Robert Parks Brown (born July 15, 1980) is an

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coach who was most recently the quarterbacks coach for the

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of the

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(NFL). Prior to that, he was a special assistant to the head coach and the senior offensive analyst at

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College career

Brown was a quarterback at

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for the 2003 and 2004 seasons after previously spending a season at the

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. He played in the Yellow Jackets 2003 and 2004 bowl games, where Georgia Tech won both.

Coaching career

Early career

Brown started his coaching career at

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as a graduate assistant under Tony Franklin. He then accepted a position on the Southwest Baptist coaching staff as an offensive coordinator for one season in 2007, before joining the Henderson State coaching staff as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach in 2008. He was hired to be the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Valdosta State in 2009, and was the offensive coordinator of the Blazers in 2012 when they won the NCAA Division II Football Championship, putting up over 40 points and 460 yards a game. Brown was named the offensive coordinator & quarterbacks coach at

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in 2013, only spending one season there before spending the 2014 season as the running backs coach at South Alabama.

New York Jets

Brown was initially hired as an offensive quality control coach by the Jets in 2015, working closely with the wide receivers. He switched to a defensive assistant with the Jets in 2017, where he worked with the outside linebackers. While he was initially retained by

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after the firing of

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, Brown chose to accept a position on the coaching staff at

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West Virginia

Brown was hired to be a special assistant to the head coach and senior offensive analyst at

in 2019 on Neal Brown's inaugural staff.

Miami Dolphins

Brown was hired to be the quarterbacks coach for the

in 2020, reuniting with his former college head coach,

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. He missed the team's weeks 9 and 10 games against the

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and

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on November 8 and November 15, 2020, in accordance with

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protocols. He was let go after the 2020 season following Gailey's resignation.

References

External links

Chattanooga Mocs player bioNorthwestern State profileSouth Alabama profileWest Virginia profile
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