Kippy Brown, who was the s' first extensive receivers coach and b, died this week at 71 years outdated.
Brown spent 22 seasons as an NFL assistant, together with 4 years with the Texans, starting when Dom Capers employed him in February 2002, seven months earlier than e.
His time in Houston included three seasons teaching n, who typically credited Brown with serving to him changing into a real skilled.
"We talked loads," 9. "He at all times informed me, 'Simply hold working, issues aren't going to be the way in which they had been in faculty.'"
After the Texans went 2-14 in 2005, Capers was fired and Brown was interviewed for the pinnacle teaching job, which finally went to Gary Kubiak.
Brown's first NFL job got here in 1990 when he was employed to teach working backs for the New York Jets. He additionally was an assistant with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Miami Dolphins, Inexperienced Bay Packers, Detroit Lions and Seattle Seahawks. He was the Dolphins' offensive coordinator below Jimmy Johnson for 2 seasons and the Lions' affiliate head coach below Rod Marinelli throughout Detroit's dreadful 0-16 season in 2008. He received a Tremendous Bowl ring because the Seahawks receivers coach in 2014 and retired a 12 months later.
Brown additionally was head coach of the Memphis Maniax within the short-lived XFL in 2001.
As a participant, Brown was the primary Black quarterback to play at Memphis, when he led the college, which was then often called Memphis State, from 1974-77.
Brown had three separate stints as an assistant on the College of Tennessee. He first coached receivers there below Johnny Majors from 1983-89 when the college grew to become often called "Vast Receiver U." for among the expertise it produced, together with Alvin Harper, Carl Pickens, Anthony Miller and Tim McGee.
He returned to work below Phil Fulmer for 2 seasons in 1993-94, then briefly got here again once more when Lane Kiffin employed him as receivers coach and passing recreation coordinator in December 2009. A month later, Kiffin bolted Tennessee after only one season to take the pinnacle teaching job at USC. Brown was named interim head coach, however was handed over for the full-time job when it was given to Derek Dooley.
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