2010 MEDIA GUIDE - Seahawks Online Media Packet

40 ASSISTANT COACHES
Lions receivers finished with over 1,000 yards.
Williams and Furrey became the first teammates
to lead their conference in receiving
yards and receptions since Houston’s Haywood
Jeffries tied with teammate Drew Hill with an
AFC high 74 catches and Jeffries had 1,048
receiving yards. Williams and Furrey are the
first NFC duo to accomplish this since the 1970
merger.
Before coming to Detroit, Brown spent four
seasons as the Houston Texans wide receivers
coach. Among his pupils in Texas was Andre
Johnson, who was taken by Houston with the
third overall pick in the 2003 draft. He became
the first Texans offensive player to earn a trip to
the Pro Bowl. Johnson was selected to the Pro
Bowl for his outstanding 2004 season that
included club records of 79 receptions for 1,129
yards.
Brown was the head coach of the XFL’s
Memphis Maniax prior to being hired by the
Texans. He also served as the Green Bay
Packers running backs coach (2000) where he
helped guide Pro Bowl RB Ahman Green to his
first-career 1,000-yard season.
From 1996-99, Brown was on Jimmy
Johnson’s Miami Dolphins coaching staff,
where he was the offensive coordinator from
1998-99 and the running backs coach from
1996-97. As a coordinator, he helped Miami to
the second round of the playoffs in both years
with Dan Marino at the helm. In 1996, Brown
helped RB Karim Abdul-Jabbar become the
first Dolphins running back to reach 1,000 yards
in 18 years, and in 1997 Abdul-Jabbar tied a
league-high 15 rushing touchdowns.
In 1995, Brown was the running backs coach
for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He served two
seasons as the assistant head coach and wide
receivers coach during his second stint at the
University of Tennessee from 1993-94. Brown’s
first NFL coaching position was with the New
York Jets as running backs coach from 1990-92.
Brown’s first stint at Tennessee was from
1983-89 as wide receivers coach, where he
coached four first-round picks during his
tenure. Prior to his arrival, he was the wide
receivers coach at Louisville in 1982 where he
coached future Dolphins great Mark Clayton.
His coaching career began at Memphis
State, where he coached the wide receivers
from 1979-80 and the running backs in 1978.
Brown was a starter at Memphis State at quarterback,
and graduated from MSU in 1977 with
a degree in communications.
A native of Sweetwater, Tenn., Brown, born
on March 6, 1955, and his wife, Deon, have one
son, Jerome and one daughter, Jennifer.
BROWN’S COACHING CAREER
1978 Memphis State
Running Backs
1979-80 Memphis State
Wide Receivers
1982 University of Louisville
Wide Receivers
1983-89 University of Tennessee
Wide Receivers
1990-92 New York Jets
Running Backs
1993-94 University of Tennessee
Asst. Head Coach/Wide Receivers
1995 Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Running Backs
1996-97 Miami Dolphins
Running Backs
1998-99 Miami Dolphins
Offensive Coordinator
2000 Green Bay Packers
Running Backs
2001 Memphis Maniax (XFL)
Head Coach
2002-05 Houston Texans
Wide Receivers
2006-07 Detroit Lions
Wide Receivers
2008 Detroit Lions
Asst. Head Coach/Passing
Game Coord.
2009-10 University of Tennessee
Interim Head Coach/WRs/Passing
Game Coordinator
2010- Seattle Seahawks
Wide Receivers