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Scott Brown wouldn’t have left the University of Virginia for many jobs. But the opportunity to lead his alma mater into a new era was an opportunity he couldn’t turn down.

Brown is the new head coach for the Vanderbilt men. He replaced Ian Duvenhage, who led the Commodores for 18 seasons.

Brown is a former three-time All-SEC selection who was part of Vanderbilt’s most successful men’s tennis team. He helped Vandy win the SEC title and advance to the championship match of the NCAA Tournament in 2003.

Brown returns to Nashville after two stints at Virginia, where he has served as associate head coach since 2019 and helped lead the Cavaliers to the back-to-back NCAA championships. From 2015-17, Brown was the senior high-performance coach at the Junior Tennis Champions Center in College Park, Maryland.

Brown was a four-year letterwinner at Vanderbilt, earning his degree in cognitive studies with a music history minor in 2005. He qualified for the NCAA doubles championship each of his last three seasons while competing in the NCAA singles championship as a senior. Brown still ranks second in school history with 82 doubles victories and is fifth with 162 combined wins in singles and doubles action. During his career, he was ranked as high as fourth in the country in doubles and 17th in singles. He was also No. 1 in the USTA Boys 18 rankings during his junior career.

Brown recently made time to discuss his move back to Vanderbilt and his vision for the program’s future.