PHOTO PROVIDED / THE VILLAGE REPORTER
HALL OF FAMER … Stryker Local Schools recognized Coach Steve Brown’s induction into the District 7 Coaches Hall of Fame Class of 2025 on February 11 after being delayed from December. Coach Brown amassed 374 total wins in his career including a 342-168 record in 22 seasons as the Stryker Lady Panthers coach. Coach Brown’s teams earned 12 Buckeye Border Conference championships, 13 sectional titles, five district titles and two regional runner-up titles. He was named District 7 Coach of the Year six times, AP Coach of the Year in 2007, Ohio/Indiana All-Star Game Coach in 2010, North/South All-Star Game Coach in 2012, and received the prestigious Bob Arnzen Longevity Award in 2010. A 1980 graduate of Stryker High School, Steve Brown has dedicated decades to young athletes and has had a lifelong influence on all of those that he mentored. Pictured is Coach Steve Brown and his wife Brenda with some of his former players and coaching staff who returned for the celebration.