Allen Brown

Biography

The University of Kentucky has hired Allen Brown as the new cornerbacks coach. In his five coaching stops, Brown has coached nine all-conference defensive backs, two freshman All-Americans and two more All-America honorees. Brown comes to the Bluegrass after two seasons on the West Coast, coaching at California in 2025 as the defensive backs coach and 2024 as the cornerbacks coach at Washington State. In 2025, his defensive backs unit helped the Bears rank tied for 16th nationally in fewest touchdown passes allowed. At Washington State in 2024, he tutored Ethan O'Connor who totaled 32 tackles, four interceptions and broke up eight passes as a redshirt freshman. Prior to Washington State, he spent the 2023 season as a quality control coach for defense at Florida. From 2019-21, he was the cornerbacks coach and defensive pass game coordinator at his alma mater, Eastern Washington. His coaching career began at Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo where he spent four seasons (2015-18) as the cornerbacks coach. Brown's background as a corner at Eastern Washington gives him valuable firsthand insight. He played in 51 career games and totaled 237 tackles, 15 pass breakups, and four interceptions. He was a three-time all-conference selection and was part of the 2010 FCS national championship team as well as FCS Playoff semifinal appearances in 2012 and 2013. The Tacoma, Washington, native, graduated from Eastern Washington in 2014 with a degree in business administration.