ST. JOSEPH – Missouri Western head football coach Matt Williamson has announced the hiring of Dave Brown as offensive coordinator.

Brown comes to MWSU after serving as passing game coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Colorado State-Pueblo the past two seasons.

“Dave is a winner and brings diverse experience at several levels to Missouri Western,” Williamson said. “He coached one of the most dynamic quarterbacks in college football history and has been a part of championship football everywhere he’s been including here in the MIAA.”

In two seasons at CSU-Pueblo, Brown was part of two RMAC Co-Championships along with seeing the ThunderWolves offense toward the top of the conference. His quarterbacks completed better than 59 percent of their passes, threw for nearly 4,500 yards and 37 touchdowns.

Prior to his two years at CSU-Pueblo, Brown was hand-picked by John L. Smith to be the offensive coordinator at Fort Lewis College. At Fort Lewis, Brrown helped the team to its best season in eight years with an offense that ranked second in the RMAC. Brown came to Fort Lewis after six years at Nevada where he helped Colin Kaepernick become the only player in NCAA history to throw for 10,000 yards and rush for 4,000 in his career. Brown was instrumental in the implementation and development of the pistol offense at Nevada and later installed the same offense at Portland State.

Brown’s coaching career began at his alma mater, Central Missouri, in 2001. While at UCM, Brown coached the school’s top-two career rushers and scorers. During his time in Warrensburg, the Mules posted a 43-13 record, won the MIAA and appeared in the NCAA DII playoffs.

Brown also coached one season at Portland State, helping the Vikings lead the Big Sky Conference in rushing and improving their offensive output by more than 95 yards per game.

Brown earned a bachelor’s degree in physical education at Central Missouri and master’s degrees from UCM and Nevada. He replaces Chet Pobolish who became head coach at Southwestern Oklahoma State in November. Brown’s father, Paul, is a longtime high school coach in the Kansas City area with head coaching stints at Turner, Bishop Miege and Baeshor-Linwood. In 2016, Paul Brown was inducted into the Greater Kansas City Football Coaches Association Hall of Fame.

— MWSU Athletics —