Corwin Brown To Be DC

The defensive backs coach of the New York Jets, Corwin Brown, is expected to be named defensive coordinator for Notre Dame. Brown will replace Rick "Nuclear" Minter, who saw his defenses consistently torched through the air over the past two seasons. Brown played for the Jets and Patriots from 1993-1998. Charlie Weis was on the staff of each team during that time period.

Statistically, this looks like a good move. With Brown coaching their defensive backs, the Jets finished fourteenth in the NFL in pass defense allowing 201.4 yards per game, and they were seventeenth in completion percentage allowed at 59.4 percent. Meanwhile, ND was sixtieth out of 119 in pass defense and allowed 203.38 yards per game. The Irish were ninetieth in passing efficiency defense. Finishing in the middle of the NFL is much more impressive than finishing near the bottom of the NCAA against a schedule that consists of three service academies that throw the ball about once a millenium.

The biggest question mark regarding Brown is that he has no experience coordinating a defense. However, being promoted from NFL position coach to NCAA coordinator is a natural progression, a la NFL coordinator to head coach. Hopefully, the former will be as successful as the latter. After all, Barry Alvarez was only a linebacker coach at Iowas before Lou Holtz hired him as DC, and we all know how that one turned out. May this hire be equally successful!