Pioneer hires former Chelsea assistant Jari Brown as varsity football coach

By Pete Cunningham Sports Director

Posted on Thu, Feb 7, 2013 : 5:35 a.m.

Pioneer High School has hired Jari Brown as its head football coach, athletic director Eve Claar announced in a release on Tuesday.

Jari Brown, pictured above in 2007 while on the coaching staff at Huron High School, is Pioneer's new head football coach.

Ann Arbor News file photo

Brown has been an assistant coach at Chelsea High School since 2009. He was defensive coordinator at Huron High School from 2004-2009 and was an assistant at Lincoln High School in 2003.

Brown played at Eastern Michigan from 1999-2002 and was captain in 2002. He currently works as a Washtenaw County Sheriff's Department Corrections Officer and is pursuing his teaching certificate at Eastern.

Brown replaces Paul Test who resigned in December in the aftermath of a brawl that broke out following the team's game with cross-town rival Huron. Huron coach Cory Gildersleeve also resigned in the weeks following the brawl.

Test retires with a 16-7 record in two seasons (3-2 postseason), two Southeastern Conference Red Division titles, and a 2011 district title. His team this year advanced to the district finals before falling to Saline.