R. M. Brown

R. M. Brown
Biographical details
Brown pictured in Bugle 1909, VPI yearbook
Sport(s)	Football, basketball, baseball
Born	(1885-08-02)August 2, 1885 Elizabeth, New Jersey
Died	March 31, 1927(1927-03-31) (aged 41) Elizabeth, New Jersey
Playing career
Football
1907	Princeton
Position(s)	End
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1908	VPI
Basketball
1908–1909	VPI
Baseball
1909	VPI
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1908	VPI
Head coaching record
Overall	5–4 (football) 4–2 (basketball) 11–6 (baseball)
Statistics College Football Data Warehouse

Ralph Manning "Gus" Brown (August 2, 1885 – March 31, 1927) was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach. He served as the head football coach at Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (VPI)—now known as Virginia Tech—for one season in 1908, compiling a record of 5–4. Brown also coached the basketball team at Virginia Tech in 1908–09, and the baseball team there in the spring of 1909.

On March 31, 1927, Brown died in hospital after he was struck by an automobile while walking near his home.^[1]

Head coaching record

Football

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
VPI (South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1908)
1908	VPI	5–4	1–2	T–5th
VPI:		5–4	1–2
Total:		5–4

References

↑ Princeton Alumni Weekly, Volume 27, Number 27, page 822 (April 22, 1927)

External links

R. M. Brown at the College Football Data Warehouse

Virginia Tech Hokies athletic directors

R. M. Brown (1908)
Branch Bocock (1909)
L. W. Riess (1910)
No athletic director (1911–1919)
Sally Miles (1920–1934)
William L. Younger (1935–1950)
Frank Moseley (1951–1978)
Bill Dooley (1978–1986)
Dutch Baughman (1986–1987)
Raymond Smoot # (1987)
David Braine (1988–1997)
Sharon McCloskey # (1997)
Jim Weaver (1997–2014)
Whit Babcock (2014– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim athletic director.

Virginia Tech Hokies head football coaches

E. A. Smyth (1892–1893)
Joseph Massie (1894)
Arlie C. Jones (1895–1896)
Charles Firth (1897)
J. Lewis Ingles (1898)
James Morrison (1899)
Eugene Davis (1900)
A. B. Morrison, Jr. (1901)
R. R. Brown (1902)
Charles Augustus Lueder (1903)
John C. O'Connor (1904)
Sally Miles (1905–1906)
Bob Williams (1907)
R. M. Brown (1908)
Branch Bocock (1909–1910)
L. W. Riess (1911)
Branch Bocock (1912–1915)
Jack E. Ingersoll (1916)
Charles A. Bernier (1917–1919)
Stanley Sutton (1920)
B. C. Cubbage (1921–1925)
Andy Gustafson (1926–1929)
Orville Neale (1930–1931)
Henry Redd (1932–1940)
James Kitts (1941)
Herbert McEver & Sumner D. Tilson (1942)
No team (1943–1944)
Herbert McEver (1945)
James Kitts (1946–1947)
Robert McNeish (1948–1950)
Frank Moseley (1951–1960)
Jerry Claiborne (1961–1970)
Charlie Coffey (1971–1973)
Jimmy Sharpe (1974–1977)
Bill Dooley (1978–1986)
Frank Beamer (1987–2015)
Justin Fuente (2016– )

Virginia Tech Hokies men's basketball head coaches

R. M. Brown (1908–1909)
Branch Bocock (1909–1911)
L. N. Keesling (1911–1912)
Houston Hughes (1912–1913)
Branch Bocock (1913–1916)
Harlan Sanborn (1916–1917)
Charles A. Bernier (1917–1920)
William L. Younger (1920–1923)
B. C. Cubbage (1923–1924)
M. Buford Blair (1924–1926)
Henry Redd (1926–1927)
Bud Moore (1927–1928)
I. E. Randall (1928–1929)
R. S. Warren (1929–1930)
C. D. Rhodes (1930–1931)
George S. Proctor (1931–1932)
William L. Younger (1932–1937)
Herbert McEver (1937–1944)
George S. Proctor (1944–1947)
Flake Laird (1947–1955)
Chuck Noe (1955–1962)
William Matthews (1962–1964)
Howie Shannon (1964–1971)
Don DeVoe (1971–1976)
Charles Moir (1976–1987)
Frankie Allen (1987–1991)
Bill Foster (1991–1997)
Bobby Hussey (1997–1999)
Ricky Stokes (1999–2003)
Seth Greenberg (2003–2012)
James Johnson (2012–2014)
Buzz Williams (2014– )

Virginia Tech Hokies head baseball coaches

Unknown (1892–1893)
No team (1894)
James M. McJames (1895)
Unknown (1896)
Lipep (1897)
Unknown (1898)
No team (1899)
A. B. Morrison, Jr. (1900–1901)
Unknown (1902)
Albert L. Orth (1903)
R. R. Brown (1904)
Knox (1905)
S. S. Eckerstone (1906–1907)
Sally Miles (1908)
R. M. Brown (1909)
Branch Bocock (1910–1911)
L. W. Riess (1912)
Sally Miles (1913)
Branch Bocock (1914)
R. B. Prince (1915)
Bill Breitenstein (1916–1917)
Charles Bernier (1918–1920)
William L. Younger (1921–1923)
George Kircher (1924–1932)
Herbert McEver (1933–1939)
Flake Laird (1940–1944)
George S. Proctor (1945–1947)
Flake Laird (1948–1973)
Bob Humphreys (1974–1978)
Chuck Hartman (1979–2006)
Pete Hughes (2007–2013)
Pat Mason (2014– )

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