Head Coach Gabrielle Brown

Gabrielle Brown enters her first season as the head coach of St. Cloud State Track & Field and Cross Country in 2023-24. A three-time All-American hurdler at Hamline, Brown joins St. Cloud State after three seasons as an assistant coach at Macalester.

She has recruited and coached five National Qualifiers, four All-Region honorees, one Conference Field Athlete of the Year, five Conference Champions and 36 All-Conference finishers over her four years as a collegiate coach.

Brown spent the last three seasons as a full-time assistant coach at Macalester, serving as the Sprints, Jumps and Hurdles coach under longtime collegiate head coach Dan Schofer. During her time with the Scots, three student-athletes qualified for the NCAA Championships while four earned USTFCCCA All-Region honors. Four Macalester athletes were crowned MIAC Champions and 25 earned All-MIAC honors under Brown’s tutelage. In Brown’s final season with the Scots, Macalester jumper Journey Amundson became the program’s first athlete to be named MIAC Outdoor Field Athlete of the Year. Five program records fell during Brown’s time with Macalester.

Scot student-athletes impressed in the classroom with Brown providing academic support as four earned Academic All-District honors, seven added USTFCCCA All-Academic laurels and 36 were named Academic All-MIAC.

Beginning her collegiate coaching career at Jamestown in 2019-20 as a graduate assistant under Megan Kuehl, Brown assisted in all areas of the program including practice planning and implementation, meet preparation and recruiting while managing the Jimmie social media accounts. 11 Jamestown athletes earned All-Conference honors, two advanced to the NAIA Championships and one captured a conference title under Brown’s watch.

In addition to her extensive coaching background, Brown brings exceptional experience on the track to St. Cloud State as the standout hurdler earned three All-American honors during her collegiate career at Hamline. She graduated as the school record-holder in the 60 Meter and 100 Meter Hurdles while running on the school record 4x100 Meter Relay team. She placed eighth at the 2018 NCAA DIII Indoor Championships in the 60 Meter Hurdles then took fifth at the 2018 NCAA DIII Outdoor Championships with a 14.06s time in the 100 Meter Hurdles. Brown won six individual MIAC Championships and was named the 2019 MIAC Outdoor Championships Most Outstanding Track Athlete.

A native of St. Paul, Minnesota, Brown was a MSHSL Section 4AA Champion at St. Paul Johnson High School and qualified for the MSHSL Class AA State Championships in both the 100 and 300 Meter Hurdles as a senior.

Brown becomes the first Black female head coach in the history of St. Cloud State Athletics and holds her master’s degree in Leadership from Jamestown in addition to undergraduate degrees in Communication and Education from Hamline.