Syracuse hires Georgia assistant Fran Brown as head coach

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Syracuse helmets shown on the field before an NCAA college football game against Wake Forest in Syracuse, N.Y., Saturday, Nov. 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Adrian Kraus) (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Syracuse has found its next head football coach.

The school announced Tuesday that it had hired Georgia defensive backs coach Fran Brown to lead the football program.

“I am incredibly proud to be leading Syracuse Football at a university with a rich and storied tradition of academic and athletic excellence,” Brown said in a Syracuse statement. “Syracuse Football has outstanding talent, great facilities and passionate alumni. The success of the players is my No. 1 priority—on and off the field. I want my guys to succeed in life, because they played football at Syracuse. My immediate area of focus is building relationships with my current players and putting together an elite staff, while also having fun on the recruiting trail. I’m ready to get to work and look forward to building something special for our fans.”

Brown, 40, came up in the coaching ranks as the defensive backs coach on the staff of Matt Rhule at Temple. He followed Rhule to Baylor for two seasons, returned to Temple as the co-defensive coordinator in 2019 and then spent two seasons at Rutgers as the defensive backs coach.

Ahead of the 2022 season, Kirby Smart hired Brown to coach the defensive backs at Georgia and he has served in that role for the past two seasons as the Bulldogs won the national championship and are looking to win another this year.

Brown, a native of Camden, New Jersey, is known for his recruiting ability and was interviewed for the Temple job the last two times it was open. He is well-respected in New Jersey and around the Northeast in natural recruiting areas for Syracuse.

“Fran is an outstanding coach, recruiter and person, and exactly who we need to take…

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Publish date : 2023-11-28 22:08:35

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