ANNAPOLIS, Md.—Naval Academy head football coach Brian Newberry announced Tuesday that Ricky Brown has joined his staff and will coach the raiders and strikers, while also serving as the special teams coordinator.  Brown replaces Joe Coniglio, who left Navy to coach the outside linebackers for the Los Angeles Rams.
 
"I'm very excited to welcome Ricky Brown and his family to Annapolis," said Newberry. "Coach Brown is an outstanding coach and person that will be a great fit with our players and staff. He brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise coaching special teams and outside linebackers. He has coached and played at the highest levels."
 
"My family and I are very excited to join the Naval Academy football program," said Brown. "I have always admired the Navy football program and I have competed against them as both a player and coach. The Naval Academy is a special place and we are very fortunate to join Coach Newberry's staff."
 
Brown is coming to Navy from Tulsa, where he was hired by new head coach Kevin Wilson in January as the special teams coordinator and defensive assistant.
 
Prior to Tulsa, Brown spent one season at Cincinnati as the special teams quality control coach (2022) and two years at Ohio State (2020-21) in the same role.
 
Prior to coaching at Ohio State, Brown was on the staff at his alma mater, Boston College, from 2016-19. He served in a quality control role on defense and special teams in 2016 before being promoted to special teams coordinator and outside linebackers coach in 2017 for his final three seasons in Chestnut Hill.
 
In Brown's first season back at Boston College, the defense recorded 47 sacks to rank fourth in the NCAA, while the BC special teams ranked seventh for opponent kickoff return average and 10^th for punt returns. In 2017, his special teams unit ranked 11th in the nation in punt returns (13.11 avg.) and 22nd for kickoff return yards (946 yards), while ranking 26^th in special teams efficiency. 

A year later (2018), Brown coordinated a unit that ranked first nationally with three punt returns for touchdowns, was fifth with five blocked kicks, 16^th for average punt return yards, 19^th for average kickoff return yards and 30^th in special teams efficiency.
 
Brown began his coaching career in a quality control role on defense at USC from 2014-15. In 2015, USC won the Pac-12 South title and made a second-consecutive appearance in the Holiday Bowl.
 
Before moving into the coaching profession, Brown worked for Morgan Stanley as a wealth advisory associate in Los Angeles following seven years in the NFL, playing for the Oakland Raiders, New England Patriots and Baltimore Ravens. Brown entered the NFL as an undrafted free agent.
 
Brown's collegiate career spanned from 2002-05 at Boston College. The outside linebacker was the winner of the Scanlan Award in 2005, the highest honor bestowed upon a BC football player, which recognizes accomplishments on the field, in the classroom and in the community. In four seasons, he recorded 184 tackles (118 solo) with 4.5 sacks. The Cincinnati, Ohio native graduated with a degree in finance in 2006. 
 
Brown and his wife Brynne have two daughters, Brixton (11) and Koby (6), and a son, Niko (9).