Mitch Brown was a state high school champion in 1982 and started his coaching career in 1988 as a Mustang youth coach, leading his teams to four state titles while coaching 30 youth state champions. He went to Mustang High School as an assistant coach in 1996 and then spent 10 years as an assistant at El Reno High School. Brown helped coach 10 state champion teams and 53 individual champions during that time while earning Oklahoma Wrestling Coaches Association Assistant Coach of the Year honors seven times. He was named the National Wrestling Coaches Association National Assistant Coach of the Year in 1998. Brown also served on the coaching staff of Oklahoma's cadet and junior freestyle teams from 1995-2006 in addition to working as a high school and college official. He also served as assistant coach at Shawnee High School and Oklahoma City University. For his dedication to the sport, Mitch Brown is honored with the 2019 Lifetime Service to Wrestling Award by the Oklahoma Chapter of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame.