Corey Brown is in his second season as defensive line coach after being hired by head coach Chris Ash on Jan. 30, 2018. A native of Houston with 12 years of coaching experience, Brown spent the last four seasons coaching the defensive line at Miami (Ohio) after a two-year stint as a graduate assistant at Notre Dame.
In 2017, Brown was part of a defensive staff that led a unit ranked 14th in the country in red zone defense, 24th in first downs defense and 43rd in scoring defense. Ikeem Allen earned third team All-MAC to make it four all-conference honors from the defensive line under Brown’s watch in as many seasons.
In his first year with the RedHawks, Brown mentored a pair of defensive ends in Bryson Albright and J'Terius Jones, who combined for 11 sacks during the 2014 season. Jones and Albright improved on their play in 2015, combining for 17 sacks. Jones would earn third team All-MAC honors and finish second in the league with 10 sacks, while Albright was named second team all-conference. Brown's defensive front had one of the best games in Miami history in a contest versus Eastern Michigan in which the RedHawks recorded a school-record eight sacks versus the Eagles.
Jones would earn second-team All-MAC honors in 2016, but Brown also guided Austin Gearing, a former Miami quarterback, to be a productive member of Miami's starting defensive line.
Before that, Brown worked as a graduate assistant at Notre Dame for two seasons. The 2012 Fighting Irish advanced to the BCS National Championship Game after posting a perfect 12-0 regular season, meeting Alabama in the title contest. That team allowed only four rushing touchdowns, holding eight different opponents under 100 yards, for the fewest in the nation. Both defensive end Stephon Tuitt and defensive tackle Louis Nix would go on to be drafted in the top three rounds from the unit.
Prior to Notre Dame, Brown coached for four seasons at Iowa Western Community College in Council Bluffs, Iowa. He focused on the defensive line and also served as a strength and conditioning coach. Brown helped six players earn scholarships to Football Bowl Subdivision schools such as Oregon, Washington State, West Virginia and Iowa State. He coached one All-America pick and had eight all-region or all-conference performers.
From 2006-07, Brown coached the defensive line and again was a strength and conditioning coach at North Iowa Area Community College.
A Big Ten alumnus, Brown graduated from the University of Iowa in 2005 with a sociology degree. He was a member of the Hawkeyes football team from 1995-99. As a senior in 1999, Brown started all 11 games at defensive tackle, ranked ninth on the team with 52 tackles and earned the team's defensive hustle award.
Following college, Brown played five years on the defensive and offensive line for the Quad City Steam Wheelers in the Arena Football League 2. Brown helped the Steam Wheelers claim back-to-back AFL2 championships as Quad City posted a combined 37-1 record in Brown's first two seasons with the club.
Brown and his wife Susan have a son Blaze. Brown has two daughters, Erin and Kayla.
The Brown File
Hometown: Houston, Texas
Alma Mater: Iowa, 2005
Wife: Susan
Children: Erin, Kayla and Blaze
Coaching History
Rutgers
2018-Present: Defensive Line |
Miami (Ohio)
2014-17: Defensive Line |
Notre Dame
2012-13: Defensive Graduate Assistant |
Iowa Western Community College
2008-11: Defensive Line/Strength and Conditioning |
North Iowa Area Community College
2006-07: Defensive Line/Strength and Conditioning |
