Mack Brown Mack Brown is entering his 15th season as the head coach of the texas 46,000 in 2012. Brown also has added a Fan appreciation Day in the fall. Longhorns. with a mark at texas of 141-39 (.783), the 2008 Bobby Dodd national “Mack has helped bring back the pride in texas Football,” former Longhorns Coach of the Year and the 2009 Big 12 Coach of the Year has elevated the Longhorns all-american and nFL great tommy nobis said. “tradition is what makes the col- program to new heights. lege game so exciting, and Mack is doing a great job getting everyone excited about the 2005 paul w. “Bear” Bryant national Coach of the Year award winner, and wearing the burnt orange and white and being a Longhorn again.” coach of the 2005 BCs national Champions, he is one of a handful of coaches in the Brown also quickly built two other important bridges — one with legendary history of college football to lead two separate programs to a top Five national fin- former head coach Darrell Royal and the other with the important constituency of ish. texas high school coaches. a member of the Longhorn hall of honor, Brown’s 227 career victories rank “Mack has done everything right from the first day he hit town,” Royal said. “he 13th on the nCaa all-time list, and he is one of just two active coaches to have has established strong ties with the high school coaches, built a tremendous bond reached the 200-victory plateau. he is also one of only two coaches nationally to with the lettermen and gained unbelievable support. direct his teams to 19 bowls in the last 20 seasons and 21 winning seasons in the last “with all of the great things he has done in public relations, what people have 22 years, along with being one of only five active coaches at FBs schools to have won learned is that he can coach, too. he is a dedicated football man and has assembled 100 games at their current school. his 141 wins at texas are the third-most in the an outstanding staff. together, they organize all the facets of the job. talk about ‘not nation in the last 14 years, and his 161 wins overall in the last 16 years are the most leaving a stone unturned’ … he turned over every rock as fast as he could. a major nationally, as are his 208 victories since 1990. state official in north Carolina told one of our top people Mack could be elected gov- those streaks are a reflection of the continuing success Brown has brought to a ernor, and he wasn’t kidding. Mack is that strong with people.” program that managed at least 10 wins just twice in the 14 years prior to his arrival the union with Royal, whom Brown idolized as a young player in high school, in 1998, but has done so nine times in his 14 seasons, including a streak of nine has been a meaningful relationship for both men. consecutive that is tied for the second-longest in nCaa history. Brown has also led “Mack’s like the Darrell Royal of the 21st century,” Ut all-american and 2002 the Longhorns to six seasons of at least 11 wins. College Football hall of Fame inductee Jerry sisemore said. “he’s hard-working and Under Brown, texas has won eight of its last 10 bowl games and has a 9-4 has a great concern for his athletes. the coaches and players work hard and support record overall, including a Ut record streak of 12 consecutive bowl appearances. one another and that’s exactly how Coach Royal ran things. Mack’s the real deal and in the 14 years prior to Brown’s arrival, texas went to seven bowls and was 2-5. it’s been fun to watch him build the program.” the nine bowl wins give Brown the most in texas history, passing Darrell Royal’s an enthusiastic supporter of tradition, Brown is just as passionate in his appre- eight. in addition, the streak includes a BCs national Championship, another BCs ciation of high school coaches, a group he treats with the utmost respect. the gre- national Championship game appearance and three BCs Bowl wins. garious coach has engaged the proud texas high school coaching community. Brown since Brown came to austin, the horns have finished the year ranked in the invites every high school staff to visit Ut practices and rapidly built powerful bonds top 15 in 10 of the last 12 years, which includes a string of 10 straight. they also in that community. Ut’s high school coaches clinic has gone from a couple hundred have seven top 10 finishes and five top Five rankings. prior to Brown’s arrival in coaches prior to his arrival to more than a thousand and become one of the state’s 1998, the last time texas had finished the year in the top 10 was 1983. in addition, most popular spring events. texas leads the nation in all time appearances in the BCs rankings with 93, which is eight more than Florida and Virginia tech. however excellence and consistency are nothing new to the coaching veteran of COACHING CONSISTENCY 39 years, including 28 as a head coach. establishing stability has been a trademark of Brown’s career, highlighted by his success at north Carolina and texas. he rebuilt CoaChes with 21 winning seasons in the Last 22 YeaRs UnC after a series of disappointing seasons and turned it into a nationally-elite MaCK BRown___________________ teXas/noRth CaRoLina program. Frank Beamer _______________________________ Virginia tech Fresh off a season that saw north Carolina finish 11-1 and fourth nationally (Usa today/Cnn), Brown was hired as the 28th head coach in the storied history of CoaChes with 19 BowL appeaRanCes in the Last 20 YeaRs texas football on Dec. 4, 1997. he immediately developed a plan of attack, hiring a staff of veteran coaches who had familiarity with the southwest. Brown linked tradi- MaCK BRown___________________ teXas/noRth CaRoLina tion with winning, education and entertainment. From his first season, he steadily Frank Beamer _______________________________ Virginia tech has restored pride in one of college football’s most historic programs and put the swagger back in being a Longhorn. Brown has brought enthusiasm back to the Ut program while wowing everyone from recruits to supporters and alumni. his down-home wit and wisdom are clearly energetic, thoughtful, engaging and enthusiastic. that passion has helped the Longhorns sign some of the nation’s finest recruiting classes year in and year out, while raising the enthusiasm and support for texas football to an all-time high. Beginning with an eight-city speaking tour of texas in 1998 – which turned into a revival as thousands of fans poured into crowded rooms to hear him speak – Brown rapidly invigo- rated the mood and spirit of the Ut faithful and hasn’t missed a beat since. Brown reunited the Longhorns lettermen, welcoming any and all to practices and began a lettermen’s reunion and golf tournament that has grown immensely each spring. thousands of former lettermen and their families return to campus for the annual Ut spring Jamboree that Brown has turned into a weekend event in austin. the Jamboree fea- tures a lettermen’s golf outing and reunion to go along with pregame festivities and the orange-white scrimmage. the 2008 Bobby Dodd national Coach of the Year weekend has set attendance records each year, topping out at 78 2012 Texas Football Guide • Coaches & Staff Head Coach “Our goal is to win championships with nice kids MACK BROWN AT-A-GLANCE who are graduating. We may be in the entertainment hometown Cookeville, tenn. high school putnam County business on the weekends, but we are in the College Florida state ’74 education business during the week.” graduate degree southern Mississippi ’76 — Mack Brown Year in coaching 39th wife sally “i have never seen anyone make friends better or quicker with the high school Children Matt, Katherine, Barbara, Chris coaching community,” said eddie Joseph, former executive Vp of the texas high school Coaches association. “Mack is amazing. he has the ability to make everyone MACK BROWN YEAR-BY-YEAR feel at ease around him and makes the coaches from junior high on up feel comfort- Record at texas 14 years/141-39 (.783) able. i think the thing that makes him so great for the coaches to work with is that he 2011 texas 8-5 holiday has a passion for high school coaches. he has a great deal of respect for the coaches.” 2010 texas 5-7 with his team, the message was clear from the first meeting on the evening of 2009 texas (ap: #2; Usa today: #2) 13-1 BCs Dec. 4, 1997. he did not believe in rebuilding. he believed in winning. the standard 2008 texas (ap: #4; Usa today: #3) 12-1 Fiesta was simple. he expected that, together, he and the team would have fun. he expected 2007 texas (ap: #10; Usa today: #10) 10-3 holiday that, together, he and the team would do things the right way. he expected that, 2006 texas (ap: #13; Usa today: #13) 10-3 alamo together, he and the team would win. each year, Brown has built on that foundation 2005 texas (ap: #1; Usa today/espn: #1) 13-0 Rose (BCs) while accomplishing feats not seen in austin in decades. 2004 texas (ap: #5; Usa today/espn: #6) 11-1 Rose Brown’s 12 consecutive seasons of at least nine wins are a Ut first, as are his three 2003 texas (ap: #12; Usa today/espn: #11) 10-3 holiday back-to-back 11-win campaigns (2001-02, 2004-05, 2008-09), nine 10-victory seasons 2002 texas (ap: #6; Usa today/espn: #7) 11-2 Cotton in a row, and three 12-win seasons (2005, ‘08, ‘09).