Mack Brown ack Brown enters his 14th season as the head coach of the texas Longhorns. with a mark at texas of 133-34 (.796), the 2008 Bobby Dodd Mack Brown is the only active coach in NCAA national Coach of the Year and the 2009 Big 12 Coach of the Year has Division I-A who has led his teams to nine or more Melevated the Longhorns program to new heights. The 2005 paul w. “Bear” Bryant national Coach of the Year award winner, and wins in 14 of the last 15 seasons. coach of the 2005 BCs national Champions, he is one of a handful of coaches in the clearly energetic, thoughtful, engaging and enthusiastic. that passion has helped the history of college football to lead two separate programs to a top Five national finish. Longhorns sign some of the nation’s finest recruiting classes year in and year out, A member of the Longhorn hall of honor, Brown is the only the second coach while raising the enthusiasm and support for texas football to an all-time high. in Ut history to reach the 100-win plateau at texas, joining Darrell Royal. he also Beginning with an eight-city speaking tour of texas in 1998 – which turned into became one of only six active coaches at nCAA Football Bowl subdivision (FBs) a revival as thousands of fans poured into crowded rooms to hear him speak – Brown schools who have won 100 games at their current school. of the 69 coaches that have rapidly invigorated the mood and spirit of the Ut faithful and hasn’t missed a beat ever won 100 games at the same FBs school, Brown is the 12th fastest to reach the since. century mark (124 games) and the fourth-fastest among active coaches. in 2008, he Brown reunited the Longhorns lettermen, welcoming any and all to practices reached 200 career victories, making him just the 19th coach who has spent at least and began a lettermen’s reunion and golf tournament that has grown immensely 10 years at an FBs school to do so. each spring. thousands of former lettermen and their families return to campus Brown’s fundamental football philosophy is basic. it is built on a rock-solid, for the annual Ut spring Jamboree that Brown has turned into a weekend event in attacking defense and a pro-style offense combined with a team-first family philoso- austin. the Jamboree features a lettermen’s golf outing and reunion to go along with phy. his “one heartbeat” belief of developing talent and leadership within a family pregame festivities and the orange-white scrimmage. the weekend has set atten- atmosphere has established a consistency of success matched by few. dance records each year, topping out at 44,250 in 2010. Brown also has added a Fan The only team in the nation to record at least 10 wins nine times in the last 10 appreciation Day in the fall. years, including a string of nine straight that is the second-longest streak in nCAA “Mack has helped bring back the pride in texas Football,” former Longhorns history, Brown’s squad has been the best in the country during the first decade of the all-american and nFL great tommy nobis said. “tradition is what makes the col- 21st century. in that time, his Longhorns have won seven of nine bowl games, includ- lege game so exciting, and Mack is doing a great job getting everyone excited about ing a stretch of five straight for the first time in school history, and have recorded at wearing the burnt orange and white and being a Longhorn again.” least 11 victories on six occasions. in addition, they have finished in the nation’s top Brown also quickly built two other important bridges — one with legendary six six times since 2000 and in the top 10 seven of the last 10 seasons. texas is also former head coach Darrell Royal and the other with the important constituency of the only team in the country to post nine or more victories in 14 out of the past 15 seasons. But excellence and consistency are nothing new to the coaching veteran of 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 UnC after a series of disappointing seasons and turned it into a nationally-elite program. at texas, he has taken a program that had suffered through six non-winning (five los- ing) seasons in the 12 years prior to his arrival, including a 4-7 record in 1997, and led it to the 2005 national Championship, another BCs Championship game appearance in 2009 and three BCs Bowl victories. Brown’s squads have registered nine-plus victory seasons in 14 out of the past 15 seasons, winning seasons in 20 out of the past 21 seasons and 18 bowl games in the past 19 seasons. he also has guided his squads to national top 25 finishes in 14 out of the past 15 seasons, which includes 13 top 15 rankings. Brown stands alone as the only coach in nCAA Division i-a with nine-plus wins in 14 out of the past 15 seasons. his 20 winning seasons in the last 21 years is the longest active streak in the nation and his 18 bowl games in the last 19 seasons is 2008 Bobby Dodd national Coach of the Year tied for the longest active streak in the nation. his 153 wins in the last 15 years are the most nationally as are his 200 victories since 1990. COACHING CONSISTENCY 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 20 winning seasons in the Last 21 YeaRs texas football on Dec. 4, 1997. he immediately developed a plan of attack, hiring a MaCK BRown___________________ teXas/noRth CaRoLina staff of veteran coaches who had familiarity with the southwest. Brown has worked to Frank Beamer _______________________________ Virginia tech keep the foundation of that group intact and linked tradition with winning, education and entertainment. From his first season, he steadily has restored pride in one of col- CoaChes with 18 BowL appeaRanCes in the Last 19 YeaRs lege 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 every- MaCK BRown___________________ teXas/noRth CaRoLina one from recruits to supporters and alumni. his down-home wit and wisdom are Frank Beamer _______________________________ Virginia tech COACHING CONSISTENCY nCaa Division i-a head coaches with at least nine victories in 14 of last 15 seasons heaD CoaCh (sChooLs) 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 TotaL (pCt.) Mack Brown (texas/north Carolina) 10-2 10-1 9-3 9-5 9-3 11-2 11-2 10-3 11-1 13-0 10-3 10-3 12-1 13-1 153-37 (.805) www.MackBrown-TexasFootball.com 79 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. business on the weekends, but we are in the high school putnam County College Florida state ’74 education business during the week.” graduate degree southern Mississippi ’76 — Mack Brown Year in coaching 38th wife sally texas high school coaches. Children Matt, Katherine, Barbara, Chris “Mack has done everything right from the first day he hit town,” Royal said. “he has established strong ties with the high school coaches, built a tremendous bond MACK BROWN YEAR-BY-YEAR with the lettermen and gained unbelievable support. Record at texas 13 years/133-34 (.796) “with all of the great things he has done in public relations, what people have 2010 Texas 5-7 learned is that he can coach, too. he is a dedicated football man and has assembled 2009 Texas (ap: #2; Usa today: #2) 13-1 BCs an outstanding staff. together, they organize all the facets of the job. talk about ‘not 2008 Texas (ap: #4; USA Today: #3) 12-1 Fiesta leaving a stone unturned’ … he turned over every rock as fast as he could. a major 2007 Texas (ap: #10; USA Today: #10) 10-3 Holiday state official in north Carolina told one of our top people Mack could be elected gov- 2006 Texas (ap: #13; USA Today: #13) 10-3 Alamo ernor, and he wasn’t kidding. Mack is that strong with people.” 2005 Texas (ap: #1; USA Today/espn: #1) 13-0 Rose (BCs) The union with Royal, whom Brown idolized as a young player in high school, 2004 Texas (ap: #5; USA Today/espn: #6) 11-1 Rose has been a meaningful relationship for both men. Royal regularly participates in team events and has access to an office Brown had built for him in the Moncrief-neuhaus 2003 Texas (ap: #12; USA Today/espn: #11) 10-3 Holiday athletics Complex. 2002 Texas (ap: #6; USA Today/espn: #7) 11-2 Cotton “Mack’s like the Darrell Royal of the 21st century,” Ut all-american and 2002 2001 Texas (ap: #5; USA Today/espn: #5) 11-2 Holiday College Football hall of Fame inductee Jerry sisemore said. “he’s hard-working and 2000 Texas (ap: #12; Usa today/espn: #12) 9-3 Holiday has a great concern for his athletes.