Neal Brown - HC Troy

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Age: 38

Organization: Troy University

Current Position: Head Coach

Former Positions:

2003	UMass (TE/AOL)
2004	Sacred Heart (QB/WR)
2005	Delaware (WR)
2006–2007	Troy (IWR)
2008–2009	Troy (OC/QB)
2010–2012	Texas Tech (OC/QB)
2013–2014	Kentucky (OC/QB)
2015–present	Troy

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Record and Awards:

Overall	34–15
Bowls	2–0

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Championships
Sun Belt (2017)
Awards
Sun Belt Coach of the Year (2017)

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Notable Recruits:
Drew Barker - QB (4*)
Matt Elam - DT (4*)
Eli Brown - OLB (4*)

Coaching Notes:

 

[Darth Snow]

One of the more intriguing candidates.

 

[Gary Indiana]

I don't think I could look at that face for the next few years.

 

[SuperiorBuff]

Nope

 

[Buffnik]

Neal Brown has gone from my short list of "do we think we can get him over other suitors?" in the preseason to now being very confident that we can do a better and my interest being tepid. This is despite the fact that he's having an even better season than he did last year.

 

[leftybuff]

I like this candidate. Being from the TT mold, personnel here will suit his O fine. Not a bad choice IMO.

 

[Buffskier]

major qualification: Having beaten Scott Frost's nebraska, in Lincoln, extending their misery.

That being said, I'd pass.

 

[manhattanbuff]

Major player IMO if it weren’t for us needing to pay Troy $2.9 million to release him. They basically are making it so only major programs with deep pockets can pluck him away.

 

[BuffWarHog]

Getting SMOKED by App St. It’d look a lot better if he wasn’t.

 

[Darth Snow]

Getting SMOKED by App St. It’d look a lot better if he wasn’t.

All these g5 guys are a year early from proving they are legit.... Or they may just be a mdiocre class

 

[BuffWarHog]

All these g5 guys are a year early from proving they are legit.... Or they may just be a mdiocre class

Yep. From what I see is that they either have one good season or beat someone they shouldn’t and all of sudden they are the hottest thing on the block.

 

[1991 Orange Bowl]

beat someone they shouldn’t

We could stand to have a little of that at CU. But it is weird that people are higher on this guy from Troy than the guy from Appy State, who has a longer history of success and seemingly a better team this year (AppSt has a point diff of 230 compared to 114 for Troy this season--not counting this game)