Notre Dame wide receivers coach Mike Brown earned selection to the 2025 AFCA 35 Under 35 Coaches Leadership Institute, a prestigious program aimed at identifying and developing premier, future leaders in the football coaching profession.
Selected participants are invited to attend the one-day institute that features a curriculum of interactive lectures focused on topics specifically tailored to emphasize leadership in the coaching profession, ethics, influential responsibilities, career progression, and family balance.
Brown is in his first season coaching Notre Dame’s wideouts, a group that has seen eight members record catches and six total 15 or more receptions, each with at least one touchdown. He has mentored standouts Beauz Collins, Notre Dame’s leading receiver with 34 receptions for 427 yards and two touchdowns, and Jaden Greathouse, with 26 catches for 345 yards and a touchdown.
Notre Dame finished out the regular season ranking among the top teams in the nation in multiple statistical categories, including: second in turnover margin (1.33), fourth in scoring offense (39.8), fourth in fourth-down success rate (0.760) and sixth in passes had intercepted (5).