There are several things that can cause your formerly green lawn to turn brown. Lack of water, like the situation we have here in the southeast, can do long term damage. You might not recover from drought. You would have to sow grass all over again.
It could also be that you are, indeed, cutting too closely when you mow, and it's damaging the grass. Try setting your blade higher to see if that's your problem.
The third thing that I'm thinking could be Japanese beetle infestation in your lawn. They cause huge brown spots in the lawn that make no sense if you don' t know what is causing it. It looks like just odd spots of your lawn is croaking for no reason that you can see. You might need to put down the crystals for them on your lawn and see if that's it. Once they hatch, they eat the lawn from underneath the soil, and when they are grown, they eat everything on TOP of the soil!
Hope you find your problem, and happy gardening!
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