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For a woman who spends most of her time at Grand View, whether it is at home sporting events, in her office, or everywhere in between, there’s a good chance you don’t know who Molly Brown is, or what she does.

“As the Director of Athletic Media and Game Management, covering college athletics is not your typical nine to five job and with that, no day is ever the same,” Brown said.

Brown does try to maintain a consistent work schedule but realizes sports can quickly change and so does her schedule to cover them.

Brown has spent the last 13 years at Grand View. Before her time here she was the athletic trainer and coached women’s basketball at William Penn. When she began at Grand View she started out as the women’s assistant basketball coach, as well as the Sports Information Director on campus. She later became the assistant golf coach while continuing to be the Director of Sports Information until her most recent change in job title, which happened eight years ago, becoming the Director of Athletic Media & Game Management.

When she’s not with her Grand View family at work, she’s more than likely doing what she might even consider her “main” job, and that is being a mother of two daughters: Bradee, 12, and Camryn, 1. Brown often tries to avoid taking any work home with her so she can focus on her family the entire time she is home and will even come back at night if she has to finish some things up.

Brown’s oldest of two daughters, Bradee, is often put to work by Brown when she comes around the athletic facilities and offices and is even well known by all the people who work with Brown.

“Everyone knows who she is and you can often find her helping me and everyone out in her event staff shirt. Oh yes, I’ll gladly put her to work,” Brown said with a smile.

Brown says the last 13 years have been more than great to her and she has never dreaded coming to work once. She loves the people she works with, as if they were family. There are two aspects of her job Brown said she enjoy most.

“I just try to and love to provide an atmosphere for a great group of athletic teams, coaches, and co-workers,” Brown said. “As well as making sure the athletes find themselves in an area where they can see themselves succeed, which is the most rewarding feeling ever.”