He didn't have recent coordinator experience and is a first-time head coach, but Fran Brown is the right person to turn Syracuse into a dominant Northeast program.
“From day one, Fran makes you feel like you are the guy:” Fran Brown’s “uncanny ability” to connect with people will bring a national recruiting base and rousing presence to the Syracuse locker room.
Syracuse hired Georgia defensive backs coach Fran Brown as its 31st head coach in program history. Brown has been with the Bulldogs since last year and helped UGA win the 2022 National Championship.
Syracuse gave up 261 passing yards to Wake Forest's Michael Kern but Jason Simmons Jr. and the secondary made a stand on the most important play of the game.
Quarterback Garrett Shrader only came in for a couple of plays in Syracuse's loss to Georgia Tech, as Dan Villari and LeQuint Allen Jr. ran the offense.