Berk Brown
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Southern Oregon |
| Conference | Frontier |
| Record | 17–14 |
| Playing career | |
| ?–2004 | Modesto |
| 2005–2006 | Southern Oregon |
| Position | Defensive lineman |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2007 | Southern Oregon (TE) |
| 2008–2009 | Southern Oregon (DL/ST) |
| 2010 | Southern Oregon (DC) |
| 2011–2012 | Southern Oregon (LB) |
| 2013–2014 | Southern Oregon (DC) |
| 2016 | St. Mary's School (OR) (assistant) |
| 2017–2019 | Crater HS (OR) (assistant) |
| 2020–2022 | Crater HS (OR) |
| 2023–present | Southern Oregon |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 17–14 (college) 13–12 (high school) |
| Tournaments | 0–1 (OSAA) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Awards | |
| AFCA–NAIA Region 5 Coach of the Year (2024) | |
Berk Brown is an American college football coach and former player who is currently the head coach of the Southern Oregon Raiders, a position he has held since January of 2023.[1]
Early life
Brown played football as a defensive lineman for Modesto Junior College and then joined the Southern Oregon Raiders during the 2005 and 2006 seasons.[2] In 2005, the Raiders finished with a 1–9 record, followed by a 2–7 record in 2006.[3]
Coaching career
Following his playing career, Brown stayed with the Raiders as an assistant coach.[4] In 2007, Brown was in charge of the tight ends, then from 2008 to 2009 he was in charge of the defensive line and special teams.[5] In 2010, he was named as the defensive coordinator, but when Craig Howard was hired as the head coach in 2011, he did not retain his position.[5] Instead he was put in charge of the linebackers for the 2011 and 2012 seasons.[5] In 2013, he was once again promoted to defensive coordinator.[5] The 2014 Southern Oregon Raiders football team won the program's first NAIA football national championship, defeating the Marian Knights by a score of 55–31.[6] In 2015, the Raiders returned to the national championship game, facing Marian for the second year in a row.[7] However, Marian got better of the Southern Oregon in the rematch, winning by a score of 31–14.[7]
Following the season, it was announced that Brown was resigning and accepting a position as an assistant athletic director, assistant football coach, and as a health and physical education teacher at St. Mary's School in Medford, Oregon.[5] He remained there for one year before accepting a position as defensive coordinator at Crater High School in Central Point, Oregon.[8] In 2020, Brown was announced as the next head coach of the Crater Comets.[8] He spent three seasons with the Comets, accumulating an overall record of 13–12 and making one appearance in the OSAA 5A playoffs in 2021.[9]
In January 2023, Brown was announced as the head football coach at Southern Oregon.[10] Following the 2024 season, Brown was named as the AFCA–NAIA Region 5 co-Coach of the Year alongside Texas College head coach Jarrail Jackson.[11] In his three seasons as head coach of the Raiders, Brown has accumulated an overall record of 17–14.
Head coaching record
College
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | NAIA# | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southern Oregon (Frontier Conference) (2023–present) | |||||||||
| 2023 | Southern Oregon | 6–4 | 5–3 | T–4th | |||||
| 2024 | Southern Oregon | 8–3 | 5–3 | T–4th | 24 | ||||
| 2025 | Southern Oregon | 3–7 | 2–4 | 5th (West) | |||||
| Southern Oregon: | 17–14 | 12–10 | |||||||
| Total: | 17–14 | ||||||||
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High school
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crater High School (OSAA 5A Special District 4) (2020–2021) | |||||||||
| 2020 | Crater HS | 4–2 | 1–0 | 2nd | |||||
| 2021 | Crater HS | 6–4 | 6–1 | 2nd | L OSAA 5A first round[9] | ||||
| Crater High School (OSAA 5A Special District 2) (2022) | |||||||||
| 2022 | Crater HS | 3–6 | 3–5 | 6th | |||||
| Crater HS: | 13–12 | 10–6 | |||||||
| Total: | 13–12 | ||||||||
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References
- ^ SOU Sports Information (January 11, 2023). "Berk Brown returns to SOU as head football coach". souraiders.com. Ashland, Oregon. Retrieved December 22, 2025.
- ^ Butler, Dale (July 26, 2023). "Hidalgo to play college football in Oregon". The Ceres Courier. Retrieved December 22, 2025.
- ^ "Football History". souraiders.com. Retrieved December 22, 2025.
- ^ "Berk Brown". souraiders.com. Retrieved December 22, 2025.
- ^ a b c d e SOU Sports Information (June 15, 2016). "Berk Brown, longtime Raider and defensive coordinator, announces resignation". souraiders.com. Ashland, Oregon. Retrieved December 22, 2025.
- ^ Grosbach, Alan (December 20, 2014). "Southern Oregon Wins First Football National Championship". NAIA. Daytona Beach, Florida. Retrieved December 22, 2025.
- ^ a b Grosbach, Alan (December 20, 2014). "Marian (Ind.) Wins Second Football National Championship". NAIA. Daytona Beach, Florida. Retrieved December 22, 2025.
- ^ a b Ulmer, Jerry (August 1, 2020). "Football: Crater makes 'smooth transition' with Brown". OSAAtoday. Retrieved December 22, 2025.
- ^ a b "2021 Oregon High School Football Playoff Brackets: OSAA". MaxPreps. Retrieved December 22, 2025.
- ^ SOU Sports Information (January 11, 2023). "Berk Brown Returns to SOU as Head Football Coach". Frontier Conference. Ashland, Oregon. Retrieved December 22, 2025.
- ^ SOU Sports Information (November 19, 2024). "SOU's Brown voted AFCA-NAIA Region 5 co-Coach of the Year". souraiders.com. Ashland, Oregon. Retrieved December 22, 2025.