Watson Brown
| Sport(s) | Football |
|---|---|
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
April 19, 1950 Cookeville, Tennessee |
| Playing career | |
| 1969–1972 | Vanderbilt |
| Position(s) | Quarterback |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1973 | Vanderbilt (GA) |
| 1974–1975 | East Carolina (QB/WR) |
| 1976–1977 | Jacksonville State (OC) |
| 1978 | Texas Tech (assistant) |
| 1979–1980 | Austin Peay |
| 1981–1982 | Vanderbilt (OC) |
| 1983 | Cincinnati |
| 1984–1985 | Rice |
| 1986–1990 | Vanderbilt |
| 1991–1992 | Mississippi State (OC) |
| 1993–1994 | Oklahoma (OC) |
| 1995–2006 | UAB |
| 2007–2015 | Tennessee Tech |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1984–1985 | Rice |
| 2002–2005 | UAB |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 136–211–1 |
| Bowls | 0–1 |
| Tournaments | 0–1 (NCAA D-I playoffs) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 1 OVC (2011) | |
| Awards | |
| OVC Coach of the Year (2011) | |
Lester Watson Brown (born April 19, 1950) is a retired American football coach and former player. He was most recently the head football coach at Tennessee Technological University, a position he held from 2007 to 2015. Previously, Brown served as the head coach at Austin Peay State University (1979–1980), the University of Cincinnati (1983), Rice University (1984–1985), Vanderbilt University (1986–1990), and the University of Alabama at Birmingham (1995–2006). He was also the athletic director at Rice from 1984 to 1985 and at UAB from 2002 to 2005. Brown played college football as a quarterback at Vanderbilt. He is the older brother of Mack Brown, the former head football coach at the University of Texas at Austin.
A native of Cookeville, Tennessee, Brown was one of the top-rated quarterbacks in the nation coming out of high school. He was also recruited to play basketball and was drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates baseball as a shortstop. He chose to stay in state and played as a quarterback at Vanderbilt University from 1969 to 1972. He started all four years at Vandy and led the Commodores to their best seasons in terms of wins since 1960. One of his victories was a 14–10 upset over the #13 Alabama Crimson Tide in 1969. It was Vanderbilt's first victory over Alabama in 13 seasons.
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