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Neal Brown 
Neal Brown during the 2011 Texas Tech Red Raiders Spring Game Sport(s) Football Current position Title Offensive coordinator/QB coach Team Texas Tech Record 8-5 Biographical details Born 1980 Place of birth Danville, Kentucky Playing career 1998-00
2001-02Kentucky
MassachusettsPosition(s) Wide receiver Coaching career (HC unless noted) 2003
2004
2005
2006-07
2008–2009
2010-Massachusetts (TE coach)
Sacred Heart (QB/WR coach)
Delaware (WR coach)
Troy (WR coach)
Troy (OC/QB coach)
Texas Tech (OC/QB coach)Neal Brown (born in Danville, Kentucky) is an American college football coach and former player. He is currently the offensive coordinator & QB coach at Texas Tech.
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Background
Brown attended Boyle County High School in Danville, Kentucky, where he was an all-state wide receiver, baseball, and basketball player.
He played football at the University of Kentucky under head coach Hal Mumme (and his assistants Mike Leach and Tony Franklin) before transferring to Massachusetts.
Early Coaching career
Brown started his coaching career as a graduate assistant at UMass. Before joining Larry Blakeney's staff at Troy to work under Tony Franklin, he spent one-year assistant coaching stints at UMass, Sacred Heart, and Delaware. Following Franklin's departure to Auburn at the end of the 2007 regular season, Brown was promoted to offensive coordinator at Troy. When he was hired, he became the youngest coordinator in all FBS football.
Texas Tech
On January 12, 2010, Brown was announced as the offensive coordinator at Texas Tech under new Red Raiders head coach Tommy Tuberville. During the 2010 football season, Brown's first at Texas Tech the Red Raider offense enjoyed a very successful offensive campaign. The 2010 Red Raiders ranked 15th in the country in total offense,6th in the country in passing offense, and 72nd in rushing, a big improvement over his predecessor's infamous lack of a rushing attack.[1]
For his coaching performance during the 2011 41-38 upset victory over the then-ranked #3 Oklahoma Sooners, he was recognized by Rivals.com as National Coordinator of the Week.[2]
Personal
Brown is a member of the Boyle County Baseball and Football Hall of Fame. He is married to the former Brooke Stewart, and the couple has one child, Adalyn.
References
- ^ http://espn.go.com/college-football/statistics/team/_/stat/total
- ^ Huguenin, Mike (October 23, 2011). "Doege was key in Raiders' upset victory". Rivals.com. http://collegefootball.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1282968. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
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