Don Brown (American football coach)
| Sport(s) | Football, baseball |
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| Current position | |
| Title | Defensive coordinator |
| Team | Michigan |
| Conference | Big Ten |
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
July 31, 1955 Spencer, Massachusetts |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1973–1976 | Norwich |
| Position(s) | Running back |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1977–1982 | Hartford HS (VT) (assistant) |
| 1982 | Dartmouth (assistant) |
| 1983 | Mansfield (DC) |
| 1984–1986 | Dartmouth (DC) |
| 1987–1992 | Yale (DC) |
| 1993–1995 | Plymouth State |
| 1996–1997 | Brown (DC) |
| 1998–1999 | UMass (DC) |
| 2000–2003 | Northeastern |
| 2004–2008 | UMass |
| 2009–2010 | Maryland (DC/CB) |
| 2011–2012 | Connecticut (DC/CB) |
| 2013–2015 | Boston College (DC/LB) |
| 2016–present | Michigan (DC) |
| Baseball | |
| 1992 | Yale (interim HC) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 95–45 (football) 26–10 (baseball) |
| Tournaments | 1–2 (NCAA D-III playoffs) 4–3 (NCAA D-I-AA/FCS playoffs) 1–2 (NCAA D-I Baseball Tournament) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 1× Eastern Intercollegiate Baseball League (1992) 2× FFC (1994–1995) 1× A-10 (2002) 2× CAA (2006–2007) |
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| Awards | |
| 3× AFCA Region I COY (1994, 2002, 2006) 3× Freedom Conference COY (1993–1995) 2× Atlantic 10 COY (2002, 2006) 2× England Writers Coach of the Year (2002, 2006) 1× Greater Boston Coach of the Year (2006) |
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Don Brown (born July 31, 1955) is an American college football coach and former player. He is currently the defensive coordinator at University of Michigan, a position he has held since December 2015. Previously, he served as defensive coordinator Boston College and at the University of Connecticut and as the head football coach at Plymouth State University (1993–1995), Northeastern University (2000–2003), and the University of Massachusetts Amherst (2004–2008), compiling a career college football record of 95–45. Brown was also the interim head baseball coach at Yale University in 1992, tallying a mark of 26–10. on December 20th, 2015 he was hired as defensive coordinator at the University of Michigan.
Brown was born in Spencer, Massachusetts where he attended David Prouty High School. He went on to play football as a running back at Norwich University. Brown graduated in 1977. In 1996, he earned a master's degree from Plymouth State University.
Brown began his college coaching career as an assistant, first at Dartmouth, which won the Ivy League conference title during his tenure, and then at Mansfield University of Pennsylvania. In 1984, he returned to Dartmouth as its defensive coordinator. In 1987, he took the same position at Yale.
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