Brohm gets here in Louisvlle: ‘This is house to me’
LOUISVILLE, Ky.– Louisville employed Jeff Brohm as its brand-new football coach, concluding a whirlwind procedure that ended with the school inviting house a native son who contributed to the Cardinals’ success as a player and assistant coach.The University
of Louisville Athletic Association’s executive board approved a six-year agreement on Thursday that will pay the previous Purdue coach a base salary of $5 million next season with yearly boosts of $100,000, plus incentives. Brohm will also receive one-time payments of $500,000 in 2023 and 2024 that’ll increase by $250,000 for two-year cycles approximately $1 million in 2027-28.
Brohm, who was a Louisville quarterback and minors baseball player, was introduced Thursday to a standing ovation in a packed press conference at Cardinal Arena. His Twitter bio reflected his brand-new task.
“It’s truly rewarding and humbling to be up here,” Brohm stated. “This is home to me. Not a job, however a lifestyle.”
1 Associated Brohm went 36-34 in 6 seasons with the Boilermakers, including 17-9 the previous 2 seasons. He guided them to their very first Big 10 West Department title prior to they fell to No. 2 Michigan 43-22 in the conference championship game.Brohm is successful Scott Satterfield, who left Monday to become Cincinnati’s coach after going 25-24 in 4 seasons at Louisville.Neither Brohm nor Satterfield will be on the sideline when their
brand-new teams meet in the inaugural Fenway Bowl on Dec. 17– a matchup of previous rivals. Former Louisville star Deion Branch, a Super Bowl MVP with the Patriots, will direct Louisville on an interim basis for the bowl game.Brohm acquires a team seeking to become a major Atlantic Coast Conference competitor. Not considering that Lamar Jackson led the Cardinals to a 7-1 Atlantic Division finish en route to winning the 2016 Heisman Prize have they come close to challenging perennial heavyweight Clemson.Brohm right away became the prime candidate to change Satterfield, similar to 4 years back when Louisville sought a follower to
Bobby Petrino after a 2-10 finish. Back then, Brohm was concluding his second season at Purdue and was committed to building the Boilermakers.He accepted this time around since he had Purdue where he wanted it to be– and due to the fact that it simply felt right. “These things happen fast, and this is the time,”Brohm stated.”
It’s a great chance. I constantly wanted to coach here and I liked playing here. I love living here.
“Brohm’s arrival marks the second high-profile hiring this year for athletic director Josh Heird, who sought to the school’s legacy in both cases. In March as interim advertisement, he
employed former Cardinals player and Kentucky assistant Kenny Payne as males’s basketball coach.Heird became the permanent advertisement this summer and has now included the football coach whom he’s confident wants to be there for the long run. “I have actually remained in the advertisement role for 366 days, and Jeff, you’ve made my life hard for 365 of them,
“Heird said jokingly, describing the continuous demand Brohm that he finally silenced.”All joking aside, this is an exciting day for the University
of Louisville and our city. Today, we welcome house coach Jeff Brohm to lead our football program.”Brohm is 66-44 in his profession, consisting of an effective 30-10 stint at Western Kentucky from 2014 to’16. He has actually constructed a reputation for his offending competence, discovering his craft while going 15-10 as a starter for the famous Howard Schnellenberger
at Louisville. He later worked as Schnellenberger’s assistant at Florida Atlantic.Brohm likewise assisted Petrino at Louisville and WKU prior to prospering him as coach in Bowling Green, Kentucky, in 2014 and producing his own sterling head-coaching profile.