Fran Brown

Francis Brown (born February 3, 1982) is an American football coach and former cornerback. He is the secondary coach at Rutgers University. He was formerly the co-defensive coordinator at Temple, as well as the team's assistant head coach.

Raised in Camden, New Jersey, Brown graduated from Camden High School, where he set the school record as a quarterback with 47 touchdown passes.

Following his high school career, Brown switched to cornerback at Western Carolina and became a first-team All-SoCon selection and team captain. Following his time as a Catamount, Brown spent time with the Cincinnati Bengals during the 2007 and 2008 seasons.

Temple

After spending a year coaching at Paul VI Catholic High School, Brown joined Steve Addazio's staff at Temple as the Assistant Director of Internal Operations in 2011.During the 2012 season, Brown transitioned to a graduate assistant role in 2012 before becoming Temple's defensive backs coach on Matt Rhule's staff in 2013. Brown held that role until 2016, when he was added associate head coach responsibilities to his job description.

After the 2014 recruiting season, in which he signed a number of players including future pro Sean Chandler, Brown was named a top recruiter in the American Athletic Conference by Rivals.com.

Baylor

Brown followed Rhule to Baylor where he served as the Bears' assistant head coach and defensive backs coach for the 2017 and 2018 seasons. During his time in Waco, Brown was considered Baylor's top recruiter.

Second Stint at Temple

Following the 2018 season, Brown interviewed for the head coaching job at Temple that eventually went to Manny Diaz. Diaz's first hire at Temple was to bring Brown in as assistant head coach and co-defensive coordinator. After 17 days, Diaz left Temple to return to Miami for the head coaching job. Brown interviewed for the Temple head coaching job, but it eventually went to Rod Carey. Carey kept Brown on the Temple Owl's coaching staff as the defensive coordinator.

Rutgers

On December 7, reports surfaced that he returned to his home state to serve on Greg Schiano’s staff at Rutgers.

Brown is married to Teara Brown and has two children, Francis, Jr. and Brayden.