Virginia Brown brought more than just knowledge to Odessa College; she brought 10 national championships to the Junior College in West Texas. Virginia started her tennis-coaching career at Odessa College and would end up coaching there for 16 years. During those 16 years, Virginia won 10 national championships and was national runner-up 6 times. Also while she was coaching Odessa College, she found time to coach the University of Texas of the Permian Basin. While at UTPB, Virginia had the team rated as high as fifth in the nation at one point. During the off-season for the college tennis teams, Virginia found time to coach professionally also. She coached on the professional circuit for seven years and also coached world team tennis for nine years. Virginia coached one of her own college athletes in the pro circuit, Sandy Collins, and helped her to a ranking as high as 17th in the world in both singles and doubles. Virginia has been inducted into the Texas Sports Hall of Fame and is a past winner of the Texas Sports Writers Association Coach of the Year Award. She was the first woman to win the award and at the time was the only woman to ever be nominated for the honor. Virginia has also been NAIA Coach of the Year, and served as president of the National Junior College Tennis Association.