Earl Brown (coach)

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Earl Brown
Sport(s) Football, basketball
Biographical details
Born (1915-10-23)October 23, 1915
Died September 23, 2003(2003-09-23) (aged 87)
Leesburg, Florida
Playing career
Football
19361938

Basketball
19361939

Notre Dame


Notre Dame
Position(s) End (football)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1939
19401942
19431944
1945
19461947
19481950

Basketball
19411943
19431944
19451946
19461948

Brown (ends)
Harvard (ends)
Dartmouth
Merchant Marine
Canisius
Auburn


Harvard
Dartmouth
Merchant Marine
Canisius
Head coaching record
Overall 27366 (football)
7270 (basketball)
Tournaments 21 (NCAA Basketball)
Statistics
College Football Data Warehouse
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Football
1 Western New York Little Three Conference (1947)
Awards
Football
All-American, 1938

Earl M. Brown, Jr. (October 23, 1915 September 23, 2003) was an American football and basketball player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Dartmouth College (19431944), the United States Merchant Marine Academy (1945), Canisius College (19461947), and Auburn University (19481950), compiling a career college football record of 27366. Brown was also the head basketball coach at Harvard University (19411943), Dartmouth (19431944), the United States Merchant Marine Academy (19451946), and Canisius (19461948), tallying a career college basketball mark of 7270. He led Dartmouth to the finals of the 1944 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament.

Brown is notorious for his stretch at as football coach at Auburn, where he went 3224, including a record of 010 in his final season, when the Tigers were outscored 28531. Brown's first season as the head coach at Auburn was also the first season Auburn and the Alabama met on the gridiron since 1907; Auburn lost, 550. The next season, though, he coached Auburn to one of the greatest upsets in its history, when the Tigers, who entered the game with a record of 143, stunned heavily favored Alabama, who entered the game with a 621 record, 1413.

Brown played football and basketball at the University of Notre Dame. He was an assistant coach at Harvard, Brown, and the head coach at Dartmouth from 1943 to 1944, where he compiled a record of 861. In 1945, he posted a 53 record in his only season as the head coach at the United States Merchant Marine Academy. After leaving Auburn, Brown later served as an assistant coach for the Detroit Lions.

Brown died on September 23, 2003 in Leesburg, Florida.[1]

Head coaching record

Football

Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs AP#
Dartmouth Indians (Independent) (1943–1944)
1943 Dartmouth 61 16
1944 Dartmouth 251
Dartmouth: 861
Merchant Marine Mariners (Independent) (1945)
1945 Merchant Marine 53
Merchant Marine: 53
Canisius Golden Griffins (Western New York Little Three Conference) (1946–1947)
1946 Canisius 431 11 2nd
1947 Canisius 72 20 1st
Canisius: 1151 31
Auburn Tigers (Southeastern Conference) (1948–1950)
1948 Auburn 181 07 12th
1949 Auburn 243 242 8th
1950 Auburn 010 07 12th
Auburn: 3224 2182
Total: 27366
#Rankings from final AP Poll.

Basketball

Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Harvard Crimson (Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League) (1941–1942)
1941–42 Harvard 8-16 5-7 T-4th
1942–43 Harvard 12-14 4-8 6th
Harvard: 20–30 (.400) 9–15 (.375)
Dartmouth Big Green (Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League) (1943–1944)
1943–44 Dartmouth 19-2 8-0 1st NCAA Runner-up
Dartmouth: 19–2 (.905) 8–0 (1.000)
Merchant Marine Mariners (Independent) (1945–1946)
1945–46 Merchant Marine 5-10
Merchant Marine: 5–10 (.333)
Canisius Golden Griffins (Western New York Little Three Conference) (1946–1948)
1946–47 Canisius 18-13 3-0 1st
1947–48 Canisius 10-15 2-2 2nd
Canisius: 28–28 (.500) 5–2 (.714)
Total: 72–70 (.507)

      National champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference tournament champion
      Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference division champion

References

  1. "Former Auburn Coach Earl Brown Passes Away". Auburn University Official Athletic Site. CBS Interactive. September 27, 2003. Retrieved August 15, 2011. 

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