Gregg Brandon was born on February 29,1956 and is a former American football coach and player.
19 Facts About Gregg Brandon
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Gregg Brandon was most recently the head football coach at the Colorado School of Mines, a position he had held from 2015 until his retirement after the 2021 season.
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Gregg Brandon spent two years as the offensive coordinator at the University of Wyoming and was offensive coordinator for the Virginia Cavaliers for the duration of the 2009 season.
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Gregg Brandon was head coach for the Bowling Green Falcons, but was fired following the conclusion of the 2008 season, after six years at the helm, which included three bowl appearances and shares of two division titles.
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Gregg Brandon played football at Air Academy High School in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
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Gregg Brandon went on to compete at the collegiate level as both a defensive back and wide receiver at Colorado Mesa University and University of Northern Colorado.
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Gregg Brandon graduated from Northern Colorado in 1978 with a bachelor's degree in education.
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Gregg Brandon spent three seasons there before joining the college ranks at Weber State University, under Mike Price, where he coached the next six seasons.
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Gregg Brandon coached the tight ends and special teams in his first four seasons, the linebackers in his fifth year and the receivers and tight ends during his final year in Ogden.
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Gregg Brandon was Northwestern's recruiting coordinator for his last two seasons there.
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Gregg Brandon returned to the West, spending two seasons at Colorado under Gary Barnett, where he coached the receivers and kickoff return units both years and was the team's passing-game coordinator in 2000 and recruiting coordinator in 1999.
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Gregg Brandon joined the Falcons as an assistant head coach and offensive coordinator following the 2000 season under head coach Urban Meyer.
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On December 18,2008, Gregg Brandon accepted the position of offensive coordinator at the University of Virginia, replacing Mike Groh, who stepped down a week before Gregg Brandon's hiring.
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Gregg Brandon had been named a leading candidate for the position soon after Groh's resignation.
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On December 29,2014, Gregg Brandon became the head football coach of the Colorado School of Mines.
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Gregg Brandon is the first ever School of Mines coach to lead the team to the National Semifinals in Division 2.
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In 2021, Gregg Brandon was accused of barging into a civil engineering lecture by professor Ning Lu with a group and harassing the professor and nearly 100 students by blowing a whistle, turning off the projector, and shouting at everyone to get out so the team could use the room.
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Gregg Brandon announced his retirement as head coach in January 2022.
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Gregg Brandon is married to the former Robyn Mitchell and has two sons.