Zach Brown is in the midst of his 10th season as an assistant coach at Wheaton in 2012, where he served as the only four-year captain in program history before graduating in 2002.

Playing in 116 career games, Brown was a member of four New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) regular season and tournament champion teams and helped the Lyons qualify for their first three NCAA Tournament appearances. During Brown's junior season, he hit a career-high .319 with 26 RBI in 29 starts.

Brown earned NEWMAC Academic All-Conference honors during each his junior and senior years before graduating magna cum laude with a degree in psychology. He transferred from Division I Wofford College in Spartanburg, South Carolina, after attending the college on a baseball scholarship.