Andrew Browning

Biography

Andrew Browning begins his first season as part of Kirby Moore’s coaching staff, serving as the defensive line coach. Browning arrives in Pullman having spent the previous eight seasons in Berkeley as part of the California coaching staff. Browning recently completed his seventh season as the defensive line coach and his eighth campaign overall at California in 2025, having served one season in a quality control role on the defensive side of the ball in his first season with the Golden Bears in 2018. In 2019, Browning was promoted to defensive line coach. Since his promotion, he was a part of five teams that qualified for bowl games and helped guide the Bears’ defense to 24 or more sacks in five of his seven seasons. (The lone seasons without 24 sacks was during the COVID-19 shortened season and 2025). During his time in Berkeley, Browning mentored a number of all-conference performers, including Zeandae Johnson (2019), Brett Johnson and Zeandae Johnson (2020), JH Tevis (2021) and Xavier Carlton (2024). Prior to arriving at California, Browning spent five seasons at the University of Texas, El Paso. In 2017, UTEP’s defensive linemen combined for 144 tackles on the season, along with 11.5 tackles for loss and three fumble recoveries. Senior Sky Logan led all UTEP defensive linemen in tackles (42) and fumble recoveries (two). UTEP’s starting defensive lineman combined for 172 tackles in 2016. Under Browning’s direction, Mike Sota emerged during his sophomore season with 47 tack