Football
Brohm, Jeff
Jeff Brohm
- Title:
- Head Coach
- Email:
- Denise.murphy@louisville.edu
Head Coach - 12th season
3rd season at Louisville (19-8), 12-4 ACC Record
12th Season Overall: 85-52, 57-34 ConferenceÂ
Bowl Record: 6-2Â
Coaching Honors
- First Coach at Louisville to win 19 games over two seasons since 2014
- One of 14 Semifinalists for George Munger College Coach of the Year Award
Team Accomplishments
- Guided Louisville to its first appearance in the ACC Title Game - 2023
- Led Purdue to school's first Big Ten West Division title - 2022
- 8 Bowl Game Appearances - 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014
Player Honors - 21 First Team All-Conference Selections
- 88 All-Conference Selections
- 2 Freshmen of the Year
- 2Â Consensus All-Americans
- 16 NFL Draft Picks
Milestone Wins
- 1 – Aug. 29, 2014 vs. Bowling Green (59-31)
- 25 – Oct. 22, 2016 vs. Old Dominion (59-24)
- 50 – Oct. 31, 2020 at Illinois (31-24)
- 75– Nov. 4, 2023 vs. Virginia Tech (34-3)
Jeff Brohm, a former letterwinner and alumnus, enters his third season as Louisville's head football coach where he has quickly built the Cardinals back into a postseason contender with back-to-back nine win seasons for the first time since 2014, and continues to be one of the nation's most innovative offensive minds in the country.
Brohm was named Louisville's 24th full-time head football coach on Dec. 8, 2022, has guided the program to an 19-8 overall record that's been highlighted by three wins over top 25 teams, a dramatic 35-34 win over Washington in the 2024 Sun Bowl, and the school's first appearance in the Atlantic Coast Conference title game in 2023.
The 2024 campaign saw the Cards finish at 9-4 in a season that featured the school's first win over No. 11 Clemson, the highest ranked opponent that Louisville defeated on the road, and snapping the school's five-game losing streak over arch-rival Kentucky. Louisville also dropped four one-score losses to a pair of playoff teams (Notre Dame and SMU) and lost to nationally ranked Miami 52-45.
Led by a balanced offensive attack, Brohm's 2024 team was tied for eighth nationally in scoring offense at 36.5 points per game and was the only school in the country to score 24 or more points in every game during the season. Louisville also posted a top 15 offense, ranking 13th overall with an average of 449.2 yards per game and was fifth in the country in yards per play at 6.85.
Overall, the Cards were tied for first nationally in scrimmage plays of over 40 yards and tied for second in plays of 50 or more yards.
Led by the trio of quarterback Tyler Shough, wide receiver Ja'Corey Brooks, and freshman sensation Isaac Brown, Brohm's offense produced the school's third season ever with a 3,000-yard passer and a 1,000-yard receiver and rusher. Shough finished with 3,195 passing yards, while Brooks closed with 1,013 receiving yards and Brown ended with 1,173 yards -- the school's first true freshman to rush for over 1,000 yards.
Brohm guided his first team to a 10-4 overall record, the program's first 10-win campaign since 2013. For his efforts, Brohm was named one of three semifinalists for the Steve Spurrier First Year Coach of the Year Award. He led the team to the ACC title game against Florida State and a trip to the Holiday Bowl and became the first coach in NCAA history to guide two different teams to conference championship game appearances in consecutive seasons.Â
The 2023 season saw the Cardinals race out to a 6-0 start for the first time since 2013, highlighted by wins over No. 10 Notre Dame in front of a record crowd at L&N Stadium and a victory over No. 20 Duke. The Cardinals cracked the Associated Press Top 10 at No. 9 for the first time since the 2016 campaign.Â
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Brohm began a new era of UofL football after elevating the Purdue program to unprecedented success during his six seasons as head coach.
Taking over the Purdue program in 2016, Brohm guided the Boilermakers to four bowl appearances and the school's first Big Ten West Divisional title in 2022. The Boilermakers fell to No. 2 Michigan in the Big Ten title game, but Purdue was awarded a trip to the Citrus Bowl.
Prior to his arrival in West Lafayette, the Boilermakers won a combined nine games over four seasons. In his six seasons at Purdue, Brohm compiled a 36-34 overall mark with the Boilermakers. He led the program to notable victories, posting three wins over Top 3 teams: No. 2 Ohio State in 2018; No. 2 Iowa in 2021; and, No. 3 Michigan State in 2021.
Over the last two seasons, Brohm's teams compiled a 17-9 record, including a 9-4 mark in 2021 – the school's first nine-win season since 2003. The school achieved back-to-back winning seasons for the first time since 2006-07.
In nine seasons as a head coach, Brohm boasts a career record of 66-44, a .600 winning percentage, and has positioned himself as one of the top offensive minds in the country. His passing offenses have placed in the top 20 in eight of his nine seasons as an FBS coach, which ranked 13th on average over that span.
In his tenure at Purdue, Brohm produced nine National Football League draft picks, highlighted by defensive end George Karlaftis, who was selected as the No. 23 pick in the first round by the Kansas City Chiefs in 2022. Wide receiver Rondale Moore was a second-round selection in 2021 by the Arizona Cardinals, and wideout David Bell was taken in the third round by the Cleveland Browns in 2022.
Playing in Brohm's high-powered offense, several Boilermakers were honored for their accomplishments within the league. Moore and Bell captured back-to-back Big Ten Freshman of the Year awards and Big Ten Wide Receiver of the Year awards, while Brycen Hopkins was tabbed the Big Ten Tight End of the Year in 2019. Moore was also the 2018 Paul Hornung Award winner as the nation's most versatile player.
Three Boilermakers were named All-Americans during Brohm's tenure in West Lafayette. Moore became the first true freshman consensus first team All-American in Big Ten history in 2018 before wide receiver David Bell and defensive end George Karlaftis earned All-America honors following the 2021 season. Bell was a consensus All-American, joining Moore as the second under Brohm and the 21st in Purdue history.
The 2021 season featured a 9-4 record, the second-most wins in Purdue history. The Boilermakers tied for second in the Big Ten West, which included a pair of Top 5 victories over No. 2 Iowa and No. 3 Michigan State, which handed both teams their first loss of their respective campaigns. The Boilermakers capped the campaign with a 48-45 overtime victory over Tennessee at the TransPerfect Music City Bowl in Nashville, Tenn.
Purdue exceeded all expectations in his first season in 2017 and put the program on the map nationally. The Boilermakers won seven games, recaptured both of its rivalry trophies (the Cannon and the Old Oaken Bucket), and finished the season with Foster Farms Bowl victory over Arizona. They followed that up in 2018 with another Bowl appearance, and Top 25 victories over Boston College, Iowa, and a monumental victory over No. 2 Ohio State at Ross-Ade Stadium.
Prior to taking over in West Lafayette, Brohm spent three seasons at Western Kentucky, where he compiled a remarkable 30-10 overall record (.750 winning percentage), including a 19-5 Conference USA mark (.792), from 2014 to 2016. The Hilltoppers were league champions in 2015 and 2016, the school's first back-to-back titles as an FBS member. They won the 2014 Bahamas Bowl (49-48 over Central Michigan) and the 2015 Miami Beach Bowl (45-35 over Miami), as well as the 2016 Boca Raton Bowl (51-31 over Memphis under interim head coach Nick Holt). Western Kentucky was ranked No. 24 in the final 2015 Associated Press poll.
In his first go-around as a head coach at Western Kentucky, the Hilltoppers were one of the most explosive offensive units in the nation, averaging 44.6 points, 356.6 passing yards and 526.2 yards of total offense per game over three seasons on The Hill.
Under Brohm's tutelage, WKU's starting quarterbacks completed 69.2 percent of their passes and threw 131 touchdowns and just 25 interceptions. The offense averaged a hefty 7.3 yards per play, while running 72.1 plays per game. Brohm's teams re-wrote the WKU record book, breaking more than 75 school offensive records since 2013, when the Louisville native served as assistant head coach, offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach.
Western Kentucky ranked in the top 10 nationally in scoring offense (No. 6 in 2014, No. 3 in 2015 and No. 1 in 2016), passing offense (No. 2 in 2014, No. 4 in 2015 and No. 5 in 2016) and total offense (No. 4 in 2014, No. 9 in 2015 and No. 5 in 2016) each of Brohm's three seasons as head coach.
As an assistant at his alma mater (2003-08), Brohm played an integral role in coaching during the high point of Louisville football. Serving as the quarterbacks coach in 2006, with his brother Brian as the quarterback, the Cardinals finished the season with a school best 12-1 record, which was capped by winning the Orange Bowl – the school's first appearance in the Bowl Championship Series. That season, the offense ranked second nationally in total offense, fourth in scoring offense and were seventh in passing offense and 12th in rushing.
As the offensive coordinator in 2007, Louisville was just as explosive, finishing fourth nationally in passing offense, six in total offense and 18th in scoring.
One of the top quarterbacks in school history, Brohm returns to UofL where he enjoyed an outstanding collegiate career from 1989-93. A three-year starter, he still ranks among the Cardinals' career leaders in touchdown passes (tied for eighth, 38), total offense (ninth, 5,410), completion percentage (ninth, .562), passing yards (10th, 5,451), and passing efficiency (ninth, 129.97), passing attempts (10th, 715) and completions (10th, 402) through the 2022 season. Brohm was voted the team's Most Valuable Player during both his junior and senior seasons, and his No. 11 became part of the Louisville Ring of Honor in 2006.
Brohm's No. 11 jersey is one of 26 to be honored by the program throughout its history.
Professionally, Brohm played eight seasons in the NFL, competing with the San Diego Chargers (1994), Washington Redskins (1995-96), San Francisco 49ers (1997-98), Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1998), Denver Broncos (1999) and Cleveland Browns (2000). In eight career games - all with the 49ers - he completed 37 of 58 passes (63.8 percent) for 353 yards with one touchdown and one interception. His best game came Oct. 27, 1996, when he completed 19 of 30 passes for 176 yards and a touchdown to lead San Francisco to a 10-9 win over the Houston Oilers. In 2001, Brohm played in the XFL for the Orlando Rage and was named first-team All-XFL.
A standout at Trinity High, Brohm was awarded the Kentucky Mr. Football Award as a senior in 1988, while leading the Shamrocks to a state championship and undefeated season. Brohm was named the Kentucky High School Player of the Decade for the 1980s and was inducted into the Kentucky High School Athletic Association Hall of Fame in 2014.
A native of Louisville, Brohm, 53, (born April 24, 1971) earned his bachelor's degree in business administration in 1994. He and his wife, Jennifer, have a son, Brady, and a daughter, Brooke. Jeff is one of four family members to be a football letterwinner at Louisville, along with his father, Oscar (quarterback 1966-69), and brothers, Greg (wide receiver 1989-92) and Brian (quarterback 2004-07). The Brohm family, including mother, Donna, and sister, Kim, was inducted into the Louisville Catholic Sports Hall of Fame in 2013.
| Coaching Background | |
|---|---|
| 2002 | Louisville Fire - af2 (head coach) |
| 2003-06 | Louisville (quarterbacks) |
| 2007 | Louisville (assistant head coach/passing game) |
| 2008 | Louisville (assistant head coach/offensive coordinator) |
| 2009 | Florida Atlantic (quarterbacks) |
| 2010-11 | Illinois (quarterbacks) |
| 2012 | UAB (offensive coordinator/quarterbacks) |
| 2013 | Western Kentucky (assistant head coach/offensive coordinator/quarterbacks) |
| 2014-16 | Western Kentucky (head coach) |
| 2017-22 | Purdue (head coach) |
| 2023- | Louisville (head coach) |
Jeff Brohm Year-by-Year Coaching Record
| Year | Record | Conf. Record | Conf. Finish | Postseason |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 8-5 | 4-4 | T-3rd C-USA East | Bahamas Bowl |
| 2015 | 12-2 | 8-0 | 1st C-USA East | Miami Beach Bowl |
| 2016 | 11-3 | 7-1 | T-1st C-USA East | Boca Raton Bowl |
| 2017 | 7-6 | 4-5 | T-3rd Big Ten West | Foster Farms Bowl |
| 2018 | 6-7 | 5-4 | T-2nd Big Ten West | Music City Bowl |
| 2019 | 4-8 | 3-6 | 5th Big Ten West | |
| 2020 | 2-4 | 2-4 | 6th Big Ten West | |
| 2021 | 9-4 | 6-3 | T-2nd Big Ten West | Music City Bowl |
| 2022 | 8-6 | 6-3 | !st Big Ten West | Big Ten Championship |
| 2023 | 10-4 | 7-1 | 2nd | ACC Champ./Holiday Bowl |
| 2024 | 9-4 | 5-3 | T-4th | Sun Bowl |
| 2025 |
Dacari Collins and Rene Konga Weekly Presser 9.22.25
Monday, September 22
Coach Karl Maslowski Weekly Presser 9.22.25
Monday, September 22
Jeff Brohm Weekly Press Conference 9.22.25
Monday, September 22
MILLER MOSS Postgame Presser vs. Bowling Green 9.20.25
Monday, September 22
