Jeff Brohm
Sport(s) | Football |
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Current position | |
Title | Head coach |
Team | Western Kentucky |
Conference | C-USA |
Record | 30–10 |
Biographical details | |
Born |
Louisville, Kentucky | April 24, 1971
Alma mater | Louisville |
Playing career | |
1989–1993 | Louisville |
1994 | San Diego Chargers |
1995 | Washington Redskins |
1995–1997 | San Francisco 49ers |
1998 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers |
1999 | Denver Broncos |
2000 | Cleveland Browns |
2001 | Orlando Rage |
Position(s) | Quarterback |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
2002 | Louisville Fire |
2003–2006 | Louisville (QB) |
2007 | Louisville (AHC/PGC) |
2008 | Louisville (AHC/OC) |
2009 | Florida Atlantic (QB) |
2010–2011 | Illinois (QB) |
2012 | UAB (OC/QB) |
2013 | Western Kentucky (AHC/OC/QB) |
2014–present | Western Kentucky |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 30–10 (.744) |
Bowls | 2–0 |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
2 Conference USA (2015, 2016) |
Jeffrey Scott "Jeff" Brohm (born April 24, 1971) is an American football coach and former player. He is currently the head coach at Western Kentucky University, promoted from offensive coordinator after Bobby Petrino left to become the head coach at the University of Louisville. Prior to this, he served as offensive coordinator at UAB and Louisville. Brohm is a former professional baseball and football player.
Family
His younger brother Brian is a football coach and a former quarterback who last played for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. Another brother, Greg, played wide receiver at Louisville and had a stint in the CFL at the Edmonton Eskimos camp before being cut.[1]
Their sister, Kim Brohm, was a three-sport athlete at Spalding University. She played softball, volleyball, and basketball for the Pelicans.[2]
Playing career
Football
Brohm played college football at the University of Louisville. Prior to attending college, Brohm was a standout high school player at Trinity High School in Louisville.[3] He was named the "Kentucky High School Player of the Decade" for the 1980s and won the Kentucky "Mr. Football" Award in 1988 while leading his team to a state championship and undefeated season. Brohm was inducted as a member of the 2014 Kentucky High School Athletic Association Hall of Fame class.[4]
He played professionally for the San Diego Chargers, Washington Redskins, San Francisco 49ers, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Denver Broncos[5] and Cleveland Browns of the National Football League and for the Orlando Rage of the XFL, who took him with the fourth overall pick in the XFL Draft.[6] During the 2001 XFL season, he owned the league's highest QB rating at 99.9 and was named first team All-XFL. He was at the receiving end of a particularly brutal sack in the Week 5 contest against the Memphis Maniax, but returned the next week; a shoulder injury in the Week 7 contest against the Los Angeles Xtreme ended Brohm's playing career.[7]
Career statistics
- College
Year | School | GP | C | A | % | YDS | TDS | INTS | Rating |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1989 | Louisville | 11 | 9 | 12 | 75.0 | 118 | 2 | 1 | 195.5 |
1990 | Louisville | 11 | 29 | 55 | 52.7 | 482 | 4 | 4 | 135.8 |
1991 | Louisville | 2 | 24 | 47 | 51.1 | 217 | 3 | 2 | 102.4 |
1992 | Louisville | 11 | 155 | 297 | 52.2 | 2008 | 9 | 12 | 110.9 |
1993 | Louisville | 11 | 185 | 304 | 60.9 | 2626 | 20 | 9 | 149.2 |
Career | Louisville | 46 | 402 | 715 | 56.2 | 5451 | 38 | 28 | 130.0 |
- NFL
Year | Team | GP | C | A | % | YDS | TDS | INTS | Rating |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1994 | San Diego | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1995 | Washington | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1996 | San Francisco | 3 | 21 | 34 | 61.8 | 189 | 1 | 0 | 86.5 |
1997 | San Francisco | 5 | 16 | 24 | 66.7 | 164 | 0 | 1 | 68.7 |
1998 | Tampa Bay | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1999 | Denver | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2000 | Cleveland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Career | - | 8 | 37 | 58 | 63.8 | 353 | 1 | 1 | 79.2 |
- XFL
Year | Team | G | C | A | % | YDS | TDS | INTS | Rating |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2001 | Orlando | 7 | 69 | 119 | 58.0 | 993 | 9 | 3 | 99.9 |
Baseball
After Trinity High School, Brohm was drafted in the 7th round of the 1989 MLB Draft by the Montreal Expos.[8] He turned down the Expos offer to accept a scholarship to play football for the University of Louisville. However, after one year of college football, he had a change of heart and decided to pursue both sports, playing minor league baseball during his college summers.[9]
He held a workout for all MLB teams prior to the 1990 MLB draft and was selected by the Cleveland Indians in the 4th round, and chose to play baseball and football. He played for two summers in the minor leagues before quitting to focus on football.[10]
Career statistics
Year | Age | Tm | Lg | Lev | Aff | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1990 | 19 | Burlington | APPY | Rk | CLE | 35 | 153 | 136 | 25 | 29 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 15 | 38 | .213 | .294 | .316 | .610 | 43 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
1991 | 20 | Watertown | NYPL | A- | CLE | 17 | 49 | 46 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 12 | .217 | .265 | .478 | .744 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Career | 51 | 202 | 182 | 31 | 39 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 18 | 50 | .214 | .287 | .357 | .644 | 65 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Coaching career
Louisville Fire
After a brief stint as head coach of the Louisville Fire arena football team,[12] Bobby Petrino hired Brohm to return to his alma mater as quarterbacks coach in 2003.[13]
University of Louisville
After Petrino left Louisville to take the Atlanta Falcons head coaching job, new Cardinals head coach Steve Kragthorpe kept Brohm on his staff as an Assistant Head Coach and Passing Game Coordinator.[14]
During this time, he coached his younger brother Brian, who was quarterback from 2004-07. He was promoted to offensive coordinator for the 2008 season.[15]
Florida Atlantic
Brohm joined his former college head coach Howard Schnellenberger at Florida Atlantic for the 2009 season.
Illinois
He then took a position coaching quarterbacks on Ron Zook's staff at Illinois.[16]
UAB
In 2012, new head coach Garrick McGee hired Brohm to serve as Offensive Coordinator and quarterbacks coach at UAB.
Western Kentucky
After a single season, Brohm decided to take a pay cut and take the Assistant Head Coach and Offensive Coordinator position at Western Kentucky University.[17][18] He would again be coaching under Bobby Petrino, for whom he was an assistant at Louisville.
Brohm was promoted to head coach after Petrino was hired to his former position at Louisville in place of Charlie Strong, who moved to replace Mack Brown at Texas.[19]
Head coaching record
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | Coaches# | AP° | ||
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Western Kentucky Hilltoppers (Conference USA) (2014–present) | |||||||||
2014 | Western Kentucky | 8–5 | 4–4 | 3rd (East) | W Bahamas | ||||
2015 | Western Kentucky | 12–2 | 8–0 | 1st (East) | W Miami Beach | 24 | |||
2016 | Western Kentucky | 10–3 | 7–1 | T–1st (East) | Boca Raton | ||||
Western Kentucky: | 30–10 | 19–5 | |||||||
Total: | 30–10 | ||||||||
National championship Conference title Conference division title | |||||||||
†Indicates Bowl Coalition, Bowl Alliance, BCS, or CFP / New Years' Six bowl. #Rankings from final Coaches Poll. °Rankings from final AP Poll. |
References
- ↑ "Brian Brohm joins his brothers at Western Ky.". kentucky.com. Lexington Herald Leader. February 9, 2016. Retrieved December 2, 2016.
- ↑ Steve Irvine (March 31, 2012). "Football is a family affair for UAB offensive coordinator Jeff Brohm". al.com. Alabama Media Group. Retrieved December 2, 2016.
- ↑ "Baseball skills make U of L signee Brohm an 'option' quarterback". The Courier-Journal. June 1, 1989. Retrieved December 2, 2016.
- ↑ Pratt, Elliot (2013-06-04). "WKU offensive coordinator Jeff Brohm to be inducted into KHSAA Hall of Fame". College Heights Herald.
- ↑ "Transactions". baltimoresun.com. The Baltimore Sun. August 16, 2000. Retrieved December 2, 2016.
- ↑ Jerry Greene (October 29, 2000). "Rage Take Brohm With 1st Pick Ever". www.orlandosentinel.com. Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved December 3, 2016.
- ↑ L. C. Johnson (March 22, 2001). "Rage Turn to Qb Kuklick". www.orlandosentinel.com. Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved December 3, 2016.
- ↑ Lucas Aulbach (October 15, 2013). "Kentucky's Finest: Jeff Brohm is a Bluegrass football legend". wkuherald.com. College Heights Herald. Retrieved December 2, 2016.
- ↑ "Brohm might try pro baseball while at U of L". The Courier-Journal. May 31, 1990. Retrieved December 2, 2016.
- ↑ "Injury puts Brohm's baseball try on hold". The Courier-Journal. June 30, 1992. Retrieved December 2, 2016.
- ↑ "Jeff Brohm profile". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved September 11, 2011.
- ↑ "Jeff Brohm named as coach of Louisville Fire". www.bizjournals.com. American City Business Journals. December 19, 2001. Retrieved December 2, 2016.
- ↑ Michael Kennedy (December 24, 2002). "Bobby Petrino named U of L head football coach". louisvillecardinal.com. The Louisville Cardinal. Retrieved December 2, 2016.
- ↑ "Jeff Brohm among Kragthorpe assistants at Louisville". espn.com. ESPN Internet Ventures. January 13, 2007. Retrieved December 2, 2016.
- ↑ "D-coordinator let go, O-coordinator resigns for Louisville". espn.com. ESPN Internet Ventures. December 7, 2007. Retrieved December 2, 2016.
- ↑ Graham Watson (December 15, 2009). "Brohm leaves Florida Atlantic for Illinois". espn.com. ESPN Internet Ventures. Retrieved December 2, 2016.
- ↑ Bishop, Chad (2013-01-03). "Bobby Petrino hires Brohm, Holt". Bowling Green Daily News.
- ↑ Champlin, Drew (2013-01-03). "Jeff Brohm reportedly taking pay cut, leaving UAB to coach at Western Kentucky". al.com.
- ↑ "Western Kentucky University". wkusports.com. Retrieved December 2, 2016.