Eric Brown enters his fourth season coaching the Keydet inside linebackers and brings a vast amount of experience on the defensive side of the ball to Post.
Brown, who played for head coach Sparky Woods at the University of South Carolina, rejoined his former mentor in December of 2010, becoming the second former USC player to rejoin Coach Woods as an assistant on the VMI football staff. Brown immediately worked extensively with the Keydet inside linebackers during spring drills helping to development personnel and depth for the 3-4 alignment.
Brown came to VMI after serving one season as defensive backs coach and special teams coordinator for Johnson C. Smith University in Charlotte, N.C.
Brown earlier spent three years at Livingston College in Salisbury. N.C. He served as assistant head coach and defensive coordinator in 2007 and 2008, while adding the title of interim head coach and recruiting coordinator in 2009. His 2008 Livingstone defense averaged 2.5 turnovers per game.
In 2006, Brown was the Methodist University (Fayetteville, N.C.) running backs coach for one season and headed recruiting efforts in North Carolina, Maryland, Florida, and South Carolina. He also was the equipment and facilities coordinator while at Methodist.
Brown began his college coaching career at Edward Water College in Jacksonville, Fla., where he was defensive line coach, interim defensive coordinator, and special teams coordinator during the 2004 and 2005 seasons. His special teams accounted for 15 blocked kicks versus opponents punt and field goal units during the 2005 season.
Brown was named high school state defensive player of the year in his native state of Maryland in 1989 and went on to start four years at inside linebacker for the Gamecocks under Coach Woods.
