Coach Brown has been named A10 Coach of the Year.From the A10 press release:
Brown earns his second Atlantic 10 Coach of the Year honor for leading Massachusetts to the North Division title with a mark of 8-0 in league play, the first undefeated season in Conference play since Villanova in 1997. Riding a program-record nine-game winning streak and boasting a 10-1 overall record, UMass is the third overall seed in the 2006 NCAA Division I Football Championship and hosts Lafayette on Saturday at 12:00pm. The Minutemen rank second nationally in scoring defense (11.3 ppg.) and 19th in scoring offense (28.9 ppg.) and currently hold the third spot in The Sports Network top 25 poll. Under Brown's direction, a league-record 20 student-athletes were named to the 2006 All-Conference team.
Now in his third season in Amherst, Brown owns a 75-36 overall record and 23-10 at Massachusetts. Named the 2002 Atlantic 10 Coach of the Year while at Northeastern, Brown joins Jim Reid as the only coaches in league history to lead two different teams to Conference titles and earn Coach of the Year honors at two different schools. Brown guided the Huskies to the 2002 league crown.
A well deserved honor! Brown has assembled a terrific team and a family atmosphere at UMass.
Congratulations from the UMass Football Blog to Coach Brown and his staff!
