Gerald Brown is an

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coach who was the

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running backs coach from 2008 to 2014, and currently works as an analyst for the

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. During his time with the Falcons, he coached two Pro Bowl selections, Michael Turner and

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. While on staff with the Falcons, the team won NFC South Championships in 2010 and 2012, and achieved five straight winning seasons, with playoff appearances in four of seven seasons. Brown has logged 22 years in coaching, including six seasons at

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. In his first five seasons at Indiana, Hoosier running backs averaged 1,549 rushing yards per season. In his first year, Indiana gained 1,398 yards despite not having a running back with more than 90 career carries entering the 2002 season. In 2003, Ben Jarvus Green-Ellis became the seventh true freshman in Indiana history to rush for 100 yards in a game and just the third freshman to reach the 200-yard plateau in a single-game. A native of

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, and a graduate of the

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, Brown coached at the

from 1983 to 1988, initially as a graduate assistant, and afterward as an administrative assistant and scout. Coaches he worked with during his time with the Vols included

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, Phillip Fulmer,

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, Jon Gruden,

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, and his older brother,

Kippy Brown Charles Henry "Kippy" Brown1993 Tennessee Volunteers Football Guide', UTSports.com, p. 26. Accessed November 1, 2015. (born March 6, 1955) is an American football former coach and former player who most recently was the wide receivers coach for ...

.
1987 Tennessee Volunteers Football Guide
', pp. 26-32. He was running backs coach of the

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during the league's lone season in 2001. Brown is divorced and has one daughter, Caitlin.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Brown, Gerald Living people African-American players of American football Atlanta Falcons coaches Memphis Tigers football players People from Sweetwater, Tennessee Tennessee Volunteers football coaches Indiana Hoosiers football coaches Memphis Maniax coaches Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century African-American people