{"id":33507,"date":"2023-10-31T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=33507"},"modified":"2023-11-02T06:43:23","modified_gmt":"2023-11-02T06:43:23","slug":"camaraderie-on-off-field-marks-eas-time-in-germany","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=33507","title":{"rendered":"Camaraderie on, off field marks EA\u2019s time in Germany"},"content":{"rendered":"
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WIESBADEN, Germany \u2013 According to Torrance Brown he eats, sleeps and breathes football \u2013 the American version, which he also played professionally and continues to coach in Germany. During the workday, however, Brown is the executive assistant for Installation Management Command Europe\u2019s chief of staff.<\/p>\n

Brown grew up playing football and was introduced to football in Germany by a friend while serving in the U.S. Army in 2001. He loved the game so much that after serving as a supply specialist for three years, he moved back to Germany where he signed with the team in Mainz. He played until 2013 and moved into coaching in 2011. He also played with Team USA<\/a> and was inducted into the Hall of Fame for the Mainz Golden Eagles, which Brown said wouldn\u2019t have happened without the teammates he had.<\/p>\n

\u201cSwitching to the coaching side was always something I wanted to do when I was done playing,\u201d Brown said. \u201cI didn\u2019t realize at this point my coaching career would take off like it has.\u201d<\/p>\n

Brown coached two years in Germany and then moved back to the States where he was offered a high school coaching position. That position took him to another level, he said.<\/p>\n

When he returned to Germany almost two years ago, Brown joined a team his friend coached to stay in the game. Once the season was over, he was offered the head coaching position with the Heidelberg Hunters.<\/p>\n

I have a philosophy for myself as a coach, \u2018don\u2019t just be a coach be a teacher,\u2019 Brown said. \u201cI enjoy teaching the game even to these adult men playing at this level. Everybody can still use teaching moments, and that’s what I truly enjoy about it. I also enjoy the camaraderie, the brotherhood, the everyday grind of it. I enjoy all of that as a coach.\u201d<\/p>\n

Off the field, Brown said he enjoys working with the team of professionals in the Secretary of the General Staff at IMCOM-Europe who go above and beyond for the organization.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s really not what I do, but it\u2019s the people I work with,\u201d Brown said. \u201cWe do multiple things, but for me, the best part of my job is the people that I work with.\u201d<\/p>\n

Down the road when Brown, an Atlanta native and 21-year federal employee, returns to the States he said he hopes to get back into high school coaching move into college-level coaching after he retires from federal service.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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