Syracuse Orange head coach Fran Brown after a game against the Tennessee Volunteers at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Credit: Brett Davis-Imagn Images
By Sean Keeley on

In two seasons at the helm of the Syracuse Orange football program, Fran Brown has established himself for turning the program into a winner (12-4 in his first 16 games) and for his unfiltered views of college football.

He added to that reputation during the latest episode of ‘I AM ATHLETE’ with Darien Rencher when he sent a stern message to opposing coaches who might want to try to poach his players.

“I don’t even care bruh,” Brown said when asked about his feelings on coaches poaching players. “Dude’s be trying to push up on my wife. She’s bad. It’s just the game, right, it’s what they do. I don’t care, but don’t let me find out, and then I’ll see you. Cause I ain’t no b*tch.”


Rencher then asked if Brown really does take it that personally if he finds out a coach tried to get one of his players to transfer, to which he replied in the affirmative.

“Like I’m gonna come at you like ‘what’s up?’ I’m gonna see you,” he said. “There’s a couple of dudes I called and they tried to say ‘lose my line’. Like man, shut up.”

Twenty-one players transferred out of the program following Syracuse’s 10-3 season last year, although the team also welcomed 15 transfers, so modern college football giveth and taketh away.

Brown has quickly established himself as one of college football’s biggest characters. His in-game and post-game interviews have become must-see TV, and he’s already got a handful of catchphrases. He’s also not afraid to push back when others question his methods. He’s not everyone’s cup of tea, but if he can keep Syracuse on a winning path, it’ll be hard to say the way he does things doesn’t work.

About Sean Keeley

Along with writing for Awful Announcing and The Comeback, Sean is the Managing Editor for Comeback Media. Previously, he created the Syracuse blog Troy Nunes Is An Absolute Magician and wrote 'How To Grow An Orange: The Right Way to Brainwash Your Child Into Rooting for Syracuse.' He has also written non-Syracuse-related things for SB Nation, Curbed, and other outlets. He currently lives in Seattle where he is complaining about bagels. Send tips/comments/complaints to sean@thecomeback.com.

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