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Born: | Blairsville, Georgia, U.S. | July 15, 1980
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High school: | Union County (GA) |
College: | Georgia Tech |
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Robert Parks Brown (born July 15, 1980) is an American football coach who was most recently the quarterbacks coach for the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League (NFL). Prior to that, he was a special assistant to the head coach and the senior offensive analyst at West Virginia University.
College career
Brown was a quarterback at Georgia Tech for the 2003 and 2004 seasons after previously spending a season at the Georgia Military College. He played in the Yellow Jackets 2003 and 2004 bowl games, where Georgia Tech won both.
Coaching career
Early career
Brown started his coaching career at Troy as a graduate assistant under Tony Franklin. He then accepted a position on the Southwest Baptist coaching staff as an offensive coordinator for one season in 2007, before joining the Henderson State coaching staff as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach in 2008.
He was hired to be the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Valdosta State in 2009, and was the offensive coordinator of the Blazers in 2012 when they won the NCAA Division II Football Championship, putting up over 40 points and 460 yards a game.[1]
Brown was named the offensive coordinator & quarterbacks coach at Northwestern State in 2013, only spending one season there before spending the 2014 season as the running backs coach at South Alabama.[2][3][4]
New York Jets
Brown was initially hired as an offensive quality control coach by the Jets in 2015, working closely with the wide receivers. He switched to a defensive assistant with the Jets in 2017, where he worked with the outside linebackers. While he was initially retained by Adam Gase after the firing of Todd Bowles, Brown chose to accept a position on the coaching staff at West Virginia.[5][6]
West Virginia
Brown was hired to be a special assistant to the head coach and senior offensive analyst at West Virginia in 2019 on Neal Brown's inaugural staff.[7]
Miami Dolphins
Brown was hired to be the quarterbacks coach for the Miami Dolphins in 2020, reuniting with his former college head coach, Chan Gailey.[8][9] He missed the team's weeks 9 and 10 games against the Arizona Cardinals and Los Angeles Chargers on November 8 and November 15, 2020, in accordance with COVID-19 protocols.[10][11] He was let go after the 2020 season following Gailey's resignation.[12]
References
- ↑ MacDonald, Adam (18 July 2009). "Brown hired as VSU quarterbacks coach". Valdosta Daily Times. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
- ↑ "Northwestern State hires two coordinators". Fox News. 25 March 2015. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
- ↑ McCormick, Bret. "NSU coach Thomas is looking to replace coordinators". The Daily Advertiser. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
- ↑ Hicks, Tommy (14 February 2014). "South Alabama football fills offensive coaching vacancy with Robby Brown of Northwestern State". AL.com. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
- ↑ Lange, Randy. "Adam Gase Completes His Jets Coaching Staff". New York Jets. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
- ↑ Cimini, Rich (11 February 2019). "Jets' new coaching staff: Young, loud and potentially volatile". ESPN. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
- ↑ Hickey, Alex (22 March 2019). "Brown adds fourth off-field analyst to West Virginia football staff". Metro News. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
- ↑ Wolfe, Cameron (21 January 2020). "Jim Caldwell leaves Dolphins having never coached team". ESPN. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
- ↑ Poupart, Alain. "Dolphins Add to Coaching Staff". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
- ↑ Wolfe, Cameron (November 8, 2020). "Miami Dolphins without five assistant coaches due to COVID-19 protocols". ESPN.com. Retrieved November 9, 2020.
- ↑ "4 Dolphins Assistant Coaches To Miss Chargers Game Due To COVID-19". CBSLocal.com. November 13, 2020. Retrieved December 7, 2020.
- ↑ "Miami Dolphins Part Ways With Quarterbacks Coach Robby Brown". CBS Miami. 23 January 2021. Retrieved 27 January 2021.