Brian Gray's bio
June 29, 2013

Mr. Brian Gray has been coaching for 20 years. At the age of 21 he was the Head Football coach for  Northwest Trojans organization. Coach Gray’s started coaching high school football in southern California. Coach Gray’s first opportunity to coach high school football as the head JV coach at Nogales High School in La Puente, Ca. The following year he was promoted to the offensive Coordinator on the varsity. Through this process he continued to grow and got a great opportunity to coach WR’s at Damien High School, which carried a tremendous amount of tradition.  Coach Gray is married to his wife, Denyse Gray and has two children. His daughter Kimora and son Brian Jr. have been sources of great support for him.  Coach Gray taught and coached the QB’s at Saint Mary’s High School, where he was a part of the staff that won the schools 1^st section title in football.  Coach Gray became the Head Football Coach in 2009 at Lincoln High School, where he is an alum. That hiring marked the first African-American to be the head football coach at Lincoln. He also was the first African American varsity head coach of any male sport.  Coach Gray was the Stockton Record All Area Coach of the Year in 2011. He sat on the committee that selected the 2012 Charles Washington Award.  Coach Gray was also selected as the Lions North All Star team in 2012. (This might have marked the first African American coach to be selected for this honor, Unless Coach Washington coached it)