Sterling Brown (American football)

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Sterling Brown
Biographical details
Bornc. 1938 (age 8485)
Playing career
1957–1960 East Stroudsburg
Position(s) Guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1961–1962Sleepy Hollow HS (NY) (assistant)
1963 East Stroudsburg (assistant)
1964–1965 Hofstra (assistant)
1966 Navy (assistant)
1967–1968 Villanova (assistant)
1969–1973 Drexel
1974–1976 Penn (offensive backfield)
1977–1979 Wyoming (RB)
1980–1981 Temple (assistant)
1982–1987 Ursinus
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1988–1994 South Carolina (assistant AD)
1994 Virginia Tech (associate AD)
1997–2003 Georgia Tech (sr. associate AD)
Head coaching record
Overall38–56–2

Sterling R. Brown (born c. 1938) is a former American football coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Drexel University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from 1969 to 1973 and Ursinus College in Collegeville, Pennsylvania from 1982 to 1987, compiling a career college football coaching record of 38–56–2. Brown was last head coach in the history of the Drexel Dragons football program. [1] [2]

Brown graduated from East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania in 1961. [3]

Head coaching record

YearTeamOverallConferenceStandingBowl/playoffs
Drexel Dragons (Middle Atlantic Conference)(1969)
1969 Drexel 3–52–37th (College–Southern)
Drexel Dragons (NCAA College Division / Division II independent)(1970–1973)
1970 Drexel 4–4
1971 Drexel 2–6
1972 Drexel 3–6
1973 Drexel 4–4
Drexel:16–242–3
Ursinus Bears (Middle Atlantic Conference)(1982)
1982 Ursinus3–5–13–4–16th (Southern)
Ursinus Bears (Centennial Conference)(1983–1987)
1983 Ursinus4–52–57th
1984 Ursinus4–52–5T–6th
1985 Ursinus5–43–4T–5th
1986 Ursinus3–6–12–4–1T–5th
1987 Ursinus3–62–56th
Ursinus:22–31–214–27–2
Total:38–56–2

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References

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  2. "Senior Associate AD Brown To Retire". Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets. July 24, 2003. Retrieved December 20, 2019.
  3. "Sterling Brown". East Stroudsburg Warriors . Retrieved December 20, 2019.