Richard Brown joined San Diego football in the summer of 2023 as the Toreros' wide receivers coach.
He came to USD following two seasons at California Lutheran, where he served as the Lancers’ recruiting coordinator and safeties coach.
Prior to CLU, he was an assistant coach at Occidental College (NCAA Division III) from 2013-2016 working with wide receivers.
After playing professionally for three years in the Arena Football League, Brown began his coaching career in 2011 at Calabasas High School, where he oversaw assistant defensive backs and wide receivers.
A native of Southern California, Brown played collegiately at the Division I Football Championship Subdivision (I-AA) at Western Illinois. He started his playing career at Los Angeles Valley Community College. After graduating from college, Brown moved on to play professional football in the Arena Football League. Following a three-year football career with Kansas City Brigade, Iowa Barnstormers, Texas Copperheads as Wide Receiver and Defensive back, Brown decided to move into the coaching ranks, starting as the assistant defensive backs and wide receivers at Calabasas High School in 2011.
In year two at Calabasas high school, the Calabasas Coyotes secondary was ranked second in the Miramonte League Conference in interceptions. Brown helped two Guttridge players make First and Second Team All-Conference teams.
After two years of coaching in high school, Coach brown moved on to spend the next four seasons (2013-16) as an assistant coach at Occidental, working with the wide receivers. During the next four years, Occidental College had the nations top pass offense.
At Occidental, Brown coached Cordell Harris (2016) to First Team All-Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) at Wide Receiver. Harris finished fourth in school history all-purpose yardage. Devin Bullock (2015) finished eighth in school history in receiving yardage and touchdowns for a single season. Sam Stekol (2013, '14) earned First-All Team Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) at wide receiver and finished second in receiving yardage and touchdowns in school history.
With the tutelage and success Brown had at Occidental College on the ball's offensive side, he decided to become an assistant coach working with wide receivers and recruiting coordinator at Azusa Pacific University (NCAA Division II). As a wide receiver coach at Azusa Pacific University, Coach Brown development a promising young unit that included Weston Carr to becoming a D2 NCAA All-American in (2018) and earning All First Team GNAC wide receiver (2018 and '19) and Brandon Jackson (2018 & '19) who earned All First Team GNAC wide receiver.
Brown graduated from Western Illinois with a degree in General Studies and a minor in marketing in 2012. He is married to Jeannine and has two daughters, Meeka and Harlee.
