Mom to Tyler and McCade, married 31 years to Brian, Head 🏐 coach and associate AD at Illinois Wesleyan University.
Normal, IL
Joined July 2009
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Kim Nelson Brown retweeted
Top-Ranked Titans SWEEP the day 🧹
@iwuwvolleyball finish a 3-0 weekend at the Polito's Invite, sweeping Lawrence to start the day before knocking off No. 2 UW-Oshkosh
#TGOE | @IWUVolleyball | #d3vb
Kim Nelson Brown retweeted
The winningest coach in program history has hit 1️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ wins
Congrats Coach Schauls!
#TGOE
Kim Nelson Brown retweeted
31 years, 600 wins, and the best people involved 💚🤍
Congratulations to coach Kim Nelson-Brown on her 600th win at the helm of @IWUVolleyball
#TGOE | @IWUVolleyball | #d3vb
Kim Nelson Brown retweeted
Women’s Lacrosse Head Coach Abby Poulter Selected to New IWLCA Spark Program
#TGOE
iwusports.com/news/2026/8/13…
Kim Nelson Brown retweeted
Tyler White Elevated to Associate Head Coach
iwusports.com/news/2026/8/6/…
#TGOE
Kim Nelson Brown retweeted
A well-earned promotion 👏
@IWUVolleyball's Tyler White has been elevated to Associate Head Coach
#TGOE
ALT Tyler White
Kim Nelson Brown retweeted
"Everybody knows you have to pay a price for winning. But most people are not willing to pay it. They may pay it once, but you have to pay it every single day."
Champions aren’t separated by what they can do. They’re separated by what they refuse to stop doing.
Kim Nelson Brown retweeted
All-Time Leaders in First-Team NABC DIII All Americans.
@PotsdamBears leads all teams with 10 NABC First-Teamers since the 1973-74.
@iwusports, @HamCollSports, and @Ott_Athletics share the second spot at 9 each.
#d3data #d3 #d3sports #d3hoops
Kim Nelson Brown retweeted
Michael Jordan breaks down the absolute true mindset of a champion.
"First of all you got to believe in yourself. You got to have a passion. You got to put forth the work."
"Discipline means you have to really decide on that you want to be a winner. And when someone tries to take you to go do things that's not focused on being a winner you have to be disciplined to say you know what, I got to stay to what I have to do."
"For people who skip those steps and think they just show up on Sunday, I don't want nothing to do with them."
Kim Nelson Brown retweeted
“You’ve got to be talented to play, yes… But at the end of the day, man, it’s coming down to the mental part of the game.”
– Brock Purdy
Talent opens the door.
Mindset keeps you in the room.
Resilience, adversity, leadership = the real separator.
Kim Nelson Brown retweeted
“I do not like losing but I’m not afraid to lose. I learn from losing,” Michael Jordan
If the standard is daily growth, then adversity becomes part of the process and winning becomes part of the culture.
Kim Nelson Brown retweeted
Leaders Do the Little Things:
🧳 carry the bags
💧 grab the water bottles
🧽 tidy up the locker room
🚌 make sure the bus is clean
🧹 sweep the floor
🍽️ eat last
🗑️ bus the tables
🙏 say please and thank you
⭐️ represent the team with class
Kim Nelson Brown retweeted
The best cultures don’t happen by accident.
They’re built with intention.
Dan Lanning said they spent 4 months defining the DNA of their program before ever putting it on a wall.
4 traits:
Connection - because players fight harder for people they truly know.
Growth - win or lose, it's “growth week.” The standard is always improving.
Toughness - handling hard without flinching.
Sacrifice - being okay with the team winning even when you don’t get the spotlight.
That’s leadership.
Not just demanding standards…
but building an environment where people want to live them out.
Kim Nelson Brown retweeted
Time to announce our incoming 2026 class 👏🏼
Graci Junis #6 | OH | Morton, IL
#TGOE
Kim Nelson Brown retweeted
Grateful to have had this transfer on campus this spring! 👏🏼
Libby Detweiler #10 | RS | Bloomington, IL
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