orsi earned Rookie of the Year honors.
During the 2024-25 season, Brown guided both programs to postseason appearances, with the women's team repeating as MAC Commonwealth champions and qualifying for the NCAA Tournament for the second consecutive year. Across both programs, nine student-athletes earned All-Conference recognition. Alex Pancu highlighted the individual honors by capturing her fourth MAC Commonwealth Player of the Year award, while Allison Horick was named MAC Commonwealth Rookie of the Year.
The 2024-25 women's team also put together a historic regular season, finishing with a perfect 15-0 record. The Lions outscored their opponents 94-9 overall, including a dominant 33-1 mark in MAC Commonwealth competition. Entering the 2025-26 season, the women's program carried a 24-match regular-season winning streak.
The 2023-24 campaign was another historic season for both programs. Brown led the women's team to its first MAC Commonwealth Championship in program history, earning the Lions their first-ever appearance in the NCAA Division III Women's Tennis Championship. The men's team also continued its postseason success by making a return trip to the conference playoffs.
Following the historic campaign, Brown was named MAC Commonwealth Coach of the Year. On the women's side, five student-athletes earned All-Conference recognition. Alex Pancu earned First Team honors and was named MAC Commonwealth Player of the Year for the third consecutive season. Michelle Timothy and Valeria Sanchez received Second Team honors, while Elicia Aponte and Alaina Smith earned Honorable Mention recognition.
On the men's side, Adam Good earned Second Team All-MAC Commonwealth honors, while Dylan Huha and Gerardo Sanchez received Honorable Mention recognition.
During her first few seasons at Albright, Brown helped establish the tennis programs as consistent contenders in the MAC Commonwealth. She guided both teams to a combined 30 victories while developing multiple conference award winners, including back-to-back MAC Commonwealth Rookie of the Year and Player of the Year selections.
Brown was hired as the head coach of Albright's men's and women's tennis programs in January 2021. She arrived at Albright after spending two seasons as the head coach of the men's and women's tennis programs at the University of Minnesota Morris. In October 2022, she also took on the role of Albright's compliance coordinator.
During her first season at Minnesota Morris, Brown helped lead the women's team to its first Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) Tournament appearance since 2014. The Cougars finished the 2018-19 season with a 6-7 overall record and a 4-3 mark in conference play, while two student-athletes earned First Team All-UMAC honors. The men's team finished 5-8, improving its win total by two from the previous season. During the shortened 2020 season, the women's team posted a 3-1 record, while the men's team finished 1-1.
Brown played four seasons of collegiate tennis at Columbia College, helping lead the program to three consecutive Appalachian Athletic Conference (AAC) Tournament appearances. Before joining Minnesota Morris, she served as the head varsity boys' and girls' tennis coach at North Central High School in Kershaw, South Carolina, during the 2017-18 school year. In her first season, she guided the boys' varsity team to the state playoffs for the first time in several seasons.
In addition to her collegiate and high school coaching experience, Brown has worked with the City of Camden's Tennis Center in South Carolina, a public facility featuring 16 lighted tennis courts that hosts events such as the Junior Team Tennis State Championship.
Brown also served as the head tennis instructor at Camp Runoia in Maine, where she tripled the size of the camp's youth tennis program. Additionally, she was a member of the Arthur Ashe Kids' Day team in New York City, where she instructed more than 1,000 children in racket handling, agility, and footwork through interactive tennis activities.
Brown graduated from Columbia College in April 2017 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in behavioral science and psychology. She later earned a Master of Public Administration with an emphasis in public management from Arkansas State University in August 2020. Brown is also a certified Professional Tennis Registry (PTR) instructor.
