Coach Vyron Brown is entering his third season as Head Coach after spending one season as Offensive Coordinator and Running Backs Coach with the Lane College football program.
Brown joined Lane after spending three seasons at Lincoln Prep High School in Grambling, Louisiana where he was the Assistant Head Coach and Offensive Coordinator. He helped lead the Panthers to back-to-back second round LHSAA playoff appearances.
Prior to his time at Lincoln Prep, Brown served as Associate Head Coach and Offensive Coordinator at Texas Southern. In two seasons at TSU, Brown signed 12 student-athletes and coached one player who was named Second Team All-SWAC (Wide Receiver Derrick Griffin).
Before joining Texas Southern University, Brown spent three seasons as Offensive Coordinator at Grambling State University. In his first season, Grambling State won the SWAC Championship with a record of 8-4.
Brown also spent two seasons at Alabama State and was a part of the 2010 Southwestern Athletic Conference Eastern Division Championship team and also served as an assistant coach on the West squad in the inaugural HBCU Bowl. During his tenure at ASU, Brown’s offenses totaled 6,365 overall yards and had at least one player ranked in the top 10 of every offensive statistical category. He had two players rush for over 500 yards and two who passed for over 1,500.
Brown served as Offensive Coordinator and Running Backs coach at Shaw University where he guided the offense to the top of the CIAA conference in scoring with 40.6 points per game and the 2008 CIAA Championship.
Prior to joining the staff at Shaw, Brown was the Interim Head Coach and Offensive Coordinator at Southern Lab High School in Baton Rouge, La. where he led the Kittens to the 2007 state playoffs.
From 2004-06, Brown was the Running Back coach at Grambling State University and was an integral part of the Tigers 2005 Co-National and SWAC championship season. Along with his on the field duties, Brown served as NFL liaison and recruiting coordinator. He also served as summer football camps coordinator.
Brown’s GSU coaching career also includes stints as a graduate assistant (2002) working with defensive backs and as part-time running backs coach (2003).
He began his coaching career as the offensive coordinator at Carroll High School in Monroe, La.
Brown was selected for the Bill Walsh Fellowship Program Internship with the Kansas City Chiefs In 2012.
A Grambling graduate with both a bachelors (electronics engineering technology, 2001) and masters (public administration, 2003) degree, Brown was a two-time captain and member of back-to-back National and SWAC Championship teams.
A native of Shreveport, La., Brown is the father of three sons, Vyron, Isaiah, and Jeremiah. He is a member of the American Football Coaches Association.
2021 Season
Accomplishments:
*Finished #18 in HBCU Final Black College Poll Ranking
*Finished #10 in HBCU DII Final Poll Ranking
*Defeated Tuskegee for the first time in school history
*Set School Record—Scored 71 points in a single game
*Recognized as a Top 5 Offense for HBCU (Finished #2 Scoring Offense in SIAC 30.6 points per game)
*Completed first season as a winning season 6-4 (****7 points from Winning the West and Hosting SIAC Championship Game)
*Recorded longest winning streak in school history
* First Team All SIAC QB, WR, KR and RB in the Conference
*Recognized for 5 All-Conference performers
*Freshman of the Year—Isaiah Brown, Lane College
2022 Season
Coaching Season 2022 (5-5)
*Ranked in the Top Ten for 9-12 weeks in the HBCU DII Polls
*Defeated Tennessee State a D-1 Program for the first time in school history
*Finished Season #2 in the West of the SIAC
*Finished Season #3 in Total Offense (1713 yards rushing/2101 yards passing total 3814 yards in just 618 plays 6.2 yards per play avg. 37TD on the season)
* Recognized for 5 All-Conference performers
*Finished Season #1 in Pass Efficiency 158.2%, #1 in passing TD’s (22), #1 in 3rd-Down Conversions 45.8%,#1 in pass offense per catch 8.8 yards.
******Current NFL Player
*****Andrew Farmer (UDFA-2023) L.A. Chargers /SIAC DPOY
2019-SIAC #4 Scoring Offense in Conference 24.8 points per game
· 31TD, 10 FG, 22 XPT, 3(2pt), #3 in Pass Offense, #2 In Pass Efficiency
· #2 In 3rd Conversions(37.7%)
2019- Coached First Team All SIAC Player, Lane College
· Anthony Eveyln WR SO 59-844 7TD
Second Team All SIAC Player
*Kingston Davis RB JR 153-651 4TD
Three First Team ALL-SWAC PLAYERS/Black College FCS ALL-AMERICAN TEAM
*Mario Louis WR SR 51-1129 18TD Free Agent Houston Texans
*Dawrence Roberts RB SO 199-1102 8TD
*Sanford Banks OT (6’4,320)
One Second Team ALL-SWAC Player
*Clint Marsh OL (6-3,330)
Texas Southern University
Marvis Brown Matthew Butler Sean Jones-Walk on
Brad Woodard Nicholas Clay Carter Jefferson-Walk on
Averion Hurts Tevin Jones
Marc Edwards Devin Williams
Brandon Diaz Tray Harris
Darone Bailey Terrence Williams
Grambling State University
Chad Williams-2015/2016 All Swac, All American, Senior Bowl Game, NFLPA Game
Third Round Pick of the Arizona Cardinals in the 2017 NFL Draft
Verlan Hunter 2016 All Swac/UDFA Washington Redskins 2017
Arkez Cooper-2015/2016 All Swac/UDFA Washington Redskins 2017
Justin Fortson
Justin Miller 2016 All Swac
Nicholas Peoples
Craig White
Joshua Hunt
Ka’Jandra Domino
DeVaughn Madise
Christopher Berry (Prop)
Bryce Williams (Prop)
Ron Douglas (Prop)
QuaDre Heath (Prop)
Prairie View A&M University
Courtney Brown
Alabama State
Carlton Jones
Nehemiah Henry
Trei Mitchell
