Article: Hurlie Brown To Be New RB Coach

Feb 10, 2013

According to Tim Reynolds of the AP, Hurlie Brown has been named the new RB coach at UM. Before his role as Sr. Football Operations Coordinator the past 2 years, he was a DB coach at Louisiana-Lafayette from 2006-2010. Before that he held the same position at F.I.U. from 2001-2006. He's also a former player (Safety) and teammates of current Hurricane coaches Mario Cristobal and Micheal Barrow, winning two National Titles with them in 1989 and 1991.

UPDATE: Story from the MIAMI HERALD

Seems he was chosen over Donnell Bennett, Telly Lockette, and Roger Harriot

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CORAL GABLES, Fla. – University of Miami alumnus Hurlie Brown, who won two national titles with the Canes, has been named the program’s new running backs coach, head coach Al Golden announced Sunday.

Brown had spent the previous two seasons as a member of Golden’s staff as the senior football operations coordinator and was responsible for community outreach and recruiting official visits among other administrative duties.

Prior to returning to his alma mater, Brown spent four-plus years at Louisiana-Lafayette, where he served as defensive backs/kickoff team coordinator (2007-10) and secondary coach (2010-11).

The Merritt Island, Fla., native was a standout safety for the Hurricanes from 1988-91. After winning two national titles under Jimmy Johnson and Dennis Erickson, he began his coaching career as a graduate assistant under Erickson for the 1992 season.

He was signed as a free agent in 1992 by the Washington Redskins and signed as a free agent with the San Francisco 49ers the following season. He later went on to play for the Sacramento Gold Miners, San Antonio Texans and the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League from 1993-97. Following his CFL career, he worked as an assistant coach at Dillard High School in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. In May 1999, he returned to his prep alma mater, Merritt Island High School, serving as special teams coordinator and defensive backs coach before joining FIU in 2001.

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StlCane

Feb 10, 2013

Now the question is, are all the "inner city" coaches gonna b**** and cry about Lockette not getting the job?

wushah

Feb 10, 2013

This is surprising to say the least.

What happened to Lockette?

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JefeGringo

Feb 10, 2013

There is no question this is a recruiting hire. I fully expect this staff to go full ****** the next two recruiting cycles, especially if we win 10+ games this year. I like the hire if the other aforementioned pieces fall into place to replace HB.

DeadPoets

Feb 10, 2013

This is a good move if Lockette is given the Football Ops position. In fact, this was the only move.

Hurlie Brown was putting in work as director of ops so he could one day be a position coach. Mission accomplished.

Now lockette (or whoever we hire in Hurlie's place) will have the same opportunity.

You don't want dead-end positions on your staff.

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kotzcane

Feb 10, 2013

Good hire. I like it.

OrlandoCane

Feb 10, 2013

Hurley's had a two year interview....doing his football ops job.

I'm sure Golden made an informed choice.

Now I would not be surprised to see someone like Lockette take the job Hurley just vacated.

ghost2

Feb 10, 2013

OrlandoCane said:
Hurley's had a two year interview....doing his football ops job.

I'm sure Golden made an informed choice.

Now I would not be surprised to see someone like Lockette take the job Hurley just vacated.

This is what makes sense to me...

Feb 10, 2013

Sometimes it is good to promote from within the family and it makes perfect sense to make Lockette a member of the family as well. Then when HB moves on, Lockette replaces him the u bring in Sed Irvin and continue that cycle.

cane33

Feb 10, 2013

Hiring a RB coach with zero playing or coaching experience on the offensive side of the ball is just stupid. Bad decision.

And if you think an RB coach is meaningless and doesnt have a significant impact on a RBs performance you don't know **** about football.

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Canes239

Feb 10, 2013

Problem2 said:
Besides him being a former Cane and a DB coach at FIU, there is literally nothing to judge this hire off of.

I'll trust Golden though.

yet I am sure we will

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Canes239

Feb 10, 2013

Gru said:
Seems strange since he was already working for us. who would take over football operations job then?

Urs.

UM2020

Feb 10, 2013

cane33 said:
Hiring a RB coach with zero playing or coaching experience on the offensive side of the ball is just stupid. Bad decision.

And if you think an RB coach is meaningless and doesnt have a significant impact on a RBs performance you don't know **** about football.

Paul Johnson, David Cutcliffe and George O'Leary never played college football. Just sayin'.

Neither did Jedd Fisch.

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Cribby

Feb 10, 2013

You'd be shocked if you knew how many coaches played different positions then they coach . Better yet how many ended up on opposite sides of the ball. If you been around football as long as these coaches have then you know " football".

Position coaches are way overrated anyways, especially rb and wr.

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Aliveguy

Feb 10, 2013

Look forward to seeing howt he pieces come into place.

weownfsu

Feb 10, 2013

So much stupid whining. You know who never coached RB's or even offense before he became RB's coach at UM? Don Soldinger.

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bacane

Feb 10, 2013

Logical move. H. Brown probably hired initially to non-coaching position with the idea if he did a good job and something opened on the staff that he would be considered. With the movement this offseason, he likely would have moved on if not promoted. Maybe this opens another entry spot for Lockette or Bennett.

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Southcane

Feb 10, 2013

Cane18 said:
Terrible move Terrible Recruting Class This Program Is Moving In The Wrong Direction.

If Coker or Shannon hired Brown for this position, people would be going nuts.

1- Terrible move? Nobody knows that.....
2- Terrible recruiting class?..........unfounded, totally ignorant statement.

Add 1+2= you have an agenda.

weownfsu

Feb 10, 2013

Cane18 said:
Terrible move Terrible Recruting Class This Program Is Moving In The Wrong Direction.

If Coker or Shannon hired Brown for this position, people would be going nuts.

I know you're nothing but a troll, but that's because Coker and Shannon had no clue how to pick assistants, while Golden has shown that he is very astute at it. Golden's first 3 assistants to leave all have better jobs now than they did at Miami. Coker had mass firings and Shannon had to fire his first 2 coordinators. So it makes sense that if Coker or Shannon picked an assistant, he likely sucked.