Former Golden Eagle player Polk Brown was named July 21, 2011, as the head women’s and men’s golf coach at Tennessee Tech University. Brown takes over the reins from women’s coach Brandy Stout and men’s coach Craig King. Both Stout and King were serving in part-time roles, while Brown will be a full-time coach for the two teams.

“This is an exciting development for our women’s and men’s golf teams, and one that we feel will really benefit our student-athletes,” said TTU Director of Athletics Mark Wilson. “Polk Brown is an outstanding young man with tremendous enthusiasm, a passion for the game of golf, and a strong desire to help our student-athletes achieve success.

“This new direction is simply an opportunity for us to go with a full-time coach," said Wilson. "We wanted to go with someone who could spend more ‘face’ time with our players, more time on the golf course in practices, and could also develop a recruiting plan for the future to make sure that we recruit the most outstanding student-athletes for the golf teams.”

Brown received his bachelor’s degree in finance from Tech in 2006, and will complete his coursework in August to add his master’s degree in curriculum and instruction. He spent his first year after graduation as an Apprentice at Holston Hills Country Club in Knoxville, then returned to school in 2009 to begin working toward his master’s. He has also worked the past two years at Oak Ridge Country Club teaching and hosting junior clinics.

 “I am absolutely honored to have the opportunity to represent Tennessee Tech,” Brown said. “It’s a dream come true. The coaches before me, especially Bobby, left a huge legacy for me to try to fulfill, especially in the high principles he held. I remember going to school in August, 2001 and now it’s exactly 10 years later I’m coming back as head coach. It’s such an honor.”

Brown said helping the current and future Golden Eagle players achieve success in life will be his highest priority.

“I just want to represent Tennessee Tech in the best way possible. I am thrilled to be coming back, and I want to work with these young men and women and help them achieve all they can,” Brown said. “I want them to graduate from Tennessee Tech, and I want to help prepare them to be successful for the rest of their lives. I want them to strive for OVC championships, and to become the very best person they can. And, when they look back they can say it was the best time they’ve ever had. I look forward to the challenge and I just can’t wait to get started.”

Brown was a four-year letterman under coach Bobby Nichols, playing for the Golden Eagles from 2001 to 2006, with a redshirt season in 2002-03. As a player, he earned all-tournament honors four times during his career, including the Mercer Invitational as a freshman and both the EKU Spring Invitational and Austin Peay Invitational as a senior. A team captain in his final year, he finished fifth at the 2006 Ohio Valley Conference Tournament to claim his fourth all-tournament honor. In 2001-02 he won the Most Improved Player Award and the Impact Award, and in 2005-06 he received the team’s Most Dedicated Player Award.

Maegan Smith has joined the Tennessee Tech golf coaching staff as an assistant coach, where she will provide support to head coach Polk Brown and work with both the women's and men's players in 2011-12.

A five-year member of the Golden Eagle women's golf team, Smith played four seasons following a redshirt year in 2004-05 as a true freshman. She quickly emerged as a fixture in the lineup for three seasons under head coach Bobby Nichols, before finishing her senior season for coach Brandy Stout. During her Tech career, she played in 43 tournaments and was chosen team captain for both the 2007-08 and 2008-09 Golden Eagle squads. She helped capture two tournament championships.

One of the top high school players in West Tennessee during her prep career at Gleason High School for coach Sam Guthrie, Maegan was a versatile athlete, earning three letters in golf in addition to three letters in softball and one in basketball. On the golf course, she her team MVP and place, third, second and first in the district tournament in her final three years. She went on to place first, second and sixth in the regional tournaments, and earned a 14th place finish in the TSSAA state tournament as a senior. With the former Maegan Sullivan heading up the lineup, Gleason placed seventh in the state meet in her junior year and fifth in her senior season after capturing both the district and region crowns.

She earned her B.S. degree in Housing in Design in December 2008, and returned to school to finish her minorin Business in May 2009. Following graduation, she worked for one year at the Tennessee Golf Association. She has worked at the Cookeville Regional Medical Center since 2009 as a Patient Representative.

Maegan and her husband, Addison, were married February 26, 2011.