Coaches

Watson Brown

His career from Wikipedia, each job checked against the team-season pages (✓ = a second source agrees, ≠ = they disagree)

Played at Vanderbilt 1969-1972

Source: Wikipedia, read 2026-10-26

Years	Team	Role	Title	Head coach
1973	Vanderbilt	GA	GA	not known
1974-1975	East Carolina	Position	QB/WR	not known
1976	Jacksonville State	Position	RB	not known
1977	Jacksonville State	OC	OC	not known
1978	Texas Tech	Position	QB/WR	not known
1979-1980	Austin Peay	Head coach	Head coach	himself
1981-1982	Vanderbilt	OC	OC	not known
1983	Cincinnati	Head coach	Head coach✓	himself
1984-1985	Rice	Head coach	Head coach✓	himself
1986-1990	Vanderbilt	Head coach	Head coach✓	himself
1991-1992	Mississippi State	OC	OC	Jackie Sherrill
1993-1994	Oklahoma	OC	OC	not known
1995-2006	UAB	Head coach	Head coach✓	himself
2007-2015	Tennessee Tech	Head coach	Head coach	himself

Confirmed coordinator seasons since 2005. FBS rankings

Season	Team	Job	EPA/play	Points/poss.	Success	Year before	Teams

Season	Head coach at	Record	AP before → after	Off EPA/play	Def EPA/play	SP+	Team year before	Teams
1983	Cincinnati	4-6-1	- → -	-	-	-0.4	55% wins	-
1984	Rice	1-10	- → -	-	-	-20.1	9% wins	106
1985	Rice	3-8	- → -	-	-	-9.4	9% wins	106
1986	Vanderbilt	1-10	- → -	-	-	-14.9	27% wins	105
1987	Vanderbilt	4-7	- → -	-	-	-0.3	9% wins	104
1988	Vanderbilt	3-8	- → -	-	-	-8.7	36% wins	104
1989	Vanderbilt	1-10	- → -	-	-	-12.5	27% wins	106
1990	Vanderbilt	1-10	- → -	-	-	-26.3	9% wins	107
1995	UAB (FCS)	1-1	- → -	-	-	-	0% wins	-
1996	UAB	5-6	- → -	-	-	-23.0	50% wins	111
1997	UAB	5-6	- → -	-	-	-18.7	46% wins	112
1998	UAB	4-7	- → -	-	-	-17.7	46% wins	112
1999	UAB	5-6	- → -	-	-	1.9	36% wins	114
2000	UAB	7-4	- → -	-	-	1.4	46% wins	116
2001	UAB	6-5	- → -	-	-	-1.2	64% wins	117
2002	UAB	5-7	- → -	-	-	-15.6	55% wins	117
2003	UAB	5-7	- → -	-	-	-8.1	42% wins	117
2004	UAB	7-5	- → -	25	23	-3.2	42% wins	119
2005	UAB	5-6	- → -	12	64	2.3	58% wins	119
2006	UAB	3-9	- → -	72	80	-11.3	46% wins	119

Season	Head coach below FBS	Level	Record
1979	Austin Peay	FCS	7-4
1980	Austin Peay	FCS	7-4
2007	Tennessee Tech	FCS	4-7
2008	Tennessee Tech	FCS	3-9
2009	Tennessee Tech	FCS	6-5
2010	Tennessee Tech	FCS	5-6
2011	Tennessee Tech	FCS	7-4
2012	Tennessee Tech	FCS	3-8
2013	Tennessee Tech	FCS	5-7
2014	Tennessee Tech	FCS	5-7
2015	Tennessee Tech	FCS	4-7

Coaches who were on his staffs

On his staffs · 4

Joe Kines · Jacksonville State 1976 · him Position, them DC, Other
Rick Christophel · Austin Peay 1979-1980 · him Head coach, them Position
Rick Christophel · Cincinnati 1983 · him Head coach, them Position
Rick Christophel · Rice 1984-1985 · him Head coach, them Position
Rick Christophel · Vanderbilt 1986-1990 · him Head coach, them DC, Other, Position
Clancy Pendergast · Mississippi State 1991 · him OC, them GA
Rick Christophel · Mississippi State 1991-1992 · him OC, them Position
Clancy Pendergast · Oklahoma 1993-1994 · him OC, them GA, Position
Kevin Wolthausen · Oklahoma 1993-1994 · him OC, them Position
Tom Hayes · Oklahoma 1993-1994 · him OC, them DC, Position
Cale Gundy · Oklahoma 1994 · him OC, them GA
Cale Gundy · UAB 1995-1998 · him Head coach, them Position
Rick Christophel · UAB 1995-2006 · him Head coach, them DC, OC, Other, Position
Pat Sullivan · UAB 1999-2006 · him Head coach, them OC, Position
Wayne Bolt · UAB 2003-2005 · him Head coach, them DC
Billy Taylor · Tennessee Tech 2008-2012 · him Head coach, them DC, Other, Position
Blaine McCorkle · Tennessee Tech 2008 · him Head coach, them Position
Dewayne Alexander · Tennessee Tech 2013-2015 · him Head coach, them Other, Position
Tre Lamb* · Tennessee Tech 2013 · him Head coach, them Position