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Warner Southern hires Rick Brewer as new Womens Basketball Head Coach

Warner University announces the hiring of Rick Brewer as the new Women’s Basketball Head Coach. Coach Brewer comes to Warner Southern from Oviedo (FL) High School where he led the Lady Lions to a top ten ranking and spot in the State Tournament Series.

“I am really excited to be a part of the Lady Royals program and ready to try and elevate it to a championship level,” Brewer said.

Coach Brewer, a native of Alexandria, IN, will enter his 17th season as a head coach in the fall. An Anderson University graduate, he began his head coaching career at Frankton High School in Frankton, IN, and in 1991 compiled 27 wins in two seasons there. He then moved on to the prestigious North Central Conference as an assistant coach at New Castle Chrysler High School in New Castle, IN.

Brewer served two seasons as the women’s assistant coach and two as the men’s assistant. In four years they were 84-39. He then became Women’s Head Coach in 1997 and spent eight years there winning 94 games and 57% of his games.

Rick Brewer came to Florida as Associate Head Coach in men’s basketball at Oak Ridge High School in Orlando. Overall, his teams were 149-114 at the high school level and won three sectionals, were runners-up three times and won three conference championships.

Brewer began coaching in 1989 when he and fellow AU grad Dennis Coppock started the Lady Stars Amateur Athletics Union (AAU) program in Anderson, Indiana. In five years his teams went 100-49. He also spent two years with Mohr Magic (49-9), four years with the Lady Rage (60-32) and two years with the New Castle Hoopsters (31-23). In AAU his teams have claimed two state championships, have been in the National Final Four on four occasions and have been National Runners-up two times.

Rick Brewer is married to wife Lisa for 23 years and they have four children. Ryan graduated from Marian College in Indianapolis where he played soccer, Logan and Lauren attend Warner Southern and Raven attends middle school.