UConn defensive coordinator to become new Yale Coach?

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<p>Sources: UConn DC Don Brown To Be Next Yale Head Coach
By Desmond Conner on January 9, 2012 3:18 PM [Hartford Courant] </p>

<p>Multiple sources have confirmed this afternoon that UConn defensive coordinator Don Brown is set to become the next coach at Yale where he served as a former defensive coordinator years ago.</p>

<p>According to sources details were being worked out Tuesday afternoon. Yale officials had no comment. Brown, not surprisingly, couldn't be reached for comment, either.</p>

<p>Brown spent one season at UConn and joined Paul Pasqualoni's staff from Maryland.</p>

<p>He now has two coaching positions to fill after quarterbacks coach Joe Moorhead became a head coach Fordham, his alma mater.</p>

<p>I spoke with Pasqualoni about Brown today but I don't think anything had been finalized at that time but maybe he knew the inevitable.</p>

<p>Here's what he said: "Don's obviously an outstanding coach and an outstanding guy so you hate to lose a guy like Don Brown, certainly," Pasqualoni said. "But at the same time, we understand its a head coaching position and it is at Yale which obviously is a very prestigious place. He's worked there so he's very familiar with Yale. They obviously have interest in him. They know him well so if at the end of the day if it's something Don feels would be good for his career and his family I certainly would not tell him not to go but ... obviously would like to have him back for a second season. If that doesn't happen then we're going to move on as fast as we can and move forward."</p>

<p>Sources:</a> UConn DC Don Brown To Be Next Yale Head Coach - UConn Huskies Football Blog | Hartford Courant | Desmond Conner</p>

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<p>[New Haven Register]</p>

<p>Source: Don Brown to be Yale’s next football coach</p>

<p>UConn defensive coordinator Don Brown is expected to be named the 34th coach in the history of the Yale football program a source close to search committee confirmed to the Register on Monday.</p>

<p>Brown was the defensive coordinator at Yale under Carm Cozza from 1987-92 and received a ringing endorsement from Cozza as a search committee looked for Tom Williams’ replacement.</p>

<p>The source said he spoke to two people close to the Yale football program and both confirmed that “he is the guy.”</p>

<p>Brown, 56, was a leading candidate for the job back in 2008 when he was the head coach at UMass before he pulled his name out of contention. Not only does Brown have ties to Yale but he also fit the search committee’s criteria of having previous head-coaching experience. Brown compiled a 95-45 record in head-coaching stints at Plymouth State, Northeastern and UMass. He was also Yale’s interim baseball coach in 1992, posting a 26-10 record and leading the Bulldogs to the Eastern Intercollegiate Baseball League title.</p>

<p>He guided Plymouth State to two straight Freedom Conference titles and was a three-time coach of the year in the conference. He earned Atlantic-10 Coach of the Year honors at both Northeastern and UMass. He led UMass to the Football Championship Subdivision title game in 2006. More recently he had been the defensive coordinator stints at Maryland and Connecticut.</p>

<p>“I think we need to reestablish what Yale is all about,” said another source close to the Yale football program. “Bringing Brown in, he knows the intricacies of (coaching) at Yale. He knows the way to work within the system. I know the alumni will be enthused.”</p>

<p>Neither Yale nor UConn would confirm the hiring of Brown although Yale is hoping to officially announce its head coach this week. The Register reported that the tentative plan was to name the coach by Wednesday and that time frame still seems reasonable.</p>

<p>Yale also interviewed former Yale assistant coach Tony Reno, Georgetown head coach Kevin Kelly and Lehigh offensive coordinator Dave Cecchini. There was a recent report that former UCLA head coach Karl Dorrell drew interest from Yale.</p>

<p>Williams, who coached Yale for the last three seasons, was forced to resign last month after Yale investigation claims that he overstated his status as a Rhodes Scholarship candidate on his resume.</p>