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  • Brown glad to have Scott and Schlarman on UK staff with him



    Kentucky's football staff include two coaches — Chad Scott and John Schlarman — who played at UK and will be coaching under offensive coordinator Neal Brown again. Scott coached running backs at Troy and Texas Tech under Brown and Schlarman was offensive line coach at Troy under Brown.

    “Chad and I have been together the last six years. The great thing about Chad first of all is his character and his loyalty,” Brown said. “He is also a dynamic guy on the field. He’s able to relate well with players and relate quickly with players. He believes in the system we are teaching and installing. He is a great recruiter, too. He can relate to any type of kid in any situation. He does a great job building relationships.

    “John played in his offense (under Mumme). He is a great teacher, too. His roots go back to high school coaching and teaching. At the heart of who he is is a great teacher. He does a good job walking that fine line between being hard on guys but also being somebody they want to play for. That is of great importance at that postiion. Players respect him because he was a quality player. He has instant trust and credibility when he walks into a room because he was a great player. He is not ever asking anybody to do anything he did not do and that carries a lot of weight.”

    Brown’s former high school coach, Chuck Smith of Boyle County, coached linebackers for eight years at UK under Rich Brooks and then Joker Phillips. Brown admitted he “touched base” with Smith as he contemplated making the move to Kentucky.

    “We stay in good contact a lot. But my main question for him was how he handled being at UK. We talked a lot about recruiting in the state. We did not get into personnel or anything like that. It was more about the coaching situation,” Brown said. “He was very positive. He is a guy that cares a lot about this program. He invested time first as a player here and then as a coach. There is no question this is his school and he wants to see it do well. He’s a guy that ever since I got into this profession that I have always looked up to and any time I have a career decision to make I always bounce it off him to get his thoughts.”

    While the move to UK has put Brown and his wife much closer to family and friends in the Danville area, there has been another plus for Brown.

    “The biggest thing for me is that so many former players have reached out, even guys I did not play with,” Brown said. “They are just reaching out and are excited and enthused by Kentucky football. They are the people who have invested a lot personally in the program. They are people I grew up watching play or knew about. That’s been very, very rewarding and is just another reason why I know this program can be so good.”
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      Love the staff.
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