About – Mark Browne Coaching

I am originally from the great state of Georgia (yes, maybe a slight southern accent). I graduated from high school and played on the football and baseball team at Oklahoma State University (Go Polk’s!). I eventually graduated from East Carolina with a Bachelor’s degree with honors from East Carolina University. At this point, I was stuck. At the time, becoming a Psychologist wasn’t for me. I wanted different life experiences. So, after careful deliberation, I joined the Charleston Police Department as a Police Officer in Charleston, South Carolina. After many different roles in Law Enforcement including Criminal Investigations Division (CID), Vice, and Field Training Officer, my favorite aspect was helping new officers as an FTO become the safest and best Officers possible. But after being in Law Enforcement, I decided I wanted something a little more challenging.

My Background

Helicopter Pilot

During my time as in Law Enforcement, I was lucky enough to get to be able to go up in a helicopter. I was immediately hooked and ended up in Helicopter Flight School in Florida 6 months later. This was a demanding learning curve and took 9 months full time training, but I went from zero hours to Commercial Pilot and Certified Instrument Flight Instructor (CFII) during that time. My first job took me to Billings, MT and Broomfield, CO where I was flight instructor for over 3 years. This was my favorite job ever as I was always thrilled when one of my students completed their ratings. As of today, over 500 pilots are flying around the world that I taught which is by far my greatest achievement in life. Learning to fly a helicopter is extremely tough! This experience helps me to relate to others in my coaching. I also flew for the oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico and as EMT pilot and amassed around 4000 hours of flight time.