Tennessee Tech may just be on its way to the college football map. Watson Brown is coming back to his native town of Cookeville, Tennessee where he will coach our Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles. Brown has spent the last 12 seasons at the University of Alabama-Birmingham, where he oversaw that program's move to Division I-A. He struggled through a disappointing 3-9 season for UAB and was expected to lose his job. A lot of UAB fans are highly negative towards him, although he has a fairly good track record. His all-time record is 94-151, but that doesn't show the whole picture. In 1983, he was head coach at Cincinnati, where his Bearcats beat defending national champion Penn State 14-3 at the beginning of the season. He was the offensive coordinatior at his alma mater of Vanderbilt from 1981-82, where he helped the Commodores to an 8-3 record in '82. From 1986-90, he was the head coach at Vandy.
Football runs deep in his blood, which stands as a Cookeville-born coaching dynasty. His brother, Mack, led the Texas Longhorns to a national championship this last year. His grandfather, Eddie Watson, is a high school coaching legend. He led the Cookeville High School Cavilers to a 106-51-13 record during his coaching days. Watson Brown's son, Steven, is a wide receiver for UAB.
I received the pleasure of meeting new Coach Brown after our mens basketball game Saturday night, and I am very impressed by him. Going into Saturday's announcement, he was the potential candidate that I was hoping would be chosen. After meeting him, I am looking forward to football season so much more. During his introduction Saturday night at halftime of the mens basketball game, he said he is looking forward to putting Tech on the "national map" and that he wants "to win immediately". Google's news section mentions 103 articles at the present time under "Watson Brown" pertaining to his announcment Saturday.
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