Fran Brown Makes Heartbreaking Confession on Dream CFB Program That Passed Him Over for Head Coach Role

When Fran Brown stepped up for the head coaching role in Syracuse, college football fans might have gone like, ‘Why though?’ After all, Brown was set to fill in Dino Babers’ shoes in November 2023. The seat was too hot. Orange fired Baber after his eight-season stint at the program. And in what condition did he leave the program in Brown’s hands? 

The firing decision came after the Orange had a devastating 31-22 loss to Georgia Tech, wrapping up the 2023 season with a 5-6 overall record. Babers went 41-55 at Syracuse, with just two winning seasons and two postseason berths. Brown was taking up a program that won a bowl game in 2018, but never won more than seven games in any other season. As Syracuse was coming fresh out of a financial loss worth a $8.9 million buyout given to Babers, the pressure for Brown got 100x more. But then he signed up for it. Now we know what went behind that risky move.

Turns out that more than one program had closed its doors right in front of Brown’s face. On June 12, the Syracuse head coach appeared on the Next Up with Adam Breneman podcast and poured his heart out about the rejections. “I said I wanted Temple, Syracuse, or Rutgers, I wanted to be in the Northeast.” He then added, “Temple didn’t want to give me a job. They said I wasn’t a good enough coach. I didn’t have good enough experience.” That’s what fueled a challenge within Brown’s heart to prove them wrong.

(This is a developing story…)

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