Ralph Brown (American football, born 1925) Ralph Brown (American football, born 1925) J. Ralph Brown (born c. 1925) is a former American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas from 1959 to 1961, compiling a record of 9–18. Brown played as a fullback in 1946 at Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College—now knwon as Oklahoma State University–Stillwater. The next year, he transferred to the University of Kansas to play center. He did not play his last two years of college because of a back injury. After working in the high school ranks and as an assistant coach
Jim Deere Jim Deere Jim Deere (born June 2, 1967) is an American football coach and former player. Deere is the head football coach at the Adrian College in Adrian, Michigan, a position he had held since 2010. Deere played college football at Adrian as a defensive back from 1985 to 1988 In 2014 Deere lead the Adrian to their second outright Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) title in three seasons, previously winning the outright MIAA title in 2012. The 2012 MIAA title was the first outright MIAA title since 1983 and featured a perfect 6–0 record in MIAA play. Adrian returned