BA Rhonda Brown

Former Brentwood Academy girls basketball coach Rhonda Brown

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With the high school basketball season coming to an end for many teams as the postseason progresses, a pair of local programs will now be in the market for a new head coach.

Brentwood Academy girls basketball coach Rhonda Brown announced last week that she would be stepping down after 23 seasons as the Eagles head coach.

The former Vanderbilt star, then known as Rhonda Blades, compiled 475 wins during her tenure at BA, leading the program to five state championships and 11 Division II state finals. 

This season, the Eagles finished 10-15 (6-8) and fell in the first round of the DII-AA middle region tournament to Lipscomb Academy, 54-45. 

At Vanderbilt, Brown was an honorable mention All-American as a senior and helped lead the Commodores to the program's lone Final Four appearance as a sophomore. 

Brown also spent two seasons in the WNBA, first with the New York Liberty - where made the first 3-pointer in league history in 1997 - and then with the Detroit Shock after being selected first overall in the 1998 expansion draft. Brown closed out her playing career with four seasons overseas.

On Monday, Brentwood girls basketball coach Marcel Williams announced he would be stepping down from the position after three seasons at the helm. 

Williams compiled a record of 72-23 during his three seasons as head coach. Prior to that, he spent five seasons as an assistant on Brentwood's staff. Williams stepped into the role when former head coach Myles Thrash accepted the same role at Battle Ground Academy.

Brentwood closed out the season with a 24-6 (11-3) record, falling in the region quarterfinals to Lincoln County 70-53 on Friday. This followed a third-place finish in the District 10-4A tournament. 

Last season, the Bruins won the region championship with a 51-48 overtime win over Hillsboro before falling to Green Hill 36-33 in the sectional round.

Williams was a preseason McDonald's All-American nominee at Ocoee High School in Florida. He then spent three seasons at Austin Peay, playing in 96 games and starting 31.