Coach Brown

Paul Brown was coach at Ohio State for just three years(1941-1943), but he left an undeniable mark on Buckeye history. His 1942 team was the first OSU team to be recognized as National Champions. The 1944 team, built with his recruits, would roll to a perfect season and the title of "National Civillian Champions". Among the greats brought in by Coach Brown were Bill Willis and Les Horvath. He left OSU after 1943 to join the Navy, and after the war became the head coach of the Browns. He was a candidate for the OSU job in 1951, but it went to Coach Hayes instead. Coach Brown once said "My first two years at Ohio State were the happiest, most exciting, and most rewarding period of my life, better in some respect than the years in Cleveland, because coaching the Buckeyes had been my ultimate dream."