How the Husky Cornerback Coach Was Named ‘Juice’

In getting the College of Washington soccer program transferring ahead once more, they needed to give it some juice.

As in Julius “Juice” Brown, who was employed as the brand new cornerbacks coach.

He is the man who at all times wears his cap backward in Husky Stadium. He is the Kalen DeBoer assistant accountable for sustaining some semblance of a previous decade of defensive-back greatness, or DBU. He is the one one of many UW coaches with a nickname that is not a spinoff of his title, an authentic per se.

Brown says he solely solutions to Juice, although would possibly we recommend that he think about customizing his moniker to match his environment.

Grape Juice, anybody?

On second thought, a easy Juice works simply advantageous in Montlake.

“My highschool coach gave it to me,” mentioned Brown, who performed cornerback for the Lincoln Excessive Trojans in Stockton, California. “He should have thought I used to be fairly good with the ball in my palms. That simply caught.”

From Lincoln, Brown went to Boise State the place he grew to become a three-year starter and an All-Mountain West choice as a senior in 2003.

He started his long-winding collegiate teaching profession as a graduate assistant at his alma mater in 2006 for then-Broncos offensive coordinator Chris Petersen.

From there, Brown made stops at Troy and Arkansas State earlier than returning to Boise State as a part of Bryan Harsin’s workers after they coached collectively on the Jonesboro, Arkansas, college. 

Brown was the Broncos secondary coach for 2 years earlier than Harsin, delivered to Boise to interchange Petersen after he left for Washington, inexplicably let him go following the 2015 season. 

As Juice discovered, that stain simply got here out.

He was out of labor for all of 37 days when Utah State summoned him to affix its teaching workers.. 

DeBoer caught up with him at Texas Tech and coaxed him to affix the Fresno State workers in 2020 after which introduced him north to the UW, a spot the nook coach has absolutely embraced.

“We have now an ordinary and we’re not going to deviate from it,” Brown mentioned. “That is why you come to Washington — is you wish to be one of the best within the nation.”

In different phrases, he’ll let you know to return to Seattle and provides your profession a lift with Juice.

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