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Brown joins the Roughriders for his eighth season coaching CFL linebackers. He spent the previous six seasons with the B.C. Lions (2019-24), where under his leadership linebackers Bo Lokombo and Jordan Williams won the CFL’s Most Outstanding Canadian Award (2021) and Most Outstanding Rookie Award (2021) respectively. Before joining the B.C. Lions, Brown spent two years as the linebackers coach of the Edmonton Elks (2018-19) coaching J.C. Sherritt, who earned 100 tackles in his final season as a player in 2018, and current Roughriders Player Personnel Coordinator Larry Dean, who was the Elks’ unanimous nominee for Most Outstanding Defensive Player in 2019. After playing two seasons with the Ottawa REDBLACKS, Brown transitioned to coaching the linebackers at his alma mater, Fresno State, for two seasons (2017-18).