Heading into a 40th season as a head football coach, Chris Brown is on the cusp of setting the all-time Colorado mark for victories.
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When asked to discuss it, he said he was kind of busy handling the “glamour” aspects of being a coach. There was to be a junior high scrimmage as well as another for his team, the 8-man West Grand Mustangs of Kremmling, and he was also attempting to prepare the field.
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“I’m trying to find the stakes, and there’s paint all over my hands,” Brown said.
The coach is sitting at 298 victories — against 121 losses — and his Mustangs figure to be better than the 4-5 they were in 2014. They have a chance to make Brown just the third in-state coach to reach 300. Pat Panek has the record at 306.
“We have a big freshman class and 33 kids out, the most we’ve had since playing 8-man,” he said.
West Grand will open its season Saturday at Justice in Boulder, then host Nederland on Sept. 11.
Yes, Brown said he’ll mark the historic victory, but chest-thumping has never been the 62-year-old’s thing. It also would interfere with his dry sense of humor.
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“We’re having a good time, and we’re still undefeated,” he said. “I’ll keep doing this, if they let me. I’ve got to have something to do. As long as I still love going to practice …”
