The Jacket Award

2023 Winner - Gary Brown

Gary has been part of Palmer Field for over 15 years. When his older son decided not to play years ago, Gary continued to coach. When his youngest son was born, Gary stepped right back into coaching and has for the past 5 years. Gary is an exemplary coach. He focuses on positive encouragement, fundamentals and playing the game the right way. He has some challenges with his own son at times but is never flustered and always puts the team first. When his family relocated to Brunswick, Gary still kept his role as manager without missing a beat. In addition, Gary owns his own cleaning company that has him on the go for sometimes 20 hours a day, 7 days a week. Regardless of how busy or tired he is, he still manages to come up to Palmer every other week and deep clean the restrooms, free of charge. He even sponsors his team! Gary Brown has given selflessly to the league for many years and is the perfect example of what the Jacket Award is all about.