Neal Brown

For those of a similar name, see Neil Brown (disambiguation). For the Wisconsin legislator, see Neal Brown (Wisconsin politician).

Neal Brown
Current position
Brown at the 2015 Sun Belt Media Day
Sport(s)	Football
Title	Head coach
Team	Troy
Conference	Sun Belt
Record	13–11
Annual salary	$700,000
Biographical details
Born	(1980-03-11) March 11, 1980 Danville, Kentucky
Alma mater	UMass
Playing career
1998–2000	Kentucky
2001–2002	UMass
Position(s)	Wide receiver
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2003	UMass (TE/AOL)
2004	Sacred Heart (QB/WR)
2005	Delaware (WR)
2006–2007	Troy (IWR)
2008–2009	Troy (OC/QB)
2010–2012	Texas Tech (OC/QB)
2013–2014	Kentucky (OC/QB)
2015–present	Troy
Head coaching record
Overall	13–11

Neal Harmon Brown (born March 11, 1980) is an American college football coach and former player. He is currently the head football coach at Troy University, a position he assumed in November 2014. Brown previously served as the offensive coordinator at Troy (2008–2009) and Texas Tech University (2010–2012) and the University of Kentucky (2013–2014).

Background

Brown attended Boyle County High School in Danville, Kentucky, where he was an all-state wide receiver, baseball, and basketball player.

He played football at the University of Kentucky under head coach Hal Mumme and his assistants, Mike Leach and Tony Franklin, before transferring to the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Early coaching career

Brown started his coaching career as a graduate assistant at UMass. Before joining Larry Blakeney's staff at Troy to work under Tony Franklin, he spent one-year assistant coaching stints at UMass, Sacred Heart, and Delaware. Following Franklin's departure to Auburn at the end of the 2007 regular season, Brown was promoted to offensive coordinator at Troy. When he was hired, he became the youngest coordinator in all FBS football.

Texas Tech

On January 12, 2010, Brown was announced as the offensive coordinator at Texas Tech under new Red Raiders head coach Tommy Tuberville. During the 2010 football season, the Red Raider offense performed well. During his tenure at Texas Tech, Brown perfected his NASCAR spread offense. The offense created by Brown focused on players running to the line immediately after the play and quickly snapping the ball before the defense could get set. The offense requires speed at every position to be run the way Brown envisions it. The focus of the offense was to snap the ball 8 seconds after the previous play. The 2010 Red Raiders ranked 15th in the country in total offense, 6th in passing offense, and 72nd in rushing offense.^[1]

For his coaching performance during the 2011 41–38 upset victory over the then-ranked #3 Oklahoma Sooners, he was recognized by Rivals.com as National Coordinator of the Week.^[2]

Brown was considered for the head coaching job at his alma mater, UMass, following the 2011 season.^[3] Brown was also considered for the school's head coaching job when it opened following the 2008 season.

Kentucky

On December 9, 2012 it was reported after several weeks of speculation that Brown would return to his home state to coach the offense at Kentucky under new coach Mark Stoops.

Troy

Troy announced Brown's hire on Sunday, November 30, 2014. In 2016 Neal Brown coached the Troy Trojans to their first winning season since 2010 and getting ranked in the AP top 25 for the first time in school history. ^[4]

Personal

Brown is a member of the Boyle County Baseball and Football Hall of Fame. He is married to the former Brooke Stewart, and the couple have two daughters, Adalyn and Anslee.

Head coaching record

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Troy Trojans (Sun Belt Conference) (2015–present)
2015	Troy	4–8	3–5	T–5th
2016	Troy	9–3	6-2	T–3rd	Dollar General
Troy:		13–11	9–7
Total:		13–11
National championship Conference title Conference division title

References

↑ http://espn.go.com/college-football/statistics/team/_/stat/total
↑ Huguenin, Mike (October 23, 2011). "Doege was key in Raiders' upset victory". Rivals.com. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
↑ http://www.masslive.com/umassfootball/index.ssf/2011/12/umass_ad_john_mccutcheon_meets.html
↑ https://twitter.com/TroyAthletics/status/539134878218870785

External links

Troy profile
Neal Brown at the College Football Data Warehouse

Troy Trojans head football coaches

Virgil McKinley (1909)
Dan Herren (1910)
George Penton (1911–1912)
No team (1913–1920)
J. W. Campbell (1921–1923)
Ross Ford (1924)
Otis Bynum (1925–1926)
Gladwin Gaumer (1927–1928)
No team (1929)
No coach (1930)
Albert Elmore (1931–1937)
Albert Choate (1938–1942)
No team (1943–1945)
Albert Choate (1946)
Fred McCollum (1947–1950)
Jim Grantham (1951–1954)
William Clipson (1955–1965)
Bill Atkins (1966–1971)
Tom Jones (1972–1973)
Byrd Whigham (1974–1975)
Charlie Bradshaw (1976–1982)
Chan Gailey (1983–1984)
Rick Rhoades (1985–1987)
Robert Maddox (1988–1990)
Larry Blakeney (1991–2014)
Neal Brown (2015– )

Current head football coaches of the Sun Belt Conference

Scott Satterfield (Appalachian State) Blake Anderson (Arkansas State) Tyson Summers (Georgia Southern) Trent Miles (Georgia State) Paul Petrino (Idaho) Mark Hudspeth (Louisiana–Lafayette) Matt Viator (Louisiana–Monroe) Doug Martin (New Mexico State) Joey Jones (South Alabama) Everett Withers (Texas State) Neal Brown (Troy)

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