| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 14, 1901 Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S. |
| Died | May 16, 1991 (aged 90) |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1919–1922 | Butler |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1923–1925 | Marshall HS (IL) |
| 1926–1927 | Washington College |
| 1928–1942 | Rose Polytechnic |
| 1944 | Indiana State |
| 1946–1958 | Rose Polytechnic |
| Basketball | |
| 1928–1932 | Rose Polytechnic |
| 1935–1943 | Rose Polytechnic |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 106–127–8 (college football) 56–95 (college basketball) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| Football 1 ICC (1941) 3 Prairie (1953, 1957–1958) | |
Phil Brown (March 14, 1901 – May 16, 1991) was an American football, basketball, and track coach.[1] He served as the head football coach at Washington College in Chestertown, Maryland from 1927 to 1927, Rose Polytechnic Institute—now known as Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology from 1928 to 1942 and again from 1946 to 1958, and Indiana State Teachers College—now known as Indiana State University in 1944.[2] Brown also coached basketball and track at Rose Poly before retiring in 1959.
Brown graduated from Arsenal Technical High School in Indianapolis, Indiana in 1918 and then played college football at Butler University. He died on May 16, 1991.[3]
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington College Shoremen (Independent) (1926–1927) | |||||||||
| 1926 | Washington College | 1–8 | |||||||
| 1927 | Washington College | 1–8 | |||||||
| Washington College: | 2–16 | ||||||||
| Rose Poly Engineers (Indiana Intercollegiate Conference) (1928) | |||||||||
| 1928 | Rose Poly | 0–6 | |||||||
| 1929 | Rose Poly | 4–4 | |||||||
| 1930 | Rose Poly | 7–1 | |||||||
| 1931 | Rose Poly | 6–2 | |||||||
| 1932 | Rose Poly | 5–3 | |||||||
| 1933 | Rose Poly | 0–8 | 0–8 | 15th | |||||
| 1934 | Rose Poly | 2–6 | 1–5 | 13th | |||||
| 1935 | Rose Poly | 2–5 | 1–5 | 13th | |||||
| 1936 | Rose Poly | 2–5 | 1–5 | 14th | |||||
| 1937 | Rose Poly | 4–4 | 2–4 | 10th | |||||
| 1938 | Rose Poly | 5–3 | 2–1 | T–4th | |||||
| 1939 | Rose Poly | 5–3–1 | 3–1–1 | 4th | |||||
| 1940 | Rose Poly | 5–3 | 4–1 | T–3rd | |||||
| 1941 | Rose Poly | 7–0 | 4–0 | T–1st | |||||
| 1942 | Rose Poly | 5–1 | 4–1 | T–3rd | |||||
| Indiana State Sycamores (Indiana Intercollegiate Conference) (1944) | |||||||||
| 1944 | Indiana State | 5–2–1 | |||||||
| Indiana State: | 5–2–1 | ||||||||
| Rose Poly Engineers (Indiana Intercollegiate Conference) (1946) | |||||||||
| 1946 | Rose Poly | 1–7–1 | 1–5 | 14th | |||||
| Rose Poly Engineers (Hoosier Conference) (1947–1949) | |||||||||
| 1947 | Rose Poly | 0–7–1 | 0–4 | 8th | |||||
| 1948 | Rose Poly | 3–3–1 | 1–3–1 | T–5th | |||||
| 1949 | Rose Poly | 4–3–1 | 1–3–1 | 8th | |||||
| Rose Poly Engineers (Independent) (1950–1952) | |||||||||
| 1950 | Rose Poly | 0–8 | |||||||
| 1951 | Rose Poly | 2–5 | |||||||
| 1952 | Rose Poly | 3–4–1 | |||||||
| Rose Poly Engineers (Prairie College Conference) (1953–1958) | |||||||||
| 1953 | Rose Poly | 6–2 | 1st | ||||||
| 1954 | Rose Poly | 2–5 | |||||||
| 1955 | Rose Poly | 1–6–1 | 1–2 | T–3rd | |||||
| 1956 | Rose Poly | 3–4 | |||||||
| 1957 | Rose Poly | 7–1 | 1st | ||||||
| 1958 | Rose Poly | 8–0 | 1st | ||||||
| Rose Poly: | 99–109–7 | ||||||||
| Total: | 106–127–8 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
