Gerald Brown
	Position: Assistant HC/RB/Special Teams Co-Coor.

Gerald Brown was named assistant head coach prior to the 2007 season. Brown is in his sixth season directing the Indiana running backs. He also is the Hoosiers' special teams co-coordinator.

In 2006, Brown's special teams unit totaled five touchdowns - three on kick returns by Marcus Thigpen, one on a punt return and one on a fumble recovery. Thigpen led the nation with a 30.1 kick return average and with his three TDs. The special teams unit also held opponents under 20 yards per kickoff return (19.1).

Brown's running backs have averaged 1,549 yards per season during his tenure. During Brown's first season in Bloomington (2002), Indiana gained 1,398 yards despite not having a back with more than 90 career carries entering the 2002 campaign. In 2003, BenJarvus Green-Ellis became the seventh true freshman in Indiana history to rush for 100 yards in a game (he had four 100-plus yard efforts) and just the third freshman to eclipse the 200-yard plateau in a single game when he gained 203 yards against Penn State. In 2004, IU had at least one rushing touchdown in 10 of 11 games.

Brown joined the Indiana football coaching staff after spending a year in the professional ranks as the running backs coach with the XFL's Memphis Maniax. Brown's featured running back was former Heisman Trophy award winner Rashaan Salaam. Before suffering a season-ending injury at the midway point, Salaam held the league rushing lead. Despite only playing in five games, Salaam ranked among the league leaders in every statistical rushing category. Under Brown, the Maniax led the XFL in total offense, finished second in rushing offense and averaged over 100 yards per game.

Brown has 22 seasons of coaching experience, including 17 in the state of Tennessee. He spent 10 seasons (1989-1998) as an assistant coach at Tennessee Tech University. He served as the quarterbacks, wide receivers and special teams coach during his tenure with the Golden Eagles.

Tennessee Tech put together two of its top seasons while Brown was a member of the staff. The Golden Eagles posted a 15-7 record, including a 13-3 mark in Ohio Valley Conference play in 1992 and 1993. As the wide receivers coach at Tennessee Tech, Brown coached two receivers, Gerald Bentley and Walter Hill, who each set single-season reception records. While at Tennessee Tech, Brown received two minority-coaching fellowships with the New York Jets (1990) and the Miami Dolphins (1996). During those internships, he worked with some of the NFL's finest receivers: Al Toon, Rob Moore and Terence Mathis of the New York Jets and Fred Barnett, O.J. McDuffie and Charles Jordan of the Miami Dolphins.

Brown got his coaching start at the University of Tennessee, where he began as a graduate assistant in 1983. During that season, he worked with the quarterbacks and wide receivers. He became the administrative assistant in 1984 and served as the Volunteers' scout and computer analyst. He was a member of the Tennessee program for a total of six seasons (1983-1988). He was a part of a staff that worked with seven All-Americans, including the likes of Reggie White, Tim McGee and Anthony Miller.

The Sweetwater, Tenn., native played wide receiver from 1979-1981 for Memphis State University and graduated as a scholar-athlete in 1982 with a bachelor's degree in marketing/transportation. He played both football and basketball at Sweetwater High School and was born Sept. 4, 1959.

Brown and his wife, Jill, have a daughter, Caitlin (17).