Earl Brown (coach)
Biographical details | |
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Born | October 23, 1915 |
Died | September 23, 2003 Leesburg, Florida, U.S. | (aged 87)
Playing career | |
Football | |
1936–1938 | Notre Dame |
Basketball | |
1936–1939 | Notre Dame |
Position(s) | Merchant Marine |
1946–1948 | Canisius |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 27–36–6 (football) 72–70 (basketball) |
Tournaments | Basketball 2–1 (NCAA) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
Football Western New York Little Three (1947) | |
Awards | |
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Earl M. Brown Jr. (October 23, 1915 – September 23, 2003) was an
Brown is notorious for his stretch at as football coach at Auburn, where he went 3–22–4, including a record of 0–10 in his final season, when the Tigers were outscored 285–31. 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, 55–0. 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 1–4–3, stunned heavily favored Alabama, who entered the game with a 6–2–1 record, 14–13.
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 8–6–1. In 1945, he posted a 5–3 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# | |||
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Dartmouth Indians (Independent) (1943–1944) | |||||||||
1943 | Dartmouth | 6–1 | 16 | ||||||
1944 | Dartmouth | 2–5–1 | |||||||
Dartmouth: | 8–6–1 | ||||||||
Merchant Marine Mariners (Independent) (1945)
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1945 | Merchant Marine | 5–3 | |||||||
Merchant Marine: | 5–3 | ||||||||
Canisius Golden Griffins (Western New York Little Three Conference) (1946–1947) | |||||||||
1946 | Canisius
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4–3–1 | 1–1 | 2nd | |||||
1947 | Canisius | 7–2 | 2–0 | 1st | |||||
Canisius: | 11–5–1 | 3–1 | |||||||
Auburn Tigers (Southeastern Conference) (1948–1950) | |||||||||
1948 | Auburn | 1–8–1 | 0–7 | 12th | |||||
1949 | Auburn | 2–4–3 | 2–4–2 | 8th | |||||
1950 | Auburn | 0–10 | 0–7 | 12th | |||||
Auburn: | 3–22–4 | 2–18–2 | |||||||
Total: | 27–36–6 | ||||||||
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Basketball
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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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
Postseason invitational champion
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See also
- List of NCAA Division I Men's Final Four appearances by coach
References
- CBS Interactive. September 27, 2003. Retrieved August 15, 2011.