Jeff Brohm is Purdue's next head coach
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Purdue has found its next head coach.
Jeff Brohm has been hired to replace Darrell Hazell, who was fired midway through the 2016 season after winning only nine games in three-plus years.
Purdue officially announced Brohm hours after the initial reports that Western Kentucky's coach was coming to West Lafayette. Brohm will be introduced at a 3 p.m. press conference, which will be televised live on BTN and streamed on BTN2Go.
“We were fortunate to meet with many talented coaches from around the country during our search, and Jeff’s name was one that rose to the top early in the process,” athletic director Mike Bobinski said in a university release. “He is a coach who already has achieved tremendous success and, at the same time, has incredible upside. His reputation and record of accomplishment as an innovative offensive coach and developer of quarterbacks is second to none. That pedigree, combined with his commitment to developing the complete student-athlete and doing so with integrity makes him a perfect fit for Purdue University. I am extremely excited to have Jeff as our head football coach.”
According to Purdue's release, Brohm has agreed to a six-year contract, pending approval by the Purdue Board of Trustees. Details will be released thereafter.
In three seasons as the Hilltoppers' head coach, Brohm guided the program to a 30-10 record, including Saturday's 58-44 victory over Louisiana Tech to win the Conference-USA championship. Western Kentucky had back-to-back 10-win seasons under Brohm for the first time in school history. It is bowl eligible for the third straight season — and won bowl games the previous two.
Western Kentucky's explosive C-USA title game performance — it racked up 656 yards, had a 200-yard rusher, 400-yard passer and two 150-plus-yard receivers — was indicative of the type of well-rounded offenses Brohm has led at WKU and previously. Despite not having a coordinator title to go with his head coach label, he was the play-caller on offense the last three seasons as head coach.
Before serving as WKU's head coach, Brohm was the school's assistant coach, offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach under Bobby Petrino in 2013. He also was an offensive coordinator/QB coach at UAB (2012), quarterbacks coach at Illinois (2010-11), quarterbacks coach at Florida Atlantic (2009) and had various roles at Louisville from 2003-2008.
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