- Chris Brown (American football coach)
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Chris Brown Sport(s) Football Current position Title Head coach Team Fort Hays State Conference MIAA Record 0–0 Playing career 1992-1995 Pittsburg State Position(s) Safety Coaching career (HC unless noted) 1999–2001
2001–2010
2011–presentLiberal HS (asst)
Washburn (asst)
Fort Hays StateHead coaching record Overall 0–0 Chris Brown is an American football coach and former player. He played for Pittsburg State University in Pittsburg, Kansas, from 1992 to 1995. He became the head coach at Fort Hays State in 2011.
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Playing career
Brown is a 1996 graduate of Pittsburg State University in Pittsburg, Kansas. As a player for the Gorillas, he recorded 470 tackles in 43 starts during his career at free safety. Brown is one of only three Gorillas to earn All-American honors three times.[1]
As a player, Brown was a unanimous All-American First Team selection his senior year, was named the CNN Division II National Player of the Year in 1995, and was named to the NCAA Quarter Century Team for all players from 1975 to 1999 at free safety. Brown recorded a record 21 tackles in the NCAA Division II National Championship as a freshman against Jacksonville State and was inducted into the Pittsburg State Athletic Hall of Fame in 2006.[2]
Coaching career
High school and college assistant coaching
After completion of his playing time at Pittsburg State, Brown returned to his hometown Liberal, Kansas[3] to be an assistant coach at Liberal High School from 1999 until the end of the 2001 season. He then became an assistant coach at Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas under head coach Craig Schurig from 2002 until completion of the 2010 season.[1]
Fort Hays State
Brown was named the head coach for the Fort Hays Tigers located in Hays, Kansas beginning with the 2011 season.[1]
References
- ^ a b c Nicholl, Connor (December 11, 2010). "Football: Fort Hays State introduces Brown". Salina Journal. http://www.salina.com/News/Story/FHSU-coach. Retrieved January 12, 2011.
- ^ "Chris Brown Named Head Coach of Fort Hays State Football". KAKE. December 10, 2010. http://www.kake.com/sports/headlines/Chris_Brown_Named_Head_Coach_of_Fort_Hays_State_Football_111692204.html. Retrieved March 14, 2011.
- ^ Gonzales, Randy (December 23, 2011). "Fort Hays made change in football in 2010". Hays Daily News. http://www.hdnews.net/SportsStory/Topstory122310. Retrieved March 14, 2011.
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