The Syracuse Orange have formally employed a brand new soccer coach.
Syracuse introduced on Tuesday that it has employed Fran Brown to function the varsity’s head soccer coach.
Brown replaces Dino Babers, who had coached the group for eight seasons.
Brown is from New Jersey and is in his second season because the defensive backs coach for Georgia. Brown performed cornerback in school at Western Carolina and briefly within the NFL with the Cincinnati Bengals.
Previous to becoming a member of Georgia’s workers final yr, Brown had spent most of his teaching profession at Temple. He has additionally coached at Baylor and Rutgers.
Brown, 40, could have his work reduce out for him. Syracuse had solely two profitable seasons underneath Babers and has completed a season ranked within the high 25 simply as soon as within the final 21 years. It’s been almost 20 years since Paul Pasqualoni’s tenure because the Orange’s head coach got here to an finish, marking their final run of constant sturdy play. Syracuse had a profitable file in yearly from 1987-2001 and had 5 double-digit win seasons throughout that span. They’ve solely had one double-digit win season since then.
