Gerald Brown

Biography

Gerald Brown was named the Falcons' running backs coach on January 26, 2008.

Brown joins the Falcons from Indiana University where he spent 2007 as the team's assistant head coach. He worked with Hoosier running backs for six seasons and also served as the team's co-special teams coordinator.

Indiana running backs averaged more than 1,500 yards per season during Brown's tenure and rushed for more than 2,000 yards as a team last season. Three running backs averaged more than four yards per carry in 2007, led by Kellan Lewis' 1,004 rushing yards (5-yard per carry average, nine touchdowns).

In 2003, BenJarvus Green-Ellis became the seventh true freshman in Indiana history to rush for 100 yards in a game and just the third freshman to top the 200-yard plateau in a single game. In 2006, Brown’s special teams unit totaled five touchdowns while Marcus Thigpen led the nation with a 30.1 kickoff return average with three touchdowns.

Before joining Indiana, Brown spent one season as the running backs coach with the Memphis Maniax of the XFL (2001) and coached Heisman Trophy winner Rashaan Salaam. Brown has 23 years of coaching experience including 10 seasons as an assistant coach with Smith at Tennessee Tech University. He got his coaching start at the University of Tennessee, where he began as a graduate assistant in 1983.

Brown's brother, Kippy, has coached in the NFL for 15 seasons and is assistant head coach/passing game coordinator for the Detroit Lions.