Posted on 3 July, 2011
Every footballer worth his while knows about the erstwhile Mack and dreams to acquire the skills Mack acquired during his time as a footballer. Mack Brown went on to become the best football coach the world may have known. Mack's full name is William Mack Brown and he became fondly known as 'Mack' by the football world. Mack is presently the head of the football coach team at the University of Texas' Longhorn football team. Mack is known mainly for the victory of his football team at the Rose Bowl of the National Championship in the year 2005. During the year 2000 - 2006 Mack led his team through 10 victories. This victorious streak of 10 wins in a row has gone down in history as a record and is the best winning streak in the NCAA's history. Though Mack Brown shot to victory during this winning streak his coaching career began much earlier. William Mack Brown was native to Cookeville, Tennessee and was a proud product of Putnam County High, the place he credits his love to foot ball to as did his father and grandfather before him did. During his student years Mack attended the University of Vanderbilt and went on to graduate from the Florida State University after which he started on his journey building his career as a football coach. Mack started out as a student coach when a serious injury ended his ability to play the game any more. Mack took to coaching and promoting the game of football when he recovered. His career as a coach seems to have take off when he accepted the offer to take up a position as a wide receivers coach at Memphis state and after that moving to Iowa state. Recognition of his talents became apparent during his tenure as a quarterback coach at LSU in the year 1982. It was after a series of victories that Mack was offered his first posting as a head coach with the Appalachian State. Mack's winning streak at this post is still talked about today. It was after this that he was offered a position as the coach at LSU but Mack wanted the head coach position, was refused and so joined the Oklahoma Sooners as an offensive coordinator. One of Mack's players of better fame was Future Hall of Famer Troy Aikman. Mack worked wonders with his team and so his reputation was growing by leaps and bounds. It was during this time that Mack was offered his second posting as head coach. This time it was with Tulane in the year 1985. During his tenure here Mack made drastic changes and led the team to the finals of the Independence Bowl. Mack was the proud recipient of the "Paul Bear Bryant" award for Coach of the Year. There has been no looking back for Mack and his achievements and awards keep flowing in year after year. |
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