Don Brown
Assistant Coach at Syracuse since 2025.
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- Seasons coached
- 50
- First season
- 1977
- Teams
- 14
Career
18 stints
1970s
- 1977–1981Hartford HS (VT)Assistant Coach
1980s
1990s
- 1993–1995Plymouth StateHead Coach
- 1996–1997Browndc
- 1998–1999MassachusettsDefensive Coordinator
2000s
- 2000–2003NortheasternHead Coach
- 2004–2008MassachusettsHead Coach
- 2009–2010MarylandDefensive Coordinator
2010s
- 2011–2012UConnDefensive Coordinator
- 2013–2015Boston CollegeDefensive CoordinatorLinebackers
- 2016–2020MichiganDefensive CoordinatorLinebackers
2020s
- 2021ArizonaDefensive Coordinator
- 2022–2024MassachusettsHead Coach
- 2025–presentSyracuseAssistant Coach
Coaching tree
8 mentors, 18 protégés, 3 branches — a branch is a protégé who went on to hold a head job.
MentorsProtégés
Became a head coachShowing up to 7 per row
Relationships
Coached under
30
- 2025–2026Fran BrownCoached under · Syracuse
- 2024Shane MontgomeryMentored · Massachusetts
- 2023Damian MinceyMentored · Massachusetts
- 2023–2024Jim ReidMentored · Massachusetts
- 2023Matt LaymanMentored · Massachusetts
- 2023Matt ZanellatoMentored · Massachusetts
- 2023Michael LivingstonMentored · Massachusetts
- 2023Valdamar BrowerMentored · Massachusetts
- 2022–2024Alex MillerMentored · Massachusetts
- 2022–2024Ben AlbertMentored · Massachusetts
- 2022–2024Keith DudzinskiMentored · Massachusetts
- 2022–2024Mike McCrayMentored · Massachusetts
- 2022–2023Steve CasulaMentored · Massachusetts
- 2021Jedd FischCoached under · Arizona
- 2016–2020Jim HarbaughCoached under · Michigan
15 more, most recent shown first.
Succeeded
20
- 2025Joe HarasymiakSucceeded by · Massachusetts
- 2024Shane MontgomerySucceeded by · Massachusetts
- 2022Alex MillerSucceeded · Massachusetts
- 2022Johnny NansenSucceeded by · Arizona
- 2022Walt BellSucceeded · Massachusetts
- 2021Mike MacdonaldSucceeded by · Michigan
- 2021Paul RhoadsSucceeded · Arizona
- 2016D.J. DurkinSucceeded · Michigan
- 2016Jim Reid (American football)|Jim ReidSucceeded by · Boston College
- 2013Bill McGovernSucceeded · Boston College
- 2013Hank HughesSucceeded by · UConn
- 2011Todd BradfordSucceeded by · Maryland
- 2011Todd OrlandoSucceeded · UConn
- 2009Chris CoshSucceeded · Maryland
- 2009Kevin MorrisSucceeded by · Massachusetts
5 more, most recent shown first.
Tenure
50 seasons
- MassachusettsHead coach · 2004–20248
- MichiganCoordinator · 2016–20205
- Hartford HS (VT)Position coach · 1977–19815
- NortheasternHead coach · 2000–20034
- YaleCoordinator · 1989–19924
- Boston CollegeCoordinator · 2013–20153
- Plymouth StateHead coach · 1993–19953
- DartmouthPosition coach · 1984–19863
- SyracusePosition coach · 2025–2026 · current2
- UConnCoordinator · 2011–20122
- MarylandCoordinator · 2009–20102
- MassachusettsCoordinator · 1998–19992
- BrownCoordinator · 1996–19972
- YalePosition coach · 1987–19882
- ArizonaCoordinator · 20211
- MansfieldCoordinator · 19831
- DartmouthAnalyst · 19821
Pipeline
2 of 6 coordinators
- 0 seasonsShane Montgomeryunder at Massachusetts 2024 · head coach at Massachusetts2024
- 6 seasonsKevin Morrisunder at Northeastern 2000 · head coach at Massachusetts2009
- 1 seasonKevin Morrisunder at Massachusetts 2004 · head coach at Massachusetts2009
Moves
Nothing on the wire for Don Brown. The wire carries moves published since the register went live; the career above is the record before that.