University of South Alabama Athletics

With experience playing in the Atlantic Coast Conference and as a coordinator at a pair of NCAA levels, Robby Brown was added to the University of South Alabama football staff as running backs coach and run game coordinator in February.

Last fall Brown was offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Northwestern (La.) State, where he guided a Demon offense that averaged nearly 400 total yards per contest including over 230 per outing through the air.  NSU led the Southland Conference and ranked among the top 10 at the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision in both fumbles and turnovers lost, while his efforts helped quarterback Zach Adkins rank in the top 30 in the country in passing yards per game, passing touchdowns and completion percentage en route to being named the league’s Newcomer of the Year.

The Demons recorded 226 yards and three scores passing in a victory over nationally-ranked Central Arkansas, while also posting 490 yards of total offense against eventual conference champion and No. 4 seed in the FCS playoff bracket, Southeastern Louisiana.

The previous fall, Brown was offensive coordinator at Valdosta (Ga.) State, where his unit averaged 469 yards and 40 points per game on the way to claiming the NCAA Division II national championship.  In addition to ranking ninth in the country in scoring and 13th in total offense, his efforts helped the Blazers pace the Gulf South Conference in every major statistical category; VSU had both the league’s Offensive Player and Freshman of the Year, with nine individuals earning all-conference honors and five named to the all-region team.

He joined the Blazer staff in 2009, helping Cedric Jones set the GSC all-time receptions record, and just one year later the team was among the top 25 nationally in both passing and total offense.  Five individuals would earn All-America recognition on seven occasions his last two years guiding the VSU offense.

Brown has also been the offensive coordinator at Southwest Baptist and Henderson (Ark.) State.  At the former, his players set 29 school and six Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association records while Nick Smart broke the all-divisions standard with 143 catches in a season.  At the latter, Brown helped the Reddies rank third in the country in passing and 18th in total offense while setting 12 school records; he had an All-American and two all-Gulf South selections in his unit.

He began his coaching career at Troy in 2005, and in his second year on the staff the Trojans won the Sun Belt Conference title before capping the season with a 41-17 win over Rice in the New Orleans Bowl.

Brown played quarterback for two years at Georgia Tech, helping the Yellow Jackets to a pair of winning seasons and postseason bowl victories, earning his degree from the school in history, technology and society in 2004.  He received his master’s degree in sports and fitness management from Troy in 2007 as well.

Brown and his wife Rachel have one daughter, Parks.

The Brown File
Born: July 15, 1980, in Blairsville, Ga.
Education:
  Georgia Tech ’04, bachelor’s degree in history, technology and society
  Troy ’07, master’s degree in sports and fitness management
Coaching Experience:
  Troy — graduate assistant, 2005-06
  Southwest Baptist — assistant coach, 2007
  Henderson (Ark.) State — assistant coach, 2008
  Valdosta (Ga.) State — assistant coach, 2009-12
  Northwestern (La.) State — assistant coach, 2013
  South Alabama — assistant coach, 2014-
Family: Wife, Rachel; One daughter, Parks (born Oct. 3)