Joseph Brown was an

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and

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coach. He was the fourth head football coach at Eastern Illinois State Normal School now known as— Eastern Illinois University—in

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, serving for six seasons, from 1904 to 1909, and compiling a record of 11–10–5.Eastern Illinois Coaching Records
Brown was also the first head basketball coach at Eastern Illinois, serving for two seasons, from 1908 to 1910, and tallying a mark of 4–6.

Head coaching record

Football

References

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