Cuse formally turns to Fran Brown as new coach

Nov 28, 2023, 05:59 PM ET SYRACUSE, N.Y.– Syracuse hired Georgia protective backs coach Fran Brown as its head coach on Tuesday, providing the Orange a highly related to employer with roots in the Northeast.The 41-year-old Brown, a local of Camden, New Jersey, invested the past two seasons with Georgia however has never ever been a head coach. He was part of a national championship team last season, and the Bulldogs are preparing for a third straight SEC championship game appearance Saturday versus Alabama.

“I am incredibly proud to be leading Syracuse Football at a university with an abundant and storied tradition of academic and athletic quality,” Brown stated in a declaration. “Syracuse football has impressive talent, terrific facilities and enthusiastic alumni. The success of the players is my No. 1 priority– on and off the field.”

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1 Related Dino Babers was fired by Syracuse 9 days ago, one game short of completing his 8th season as the Orange’s coach and with one year left on his contract. He went 41-55 total and 20-45 in the ACC.Brown is known as one of the nation’s leading employers, among the requirements pointed out by Syracuse athletic director John Wildhack as needed qualities in Orange’s next coach.”Fran has clearly articulated a vision for the future of our football program, and he is a powerhouse recruiter with deep ties to the geographies from where we require to draw regularly,”Wildhack stated.”Fran has actually had tremendous success recruiting to a variety of programs– in the South, Southwest and Northeast, and I have no doubt he will bring that performance history here to Syracuse.”

Before joining coach Kirby Smart’s personnel at Georgia, Brown spent most of his career in the Northeast at Temple and Rutgers. He likewise invested two years at Baylor working for Matt Rhule, who is now at Nebraska.Brown has actually coached a number of players to conference and nationwide honors, including Georgia safety Malaki Starks, a finalist this year for the Nagurski Trophy, provided to the country’s finest defensive player.A graduate of Western Carolina, Brown started his coaching career in 2011 at Temple as director of internal operations. He was named defensive backs coach in 2013 and promoted to assistant head coach in 2016.