Men's Soccer
Chris Brown
- Title:
- Head Men's Soccer Coach
- Email:
- cbrown14@usfca.edu
EDUCATION:
- Boston College - 2004-2008
- May 2021 - Present
- Led San Francisco to a 10-61 record in 2025, including a 5-4 record in WCC play...Marked USF's first season with double digit wins since 2017...Went 6-1 at home, tying USF's most wins at home under Brown...Knocked off No. 17 California (2-1) on the road in Berkeley on Aug 28...Following a 4-1 start to the season, the Dons were ranked in a national poll for the first time since 2018, when San Francisco checked in at No. 20 in the United Soccer Coaches Poll on Sept. 9...Tied for second in the conference as a team in shots per game (14.1)...Finished third in the conference in shutouts (8), three of which came in WCC matches...Ben Norris was named WCC Freshman of the Year...Three Dons earned All-WCC honors: Norris (Freshman Team), Brayden Beason (First Team), David Raphael (First Team)...Norris and Matthew Duggan were also selected as WCC Honorable Mentions...Three Dons were named to the WCC Men's Soccer All-Academic Team: Duggan, Kaleb Afsari, and Kian Jones...Brown signed a five-year contract extension through the end of 2030 on Nov. 14, 2025
- Guided USF to a 7-6-4 record in 2024, including a 5-1-2 mark and second place finish in the final WCC standings...Went 4-1-3 at home...Shutout No. 2 Stanford at home, 2-0, on Oct. 17 for USF's second straight win over the Cardinal...San Francisco's offense led the WCC in shots per game (15.88), shots on goal (113), and shots on goal per game (6.65)...Tied for third in the WCC with five shutouts, two of which came in conference play (Pacific, Santa Clara)...Reid Roberts was named WCC Defensive Player of the Year, the first Don to achieve this feat since Rob Valentino in 2005...Seven Dons earned All-WCC honors: Roberts (First Team), Gabriel Bracken Serra (First Team), Isaiah Easley (Second Team), David Raphael (Second Team + Freshman Team), Brayden Beason (Freshman Team), and Junhwan Park (Freshman Team)...Rylan Smith and Eric Waltz also selected as WCC Honorable Mentions...Four Dons were named to the WCC Men's Soccer All-Academic Team: Roberts, Mason Dougherty, Kian Jones, and Olivier Sylvain...After the season, Roberts was drafted fifth overall by the San Jose Earthquakes in the 2025 MLS SuperDraft, becoming the highest-drafted student-athlete ever selected out of San Francisco and the first Don drafted in the first round since 2015
- Led San Francisco to an 8-4-5 record in 2023, which included two WCC Defensive Player of the Week and two WCC Offensive Player of the Week honors...Eric Waltz was named WCC Goalkeeper of the Year...Six Dons earned All-WCC honors, including two on the First Team (Gabriel Bracken Serra + Reid Roberts) and two on the All-Freshman Team (Chris Maldonado + Rylan Smith)...Waltz (Second Team), Bracken Serra (Third Team) and Roberts (Third Team) all earned United Soccer coaches NCAA Division I All-West Region honors...Upset No. 9 Stanford (2-1) on the road on Oct. 12, 2023 and upset No. 20 LMU (3-1) at home in San Francisco on Nov. 4, 2023...Finished second in the WCC in goals allowed - 16 goals in 17 total matches...Three Dons were named to the WCC Men's Soccer All-Academic Team: Roberts, Max Chretien, and Max Hamelink
- Finished 7-6-4 in 2022, which included three WCC Defensive Player of the Week and one WCC Offensive Player of the Week honors...Led USF to best start since 1991 through seven games at 5-0-2...Team earned the athletics department's Stephen Privett, S.J. award, which is awarded to a student-athlete or team who has demonstrated a higher commitment of learning and social justice through their outstanding work in their community...Nathan Simeon named to the WCC Men's Soccer All-Academic Team
- 18 WCC All-Conference selections, including 7 All-WCC First Team selections
- 13 WCC All-Academic selections
- 5 NCAA Division I Men's West Region Selections
- 2 MLS SuperDraft picks (Reid Roberts - 2025/Round 1, Pick 4, San Jose Earthquakes...Brayden Beason - 2026/Round 3, Pick 73, Real Salt Lake)
- 1 College Soccer News All-Freshman Team Selection (Reid Roberts - 2022)
- Associate head coach under Adam Cooper at Saint Mary's College (Moraga, Calif.) from 2011-2016 and 2019-2021...Coached All-Americans, Jake Rudel, Anders Engebretsen and Remi Prieur. In Brown's time in Moraga, three goalkeepers were drafted into the MLS - Doug Herrick, Andre Rawls and Prieur.
- Played an integral role in recruiting the Saint Mary’s teams that went 40-4-3 from 2018 to the 2021 spring season. Overall, SMC had the best winning percentage in college soccer during this three-year period
- Developed Rawls, who began his career as a walk-on at SMC and ended as the program's first conference Goalkeeper of the Year before also becoming the first Gael to be selected in the Major League Soccer (MLS) Superdraft...Drafted 44th overall in 2015 to New York City FC
- Developed Prieur, who took home WCC Goalkeeper of the Year honors in 2019 in addition to being named a Second Team All-American by the United Soccer Coaches Associated before being drafted 47th overall in the 2020 MLS Superdraft by Sporting KC
- Served as an assistant with the San Francisco Deltas between his time at Saint Mary's...Defeated the New York Cosmos, 2-0, in front of 10,000 fans at Kezar Stadium to win the NASL Soccer Bowl...Guided goalkeeper Romuald Pieser to a nomination for NASL Player of the Year
- Three-year captain and goalkeeper at Boston College (2004-2008)
- Captained the Eagles to the program's first-ever ACC regular season and tournament titles in 2007...Also earned BC's first-ever overall seed in the NCAA Tournament
- Named the 2008 ACC Goalkeeper of the Year
- Part of the United States Olympic Team Pool in 2007 before the games in Beijing, China
- Played professionally in Norway after college
- Holds his UEFA B license
- Brother, Adin, was an eleven-year soccer professional and is now the current goalkeeper coach for the San Jose Earthquakes
- Father, Adin Brown Sr., was a captain for Marv Levy and the football team at William & Mary prior to being selected as linebacker by the Denver Broncos in the 1968 NFL Draft.
- Resides in the East Bay with his wife Jess and dog Mack
- San Francisco: 34-35-15 (.494), 12-19-11 WCC, 21-12-8 at home (Negoesco Stadium)
- Overall: 34-35-15 (.494), 12-19-11 WCC, 21-12-8 at home (Negoesco Stadium)
MSOC | USF Defeats Cal Poly 6-0
Wednesday, September 14
MSOC | USF vs. Cal Poly Highlights
Wednesday, September 14
MSOC | USF vs. Cal Poly Postgame w/ Arjan Dosanjh
Wednesday, September 14
MSOC | USF vs. Cal Poly Postgame w/ Zane Alafranji
Wednesday, September 14
