Mack Brown explains why he is glad to be coaching college football

ESPN’s SEC expert, Paul Finebaum, recently had one of the top coaches in the ACC on his show as a guest. The North Carolina Tar Heels head coach, Mack Brown, stopped in for a brief chat to go over a few topics surrounding college football.

During his appearance, Brown was asked whether or not he was glad to be still coaching at the collegiate level. Recently the Tar Heels head man has been dealing with questions surrounding his enjoyment of coaching and whether or not he would call it quits in the near future. But as it stands right now, Brown is glad to be back coaching college football.

“I’m glad I made the move back, Paul, because my gift is to try to help kids. And the kids need help more now than ever before,” said Brown. “I love the game of football; it’s been so important to me, and we need help. We’ve got a lot of things we gotta figure out; we gotta figure it out fast.”

Brown, along with plenty of other college football head coaches, have voiced their concerns when it comes to the organization surrounding the new age of college football. Some have likened it to the wild wild west with how recruits are getting persuaded to flip commitments using unjust methods. That does not sit well with Brown. And he’s using his voice as one of the older coaches and college football to let it be known that there is a problem that must be quickly addressed.

“It’s still a wonderful game. The kids are great, but I feel like I’m in a position right now where as an older statesman in this business, I can say what I think. A lot of young coaches can’t. A lot of them are trying to keep their job or trying to get a better job. I’m not trying to do either. So it’s a point in my life where; I remember Coach Paterno would say anything he wanted, and I said, ‘Coach, how do you do that?’ He said, ‘Ahh, you get to a certain age, you just say what you really feel instead of what you’re supposed to say.’ And I’m kind of at that point, Paul.”

At 71 years of age, Brown is getting a bit long in the tooth. Still, he is not letting that stop him from doing something that he has enjoyed being a part of since 1973. Brown not only enjoys being a college football coach, but he also relishes the position that he is currently in as an elder statesman. Because for him, he can now say what is truly on his mind about the game he loves so much.