Brian Norwood
Brian Norwood (born August 12, 1965) is an American football coach. He currently serves as defensive backs coach, assistant head coach, and defensive passing game coordinator at UCLA. Prior to that, he most recently was the co-defensive coordinator and safeties coach with Navy Midshipmen football. Previously, Norwood served as co-defensive coordinator and safeties coach with Bill Snyder at Kansas State Wildcats football and Philip Montgomery at Tulsa Golden Hurricane football. This was after holding the position of assistant head coach to Art Briles at Baylor University. Both Norwood and Briles served as assistants to Mike Leach at Texas Tech in 2000. Norwood was also an assistant to Joe Paterno at Penn State from 2001 to 2007.
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Assistant Head Coach/Passing Game Coordinator/Defensive Backs Coach |
| Team | UCLA |
| Conference | Pac-12 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | August 12, 1965 Portsmouth, Virginia |
| Playing career | |
| 1984–1988 | Hawaii |
| 1989 | Calgary Stampeders |
| Position(s) | Defensive back |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1990–1991 | Arizona (GA) |
| 1992–1994 | Richmond (OLB) |
| 1995–1999 | Navy (DB) |
| 2000 | Texas Tech (DB) |
| 2001–2007 | Penn State (S) |
| 2008–2010 | Baylor (DC) |
| 2011–2014 | Baylor (AHC/S) |
| 2015–2017 | Tulsa (AHC/Co-DC/S) |
| 2018 | Kansas State (Co-DC/DB) |
| 2019 | Navy (Co-DC/S) |
| 2020–present | UCLA (AHC/PGC/DB) |
Norwood grew up in Prince George's County, Maryland, where he attended Georgetown University basketball camps and met then-coach John Thompson. With his father serving in the Air Force, his family moved to Hawaii in Norwood's sophomore year of high school. Norwood played cornerback and safety at the University of Hawaii and graduated with a bachelor's degree in communication in 1988. In high school and college, he was best friends with Ken Niumatalolo, now the head coach who hired him at Navy. After college, Norwood worked for United Airlines for a year before playing football the Canadian Football League with the Calgary Stampeders. His football playing career came to an end when he was diagnosed with diabetes.