Berk Brown

Brown played football as a defensive lineman for Modesto Junior College and then joined the Southern Oregon Raiders during the 2005 and 2006 seasons.^[2] In 2005, the Raiders finished with a 1–9 record, followed by a 2–7 record in 2006.^[3]

Following his playing career, Brown stayed with the Raiders as an assistant coach.^[4] In 2007, Brown was in charge of the tight ends, then from 2008 to 2009 he was in charge of the defensive line and special teams.^[5] In 2010, he was named as the defensive coordinator, but when Craig Howard was hired as the head coach in 2011, he did not retain his position.^[5] Instead he was put in charge of the linebackers for the 2011 and 2012 seasons.^[5] In 2013, he was once again promoted to defensive coordinator.^[5] The 2014 Southern Oregon Raiders football team won the program's first NAIA football national championship, defeating the Marian Knights by a score of 55–31.^[6] In 2015, the Raiders returned to the national championship game, facing Marian for the second year in a row.^[7] However, Marian got better of the Southern Oregon in the rematch, winning by a score of 31–14.^[7]

Following the season, it was announced that Brown was resigning and accepting a position as an assistant athletic director, assistant football coach, and as a health and physical education teacher at St. Mary's School in Medford, Oregon.^[5] He remained there for one year before accepting a position as defensive coordinator at Crater High School in Central Point, Oregon.^[8] In 2020, Brown was announced as the next head coach of the Crater Comets.^[8] He spent three seasons with the Comets, accumulating an overall record of 13–12 and making one appearance in the OSAA 5A playoffs in 2021.^[9]

In January 2023, Brown was announced as the head football coach at Southern Oregon.^[10] Following the 2024 season, Brown was named as the AFCA–NAIA Region 5 co-Coach of the Year alongside Texas College head coach Jarrail Jackson.^[11] In his three seasons as head coach of the Raiders, Brown has accumulated an overall record of 17–14.