Scott Brower, 42, of Rockville Centre, New York, November 26, 1979-March 20, 2022.

He was the beloved husband of Mary Elizabeth Brower and father of Anna Grace Brower (21 months), son of Alan and Michele Brower, brother of Carleigh Brower Murphy, and brother-in-law of Scott “Murph” Murphy. He is also survived by his father-in-law Robert Sitler, mother-in-law Carolyn Sitler, sisters-in-law Jennifer Sitler Redpath and Elizabeth Sitler, brothers-in-law Michael Sitler and Michael Redpath, nieces Emily and Julia Redpath, nephews Colin Redpath, Edward Sitler, and Robert Sitler, and numerous close cousins, aunts, and uncles. 

Scott was a New York City Department of Education (DOE) Physical Education teacher and basketball coach at P.S. 20 in Flushing, Queens. He followed in the footsteps of his mother, a NYC DOE elementary school teacher and literacy coach, and began his fifteen-year teaching career at P.S.158 in East New York, Brooklyn, where he taught third grade. He then taught first grade at P.S. 20, followed by physical education. He devoted the rest of his career to motivating students to succeed through sport. After earning a Masters in Education at Touro College (MA ‘07), he pursued a second Masters in Physical Education and Sports Pedagogy at Manhattanville College (MAT, ‘19). 

Scott grew up in Richmond Hill, Queens, New York and Saw Creek, Pennsylvania, where he spent summers during his childhood and worked as a lifeguard. He was an alumnus of Archbishop Molloy High School in Queens, NY (‘97), where he was a member of the swim team, and King’s College in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania (BS in Psychology, ‘01), where he was a member of the Sigma Kappa Sigma service fraternity.

Mr. Brower, dedicated teacher and coach, was otherwise known as the talented emcee Scotty B and DJ Scott Free-DSB. He was a rapper, a creative writer, an avid reader, a sneakerhead, a Marvel/DC superfan, and a friend to animals, especially his dogs Loki Jo, Momo, and Dodge. Scott was the biggest personality in any room, a quick-witted, charismatic leader with boundless energy, confidence, and compassion. He became a Phys. Ed. teacher because he loved to play, and he never forgot what it was like to be a kid. Wherever he went—from the gym to the classroom to the DJ booth to his daughter’s playpen—Scott would “let the wild rumpus start.” Though he is no longer Where the Wild Things Are, the legacy of the King of all Wild Things will live on through the students, colleagues, family, and friends whose lives he touched.