Watson Brown
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- Seasons coached
- 42
- First season
- 1973
- Teams
- 11
Career
14 stints
1970s
- 1973VanderbiltGraduate Assistant
- 1974–1975East CarolinaQuarterbacksWide Receivers
- 1976Jacksonville StateRunning Backs
- 1977Jacksonville StateOffensive Coordinator
- 1978Texas TechQuarterbacksWide Receivers
- 1979–1980Austin PeayHead Coach
1980s
- 1981–1982VanderbiltOffensive Coordinator
- 1983CincinnatiHead Coach
- 1984–1985RiceHead Coach
- 1986–1990VanderbiltHead Coach
1990s
- 1991–1992Mississippi StateOffensive Coordinator
- 1993–1994OklahomaOffensive Coordinator
- 1996–2006UABHead Coach
2000s
- 2007–2015Tennessee TechHead Coach
Coaching tree
10 mentors, 18 protégés, 10 branches — a branch is a protégé who went on to hold a head job.
MentorsProtégés
Everyone shown became a head coachShowing up to 7 per row
Relationships
Coached under
41
- 2013–2015Dewayne AlexanderMentored · Tennessee Tech
- 2013Tre LambMentored · Tennessee Tech
- 2007John PalermoMentored · Tennessee Tech
- 2005–2006Bill SchmitzMentored · UAB
- 2005–2006George PughMentored · UAB
- 2004–2006Lee MoonMentored · UAB
- 2004–2006Rick ChristophelMentored · UAB
- 2003–2006Pat SullivanMentored · UAB
- 2003–2005Wayne BoltMentored · UAB
- 1999–2000Pat SullivanMentored · UAB
- 1997–2000Bill ClayMentored · UAB
- 1996–1998Cale GundyMentored · UAB
- 1996–2000George PughMentored · UAB
- 1996–2001Rick ChristophelMentored · UAB
- 1994Cale GundyCoached under · Oklahoma
26 more, most recent shown first.
Succeeded
16
- 2016Marcus SatterfieldSucceeded by · Tennessee Tech
- 2007Neil CallawaySucceeded by · UAB
- 1995Gary NordSucceeded by · Oklahoma
- 1993Bruce AriansSucceeded by · Mississippi State
- 1993Larry CokerSucceeded · Oklahoma
- 1991Bill ClaySucceeded · Mississippi State
- 1991Gerry DiNardoSucceeded by · Vanderbilt
- 1986George MacIntyreSucceeded · Vanderbilt
- 1986Jerry BerndtSucceeded by · Rice
- 1984Dave CurreySucceeded by · Cincinnati
- 1984Ray AlbornSucceeded · Rice
- 1983Lynn AmedeeSucceeded by · Vanderbilt
- 1983Mike GottfriedSucceeded · Cincinnati
- 1981Red ParkerSucceeded · Vanderbilt
- 1979Boots DonnellySucceeded · Austin Peay
1 more, most recent shown first.
Tenure
42 seasons
- UABHead coach · 1996–200611
- Tennessee TechHead coach · 2007–20159
- VanderbiltHead coach · 1986–19905
- OklahomaCoordinator · 1993–19942
- Mississippi StateCoordinator · 1991–19922
- RiceHead coach · 1984–19852
- VanderbiltCoordinator · 1981–19822
- Austin PeayHead coach · 1979–19802
- East CarolinaPosition coach · 1974–19752
- CincinnatiHead coach · 19831
- Texas TechPosition coach · 19781
- Jacksonville StateCoordinator · 19771
- Jacksonville StatePosition coach · 19761
- VanderbiltAnalyst · 19731
Pipeline
5 of 10 coordinators
- 3 seasonsDewayne Alexanderunder at Tennessee Tech 2013 · head coach at Tennessee Tech2018
- 1 seasonPat Sullivanunder at UAB 1999 · head coach at Samford2007
- 17 seasonsRick Christophelunder at Vanderbilt 1986 · head coach at Austin Peay2007
- 1 seasonRick Christophelunder at UAB 1996 · head coach at Austin Peay2007
- 9 seasonsDick Hopkinsunder at Vanderbilt 1986 · head coach at Tulane (DE)1997
- 14 seasonsDick Hopkinsunder at Cincinnati 1983 · head coach at Tulane (DE)1997
- 12 seasonsDick Hopkinsunder at Rice 1984 · head coach at Tulane (DE)1997
- 4 seasonsBill Schmitzunder at Vanderbilt 1986 · head coach at Coast Guard1993
Moves
Nothing on the wire for Watson Brown. The wire carries moves published since the register went live; the career above is the record before that.