Dre Brown

Biography

Dre Brown enters his first season as assistant general manager at USC. Brown previously served as Director of Player Personnel at Illinois. He helped the Fighting Illini tie the program's single-season wins record with 10 in 2024. Illinois was ranked by the CFP selection committee for a program-record four straight weeks, appeared in 12 AP Top 25 polls and tied the program record for ranked wins with four. He began as a football recruiting coordinator at Tennessee before moving on to Notre Dame, where he was hired as an offensive recruiting coordinator in 2021. Brown served as a defensive analyst in 2022 and then became a recruiting analyst focusing on high school relations in 2023. In March 2024, he was promoted to director of recruiting. From 2021-23, Brown helped Notre Dame land a Top 12 recruiting class in three straight seasons. The Irish recruited the No. 6 class in the nation in 2022 according to On3 and Rivals. As a player, Brown rushed for 902 yards and 7 TDs during his career at Illinois from 2015-19, including 584 rushing yards and 5 TDs as a senior in 2019. He was also a standout kick returner, ranking 21st in the nation and fifth in the Big Ten in kickoff return average in 2019 (25.3) on his way to leading the Illini in all-purpose yards (1,299).