*Don Brown named football coach at Northeastern*
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BOSTON (Ticker) -- Don Brown, the defensive coordinator at the
University of Massachusetts the past two seasons, today was
named football coach at Northeastern University. 

Brown, 44, takes over for Barry Gallup, who left to become 
director of football operations at Boston College. 

"Don has been highly successful at every stop during his
coaching career," Northeastern athletic director Ian McDaw said.
"He is an outstanding technical coach, a superior motivator and
a dynmaic recruiter. Moreover, I'm confident that his strong
interpersonal skills and straightforward approach will also
endear him to Husky fans and the campus community." 

He takes over a program that went 2-9 in 1999 and compiled a
38-60-1 record in nine seasons under Gallup. 

At Massachusetts, Brown was the righthand man to coach Mark
Whipple, who orchestrated one of the most remarkable turnarounds
in Division I-AA history, taking a team that went 2-9 in 1997
and guiding it to a 12-3 mark and the 1998 national
championship. 

Before going to Massachusetts in 1998, Brown spent two years as
defensive coordinator at Brown University.  The Bears were 7-3
in his second year with the team, matching their best record in
20 years. 

Brown was head coach at Plymouth State College from 1993 to
19995 and posted a 25-6 record. Brown was named Freedom
Football Conference Coach of the Year all three seasons.

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