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September 3, 2008
What can Brown do for Temple?
If the circumstances had been only slightly different, Donald Brown could be playing for assistant coach Al Golden at Virginia against UConn next week.
Instead it’s UConn running back Donald Brown against Temple head coach Al Golden Saturday in Philadelphia.
Brown and Golden both attended the same high school, Red Bank (N.J.) Catholic. And the connection goes deeper than that.
“His coach was my Algebra II teacher,” Brown said. “He recruited me at Virginia. … And my uncle and his brother are good friends.”
The ties nearly led Brown to Charlottesville, Va., when Golden was the defensive coordinator at UVa. Brown eventually settled on UConn, however, and Golden took over at Temple.
"I'm tired of watching him," Golden said with a laugh. "For two years now I've seen him run all over the place.
"He's done a great job. He's one of the more unheralded running backs on the East Coast," Golden continued. "He just quietly goes about his business. He's done a great job for them."
The respect is apparently mutual.
"He's a great guy. I have a lot of respect for him," Brown said. "He's doing a great job at Temple."
- Neill
Posted by Neill on September 3, 2008 9:23 PM
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