MAKING A DIFFERENCE
COACHING
Brown joined the coaching ranks in 2005 as a coaching assistant working with linebackers for the Cologne Centurions in the NFL-Europe League. Brown became a full time defensive line coach for the Frankfurt Galaxy the following year and helped the team to back-to-back World Bowl appearances, winning the league title in 2006. While coaching the defensive line, he helped develop free-agent tackle Remi Ayodele of the Super Bowl Champion New Orleans Saints.
NFL-Europe’s schedule allowed Brown to also work as a graduate assistant coach at Virginia Tech during the Hokies’ 2006 and 2007 seasons. He helped develop defensive units that led the nation in total defense and scoring defense in ’06 and were ranked third and fourth, respectively, in those categories in 2007. He had a helping hand in developing draft choices Chris Ellis, Carlton Powell and Jason Worilds.
Browns also has honed his coach skills in the Canadian Football League (CFL) for 3 years as the Defensive Line coach with the Calgary Stampeders under Head Coach and GM John Hufnagel who together brought the Sampeders a victory in the 2008 Grey Cup. The time spent in the CFL allowed Brown to help in the development of now current Minnesota Viking DL Tom Johnson who is entering his 5th season in the NFL.
Brown was an Outside Linebackers Coach/Assistant Defensive Line Coach at Virginia Tech under the dynamic duo Frank Beamer and Bud Foster, beginning in 2011 and ending in 2015, at the end of the Beamer Era.
Coaching Experience
2005 Cologne [NFL-E] (linebackers)
2006-07 Frankfurt [NFL-E] (defensive line)
2006-07 Virginia Tech (graduate assistant)
2008-10 Calgary [CFL] (defensive line)
2011-15 Virginia Tech (outside linebackers)
Bowl/Playoff Experience
Coach
2006 NFL-Europe World Bowl Champions
2007 NFL-Europe World Bowl
2008 CFL Grey Cup Champions
2009 CFL Playoffs (conference semifinals)
2010 CFL Playoffs (conference semifinals)
2011 Sugar Bowl (Virginia Tech vs. Michigan)
2012 Russell Athletic Bowl (Virginia Tech vs. Rutgers)
2013 Sun Bowl (Virginia Tech vs. UCLA)
2014 Military Bowl (Virginia Tech vs. Cincinnati)