August 12, 2024

E257: University of Cal Defensive Backs Coach Terrence Brown Jr. on football and the game of life.

1 hour 5 minutes

I'm excited to share my discussion with Coach Terrence Brown Jr. Coach Terrence is the Defensive Backs Coach at the University of Cal. Here is information about his playing and coaching career.

I'm in my third season as a defensive backs coach at Cal in 2024. I have spent 11 seasons in the Pac-12 as a player and coach, including the last two seasons at Cal

(2002-23) and five campaigns over two stints on the coaching staff at Washington (2015-17, ’20-21). I also played collegiately in the league for four seasons at Stanford (2009-12). I also coached at Vanderbilt (2018-19) in between my stints at Washington. In addition, I was among a group of 30 coaches on 247Sports’ 30Under30 list in both 2019 and 2020.

Coached Patrick McMorris who was selected in the sixth

round of the 2024 NFL Draft by the Miami Dolphins after posting strong numbers (90 tackles, 4.5 TFL, 1.0 SK, 1 INT, 8 PBU, 2 FR, 2 FF) and Craig Woodson (81 tackles, 3.5 TFL, 1 INT, 4 PBU, 2 FF) who earned his second straight honorable

mention All-Pac-12 selection.

In 2022 I coached, Daniel Scott a fifth-round selection

of the Indianapolis Colts in the 2023 NFL Draft after being a third-team All-Pac-12 pick of Phil Steele and Pro Football Focus as a 2022, as well as Jeremiah Earby a second-team College Football News Freshman All-American, and

all three honorable mention All-Pac-12 selections of the league's coaches.

At Washington, I coached a pair of 2021 first-team

All-Pac-12 defensive backs in Kyler Gordon and Trent McDuffie, while Elijah Molden was a first-teamer in 2020 when McDuffie earned second-team honors. I

coached four Huskies currently on NFL rosters in Gordon (Chicago), McDuffie (Kansas City), Molden (Tennessee), and Keith Taylor Jr. (Kansas City), with McDuffie a first-round pick and No. 22 overall selection of the Chiefs in the

2022 NFL Draft while Gordon was taken in the second round (No. 39 overall) by Chicago, Molden was a third-round pick (No. 100 overall) of the Titans in 2021 and

Taylor Jr. a fifth-round selection of Carolina also in 2021. As a graduate assistant, I coached a pair of All-Americans in Budda Baker and Sidney Jones, while working with a long list of future NFL defensive backs in addition to Baker and Jones including Kevin King, Jordan Miller, Byron Murphy, Taylor Rapp, Keith Taylor Jr. and Zeke Turner, with Husky defensive backs earning five

first-team All-Pac-12 honors during the period.

At Vanderbilt, I coached second-team All-Southeastern Conference selection Joejuan Williams in 2018 when Williams led all SEC cornerbacks in interceptions (4), while also pacing all of the league's players in pass breakups (14) and passes defended (18) before he was

selected by New England in the second round (No. 45 overall) of the 2019 NFL

Draft.

Chapters

00:00 Introduction and Background

03:02 Early Years and Introduction to Football

08:42 Earning a Scholarship and Playing at Stanford

16:29 Playing Cornerback and the Rise of Stanford Football

19:34 Handling Pressure and Staying in the Moment

28:44 Preparation, Focus, and Confidence

32:18 The Importance of Film Study in Football

36:42 Showing Grace and Building Confidence in Players

45:53 Faith and Purpose in the Journey of Becoming a Coach

50:48 Developing Discipline, Respect, and Hard Work

57:26 The Power of Vulnerability and Growth

01:00:42 Everything Works Together for the Good

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