Mack Brown: podcast appearances and interviews

William Mack Brown, born on August 27, 1951, is an American former college football coach known for his successful tenure at the University of Texas at Austin. During his time there from 1998 to 2013, he led the Texas Longhorns to two Big 12 Conference championships and secured a national championship in 2005. His 2005 team won the Rose Bowl in what is widely regarded as one of the greatest college football games, earning the national title. Brown's coaching career also includes head coaching positions at Appalachian State University for one season in 1983 and at Tulane University from 1985 to 1987, where he also served as athletic director. He is credited with revitalizing both the North Carolina Tar Heels and Texas football programs. Brown served at the University of North Carolina in two periods, from 1988 to 1997 and again from 2019 until his firing at the end of the 2024 season. During his second stint at North Carolina, he became the program's all-time winningest coach, surpassing Dick Crum. Brown received the Paul Bear Bryant Award for Coach of the Year in 2006. He achieved his 200th career win in 2008, becoming the first Texas coach to reach that milestone, and left Texas as the second-winningest coach in the program's history.