Brian Michalowski

Biography

After serving as a defensive analyst for the Ducks in 2023, Brian Michalowski was promoted to the role of inside linebackers coach at Oregon on Jan. 31, 2024. With Michalowski on staff in 2023, the Ducks went 12-2 while boasting one of the most improved defenses in the country, ranking ninth nationally in scoring defense (16.5 PPG), 11th in rushing defense (102.57 YPG) and 22nd in total defense (318.4 YPG) while also leading the Pac-12 in passing defense (215.9 YPG). Oregon was one of just three teams in the nation (Michigan, Ohio State) to hold opponents to 10 points or less at least seven times. Michalowski joined the Ducks in 2023 after spending the 2022 season as a defensive quality control analyst at Oregon State. He was previously the outside linebackers coach at Colorado from 2019-22, and he worked with Lanning at Georgia as a defensive quality control analyst in 2018 and at Memphis as a graduate assistant in 2016-17. He was also a graduate assistant at Arizona State alongside L