The Newest offer for DC is...

[jasonb56]

Check Bretts blog...

[Bull Dozer]

Not a fan of going into the no defense conference for a defensive coordinator. 

[RSSMOOTH]

I guess contract negotiations between Leavitt and Tresey are still ongoing.....

[Bull Dozer]

I guess contract negotiations between Leavitt and Tresey are still ongoing.....

We can only hope. 

[BullMedic]

We look DESPERATE

USF needs to step up and get Tresey.

[BullBlood]

puke

[Mama_Bull]

Here is his profile on the Colorado site:

Greg Brown  

 Football  

 Assistant Coach  

 Defensive Passing Game Coordinator/Secondary  

 Experience: 2 Years  

 Alma Mater: UTEP '80

 

           Greg Brown is in his third year as secondary coach and his second as CU’s defensive passing game coordinator, returning in 2006 to the state of Colorado for the third time in his professional career, the second time as a member of the Buffalo coaching staff.

           Brown, 50, resurfaced at CU in January 2006, named to the staff of new Colorado head coach Dan Hawkins following the completion of the 2005 National Football League season.  He wrapped up his fourth and final year as a defensive assistant with the NFL’s New Orleans Saints under coach Jim Haslett.  In that 2005 season, the Saints’ pass defense ranked third in the entire NFL, allowing a paltry 178 yards per game.

           A 15-year NFL coaching veteran, developing top notch defensive backs became his specialty as he was often sought after for new coaching staffs around the league, working with six different teams in his professional career.

           In his first two seasons at Colorado, he helped tutor Terrence Wheatley, coaching him to first-team All-Big 12 honors and a second round NFL draft pick by the New England Patriots.

           He coached the secondary for three years (1991-93) at Colorado under coach Bill McCartney, tutoring a pair of Jim Thorpe Award winners during his first days at CU: cornerbacks Deon Figures (the 1992 winner) and Chris Hudson (the ’94 winner). Colorado led the nation in pass completion defense and the Big Eight in pass defense in 1992; he also coached the kickoff coverage unit on special teams for the Buffs.  He joined the CU staff days after the Buffs won their first national championship (January 7, 1991), and returned to the NFL in 1994, joining the Atlanta staff as defensive backs coach; the Falcons finished second that season in the league with 23 interceptions.

           He spent the 1995-96 seasons as the secondary coach for San Diego, with the Chargers finishing in the top five both years in fewest yards allowed per completion.  He also coached Rodney Harrison, who eventually would become one of the league’s top safeties.  He moved on to the Tennessee Oilers, coaching the secondary in both 1997 and 1998; he again coached three of the top defensive backs in the game, cornerback Samari Rolle and safeties Blaine Bishop and All-Pro Marcus Robertson.  

           In 1999, he served as the defensive backs coach for the San Francisco 49ers; a twist with this was that had he not received an NFL offer, he was set to return to Colorado as a member of Gary Barnett’s staff when he replaced Rick Neuheisel in January of that year.  He rejoined the Atlanta Falcons as secondary coach for the 2000 and 2001 seasons before moving on to New Orleans, where he was a defensive assistant for quality control in 2002 before being promoted to defensive assistant/cornerbacks coach in 2003, a position he held for three seasons with the Saints.

           He began his coaching career in 1981 as a graduate assistant at the University of Texas-El Paso, his alma mater, where he worked with the secondary.  The following year, 1982, he came back to Colorado, working that fall as a defensive coach at Green Mountain High School in Lakewood.  

           He made his first move to the professional ranks the following spring, joining the staff of the Denver Gold of the United States Football League (USFL).  He coached the secondary for the Gold for two seasons (1983, 1984) before moving on to the National Football League for the first time in the summer of 1984, joining the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Staff.  For the Bucs, he coached three different positions: defensive quality control (1984), offensive quality control (1985) and the U-backs/tight ends (1986).  

           Brown returned to the college game in 1987, coaching the defensive backs for two seasons at the University of Wyoming before doing the same at Purdue University for the 1989 and 1990 campaigns.  He then returned home to Colorado for a second time in joining McCartney’s staff in 1991.

           He graduated from the UTEP in 1980 with a bachelor’s degree in education (history/physical education).  At UTEP, he lettered twice at cornerback under Bill Michael, and received the Coca-Cola Hold Helmet Award for his play against San Diego State in September 1979.  He earned his A.A. degree from Glendale (Ariz.) Junior College in 1978.

           He was born October 10, 1957 in Denver, and graduated from Arvada (Colo.) High School, where he lettered in both football and track.  His father, Irv, is Denver radio (KKFN) personality and the former head baseball coach and one-time assistant football coach at the University of Colorado.  He is married to the former Stacie Bible, and the couple has two daughters, Hannah (7) and Grace (5).

TOP PLAYERS COACHED—All-Americans (2): Deon Figures (Thorpe Award winner), Chris Hudson (Thorpe Award winner).  All-Big Eight/12 Performers (5): Ronnie Bradford, Figures, Eric Hamilton, Hudson, Terrence Wheatley.  NFL Players/Draft Picks (6): Ronnie Bradford, Dennis Collier, Figures, Hudson, Steve Rosga, Wheatley.  NFL All-Pro Performers (15): Ashley Ambrose, Blaine Bishop, Fahkir Brown, Ray Buchanan, Dale Carter, Scott Case, Rodney Harrison, Darrell Lewis, Tim McDonald, Mike McKenzie, Marcus Robertson, Samari Rolle, Kevin Ross, Lance Schulters, Fred Thomas.  

RECORD—He has coached in 108 Division I-A games as a full-time coach, owning a record of 59-47-3 (33-25-3 at Colorado, 21-5 at Wyoming and 5-17 with Purdue); he has coached in six bowl games, including one New Year’s Day.  Professionally, he coached in 241 National Football League games, including one playoff game, with six different teams (Atlanta twice, New Orleans, San Diego, San Francisco, Tampa Bay, Tennessee), as well as in 36 United States Football League games with the Denver Gold.

 

[TRUTH D. Antagonist]

next thing you know Leavitt is going to offer the job to a cart pusher at Publix.

[flsportsfan83]

next thing you know Leavitt is going to offer the job to a cart pusher at Publix.

who will turn it down

[MechanicalBull]

Here's the story:

CU’s Brown latest to get DC offer

Posted February 27, 2009 by Brett McMurphy

Updated Feb 27, 2009 at 10:27 PM

Greg Brown, a 15-year NFL assistant coaching veteran who has been at the University of Colorado the past three seasons, is the latest to have been offered the University of South Florida’s defensive coordinator position.

It’s the second time USF coach Jim Leavitt has dipped into the Big 12 Conference in search of a new defensive coordinator. Brown, 50, is at least the third individual offered the position, along with Illinois co-defensive coordinator Dan Disch and Nebraska linebackers coach Mike Ekeler.

Brown interviewed Friday in Tampa with Leavitt. Brown could not be reached for comment.

For the past three seasons at CU, Brown has been the Buffs’ secondary coach, including the past two years as CU’s defensive passing game coordinator.

In 2008, CU led the Big 12 Conference in pass defense, allowing 215 yards a game, but that ranked only 72nd nationally. CU ranked fifth in the Big 12 in pass efficiency defense and 73rd nationally.

In 2007, CU was ninth in the Big 12 in pass defense, allowing 261 yards a game, ranking 103rd nationally. CU ranked sixth in the Big 12 in pass efficiency defense and 63rd nationally.

Before coming to Colorado, Brown was a defensive assistant with the New Orleans Saints from 2002-05. He was an assistant with six different NFL teams totally 15 years, including the Tampa Bay Bucs from 1984-86.

His other college coaching experience includes Colorado (1991-93), Purdue (1989-90) and Wyoming (1987-88). He is a 1980 UTEP graduate.

Besides Disch and Ekeler, former Cincinnati defensive coordinator Joe Tresey interviewed for the position. East Carolina defensive coordinator Greg Hudson and Iowa State secondary coach Chris Ash also were considered as replacements for long-time USF coordinator Wally Burnham, but neither interviewed or was offered the position.