In six seasons as Purdue’s head coach, Jeff Brohm built a winning brand of Purdue Football. Along with four bowl appearances and three memorable victories over Top 5 teams throughout his tenure, Brohm’s Boilermakers captured the first Big Ten West title in school history to advance to the 2022 Big Ten Championship.
Prior to his arrival in West Lafayette, the Boilermakers won a combined nine games over four seasons. In his six seasons at Purdue, Brohm compiled a 36-34 overall mark with the Boilermakers. He led the program to notable victories, posting three wins over Top 3 teams: No. 2 Ohio State in 2018; No. 2 Iowa in 2021; and, No. 3 Michigan State in 2021.
Over his final two seasons, Brohm's teams compiled a 17-9 record, including a 9-4 mark in 2021 – the school's first nine-win season since 2003. The school achieved back-to-back winning seasons for the first time since 2006-07.
Brohm’s three fundamental concepts – playing harder, tougher and smarter than the opposition – were the benchmarks for his program. His calling cards of creative play-calling and an explosive, high-powered offense has led Purdue to average 419.8 yards per game and 27.6 points per game in his six seasons.
Playing in Brohm’s offense, Boilermakers have been recognized across the league and nationally. They have collected a variety of individual honors, including back-to-back Big Ten Freshman of the Year awards (Rondale Moore – 2018, David Bell – 2019), two Big Ten Wide Receiver of the Year awards (Moore – 2018, Bell – 2021), the Big Ten Tight End of the Year award (Brycen Hopkins – 2019), and the 2018 Paul Hornung Award winner (Moore) as the nation’s most versatile player.
Four Boilermakers have become All-Americans during Brohm’s tenure in West Lafayette. Rondale Moore became first true freshman consensus First Team All-American in Big Ten history in 2018 before wide receiver David Bell and defensive end George Karlaftis earned All-American honors following the 2021 season. Bell was a consensus All-American, joining Moore as the second under Brohm and the 21st in Purdue history. In 2022, Charlie Jones became the newest All-American wide receiver following a record-breaking season in which he led the nation in receptions.
Brohm and his staff continue to make moves on the recruiting trail, signing two of the highest-ranked recruiting classes in school history 2019 and 2020. Purdue’s 2019 class was ranked 25th nationally - the highest since Joe Tiller inked the No. 20 class in 2004.
The 2021 season featured a 9-4 record, the second-most wins in a single season in Purdue history. The Boilermakers tied for second in the Big Ten West, which included a pair of Top 5 victories over No. 2 Iowa and No. 3 Michigan State that handed both teams their first loss of their respective 2021 campaigns. The season was capped off with a thrilling 48-45 overtime victory over Tennessee at the TransPerfect Music City Bowl in Nashville.
Led by Second Team All-B1G quarterback Aidan O’Connell and Big Ten Wide Receiver of the Year David Bell, the 2021 Boilermakers ranked fifth nationally in passing offense at 355.4 yards per game. On the other side of the ball, which included All-American defensive end George Karlaftis, Purdue boasted an improved defense that ranked 23rd in the red zone. Bell and Karlaftis earned All-American honors at the end of the year to become the first Purdue teammates to achieve All-America status in 41 years.
Under Brohm’s leadership, the Boilermakers battled their way through a tough 2020 season that saw a pair of games get scrubbed due to the COVID-19 virus and the schedule shortened to merely six games due to the worldwide pandemic. In the modified season, Purdue led the Big Ten in passing yards per game (309.0) and finished sixth in the conference in total offensive yards per game (390.5). The Boilers averaged 27.2 points per game in 2020.
The 2019 campaign was derailed by injuries to 19 starters, but many young players from the Boilermakers highly-touted recruiting classes of 2018 and 2019 gained valuable game experience that will lay a solid foundation for future seasons.
Purdue exceeded all expectations in his first season in 2017 and made noise throughout college football. The Boilermakers won seven games, recaptured both of its rivalry trophies (the Cannon and the Old Oaken Bucket), and capped the season with Foster Farms Bowl victory over Arizona. They followed that up in 2018 with another Bowl appearance, and Top 25 victories over Boston College, Iowa, and a historic victory over No. 2 Ohio State.
Brohm was hired Dec. 5, 2016, as the 36th full-time head football coach in Purdue history. Widely regarded as one of the most innovative offensive masterminds in college football, he became the first former quarterback to engineer the Boilermakers since Bob DeMoss in 1970.
Brohm came to the Boilermakers from Western Kentucky, where he compiled a remarkable 30-10 overall record (.750 winning percentage), including a 19-5 Conference USA mark (.792), from 2014 to 2016. The Hilltoppers were league champions in 2015 and 2016, the school’s first back-to-back titles as an FBS member. They won the 2014 Bahamas Bowl (49-48 over Central Michigan) and the 2015 Miami Beach Bowl (45-35 over Miami), as well as the 2016 Boca Raton Bowl (51-31 over Memphis under interim head coach Nick Holt). Western Kentucky was ranked No. 24 in the final 2015 Associated Press poll.
Under Brohm, the Hilltoppers averaged 44.6 points, 356.6 passing yards and 526.2 yards of total offense per game over three seasons. Their starting quarterbacks completed 69.2 percent of their passes and threw 131 touchdowns with merely 25 interceptions. The offense averaged 7.3 yards per play, while running 72.1 plays per game. Western Kentucky broke more than 75 school offensive records since 2013, when Brohm served as assistant head coach, offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach.
Western Kentucky ranked in the top 10 nationally in scoring offense (No. 6 in 2014, No. 3 in 2015 and No. 1 in 2016), passing offense (No. 2 in 2014, No. 4 in 2015 and No. 5 in 2016) and total offense (No. 4 in 2014, No. 9 in 2015 and No. 5 in 2016) each of Brohm’s three seasons as head coach.
At the same time, the Hilltoppers improved their scoring defense from 121st nationally in 2014 (39.9) to 41st in 2016 (24.6), their total defense from 120th (509.9) to 41st (367.6) and their rushing defense from 111th (220.8) to second (97.2).
Previously, Brohm served as an assistant coach at Louisville (quarterbacks 2003-06, assistant head coach/passing game 2007, assistant head coach/offensive coordinator 2008), Florida Atlantic (quarterbacks 2009), Illinois (quarterbacks 2010-11), UAB (offensive coordinator/quarterbacks 2012) and Western Kentucky (assistant head coach/offensive coordinator/quarterbacks 2013). He began his career as the head coach of the Louisville Fire in the af2 in 2002.
Brohm enjoyed an outstanding collegiate career at Louisville from 1989 to 1993. A three-year starter, he still ranks among the Cardinals’ career leaders in touchdown passes (tied for seventh, 38), total offense (eighth, 5,410), completion percentage (ninth, .562), passing yards (ninth, 5,451), passing efficiency (ninth, 129.97), passing attempts (10th, 715) and completions (10th, 402) through the 2021 season. Brohm was voted the team’s Most Valuable Player during both his junior and senior seasons, and his number 11 became part of the Louisville Ring of Honor in 2006.
Brohm played in the NFL with the San Diego Chargers (1994), Washington Redskins (1995-96), San Francisco 49ers (1997-98), Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1998), Denver Broncos (1999) and Cleveland Browns (2000). In eight career games - all with the 49ers - he completed 37 of 58 passes (63.8 percent) for 353 yards with one touchdown and one interception. His best game came Oct. 27, 1996, when he completed 19 of 30 passes for 176 yards and a touchdown to lead San Francisco to a 10-9 win over the Houston Oilers. In 2001, Brohm played in the XFL for the Orlando Rage and was named first-team All-XFL.
Brohm was a standout player at Trinity High School in Louisville, Kentucky. He won the Kentucky Mr. Football Award as a senior in 1988 while leading the Shamrocks to a state championship and undefeated season. Brohm was named the Kentucky High School Player of the Decade for the 1980s and was inducted into the Kentucky High School Athletic Association Hall of Fame in 2014.
A native of Louisville, Brohm (born April 24, 1971) earned his bachelor’s degree in business administration in 1994. He and his wife, Jennifer, have a son, Brady, and a daughter, Brooke. Jeff is one of four family members to be a football letterwinner at Louisville, along with his father, Oscar (quarterback 1966-69), and brothers, Greg (wide receiver 1989-92) and Brian (quarterback 2004-07). The Brohm family, including mother, Donna, and sister, Kim, was inducted into the Louisville Catholic Sports Hall of Fame in 2013.
Prior to his arrival in West Lafayette, the Boilermakers won a combined nine games over four seasons. In his six seasons at Purdue, Brohm compiled a 36-34 overall mark with the Boilermakers. He led the program to notable victories, posting three wins over Top 3 teams: No. 2 Ohio State in 2018; No. 2 Iowa in 2021; and, No. 3 Michigan State in 2021.
Over his final two seasons, Brohm's teams compiled a 17-9 record, including a 9-4 mark in 2021 – the school's first nine-win season since 2003. The school achieved back-to-back winning seasons for the first time since 2006-07.
Brohm’s three fundamental concepts – playing harder, tougher and smarter than the opposition – were the benchmarks for his program. His calling cards of creative play-calling and an explosive, high-powered offense has led Purdue to average 419.8 yards per game and 27.6 points per game in his six seasons.
Playing in Brohm’s offense, Boilermakers have been recognized across the league and nationally. They have collected a variety of individual honors, including back-to-back Big Ten Freshman of the Year awards (Rondale Moore – 2018, David Bell – 2019), two Big Ten Wide Receiver of the Year awards (Moore – 2018, Bell – 2021), the Big Ten Tight End of the Year award (Brycen Hopkins – 2019), and the 2018 Paul Hornung Award winner (Moore) as the nation’s most versatile player.
Four Boilermakers have become All-Americans during Brohm’s tenure in West Lafayette. Rondale Moore became first true freshman consensus First Team All-American in Big Ten history in 2018 before wide receiver David Bell and defensive end George Karlaftis earned All-American honors following the 2021 season. Bell was a consensus All-American, joining Moore as the second under Brohm and the 21st in Purdue history. In 2022, Charlie Jones became the newest All-American wide receiver following a record-breaking season in which he led the nation in receptions.
Brohm and his staff continue to make moves on the recruiting trail, signing two of the highest-ranked recruiting classes in school history 2019 and 2020. Purdue’s 2019 class was ranked 25th nationally - the highest since Joe Tiller inked the No. 20 class in 2004.
The 2021 season featured a 9-4 record, the second-most wins in a single season in Purdue history. The Boilermakers tied for second in the Big Ten West, which included a pair of Top 5 victories over No. 2 Iowa and No. 3 Michigan State that handed both teams their first loss of their respective 2021 campaigns. The season was capped off with a thrilling 48-45 overtime victory over Tennessee at the TransPerfect Music City Bowl in Nashville.
Led by Second Team All-B1G quarterback Aidan O’Connell and Big Ten Wide Receiver of the Year David Bell, the 2021 Boilermakers ranked fifth nationally in passing offense at 355.4 yards per game. On the other side of the ball, which included All-American defensive end George Karlaftis, Purdue boasted an improved defense that ranked 23rd in the red zone. Bell and Karlaftis earned All-American honors at the end of the year to become the first Purdue teammates to achieve All-America status in 41 years.
Under Brohm’s leadership, the Boilermakers battled their way through a tough 2020 season that saw a pair of games get scrubbed due to the COVID-19 virus and the schedule shortened to merely six games due to the worldwide pandemic. In the modified season, Purdue led the Big Ten in passing yards per game (309.0) and finished sixth in the conference in total offensive yards per game (390.5). The Boilers averaged 27.2 points per game in 2020.
The 2019 campaign was derailed by injuries to 19 starters, but many young players from the Boilermakers highly-touted recruiting classes of 2018 and 2019 gained valuable game experience that will lay a solid foundation for future seasons.
Purdue exceeded all expectations in his first season in 2017 and made noise throughout college football. The Boilermakers won seven games, recaptured both of its rivalry trophies (the Cannon and the Old Oaken Bucket), and capped the season with Foster Farms Bowl victory over Arizona. They followed that up in 2018 with another Bowl appearance, and Top 25 victories over Boston College, Iowa, and a historic victory over No. 2 Ohio State.
Brohm was hired Dec. 5, 2016, as the 36th full-time head football coach in Purdue history. Widely regarded as one of the most innovative offensive masterminds in college football, he became the first former quarterback to engineer the Boilermakers since Bob DeMoss in 1970.
Brohm came to the Boilermakers from Western Kentucky, where he compiled a remarkable 30-10 overall record (.750 winning percentage), including a 19-5 Conference USA mark (.792), from 2014 to 2016. The Hilltoppers were league champions in 2015 and 2016, the school’s first back-to-back titles as an FBS member. They won the 2014 Bahamas Bowl (49-48 over Central Michigan) and the 2015 Miami Beach Bowl (45-35 over Miami), as well as the 2016 Boca Raton Bowl (51-31 over Memphis under interim head coach Nick Holt). Western Kentucky was ranked No. 24 in the final 2015 Associated Press poll.
Under Brohm, the Hilltoppers averaged 44.6 points, 356.6 passing yards and 526.2 yards of total offense per game over three seasons. Their starting quarterbacks completed 69.2 percent of their passes and threw 131 touchdowns with merely 25 interceptions. The offense averaged 7.3 yards per play, while running 72.1 plays per game. Western Kentucky broke more than 75 school offensive records since 2013, when Brohm served as assistant head coach, offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach.
Western Kentucky ranked in the top 10 nationally in scoring offense (No. 6 in 2014, No. 3 in 2015 and No. 1 in 2016), passing offense (No. 2 in 2014, No. 4 in 2015 and No. 5 in 2016) and total offense (No. 4 in 2014, No. 9 in 2015 and No. 5 in 2016) each of Brohm’s three seasons as head coach.
At the same time, the Hilltoppers improved their scoring defense from 121st nationally in 2014 (39.9) to 41st in 2016 (24.6), their total defense from 120th (509.9) to 41st (367.6) and their rushing defense from 111th (220.8) to second (97.2).
Previously, Brohm served as an assistant coach at Louisville (quarterbacks 2003-06, assistant head coach/passing game 2007, assistant head coach/offensive coordinator 2008), Florida Atlantic (quarterbacks 2009), Illinois (quarterbacks 2010-11), UAB (offensive coordinator/quarterbacks 2012) and Western Kentucky (assistant head coach/offensive coordinator/quarterbacks 2013). He began his career as the head coach of the Louisville Fire in the af2 in 2002.
Brohm enjoyed an outstanding collegiate career at Louisville from 1989 to 1993. A three-year starter, he still ranks among the Cardinals’ career leaders in touchdown passes (tied for seventh, 38), total offense (eighth, 5,410), completion percentage (ninth, .562), passing yards (ninth, 5,451), passing efficiency (ninth, 129.97), passing attempts (10th, 715) and completions (10th, 402) through the 2021 season. Brohm was voted the team’s Most Valuable Player during both his junior and senior seasons, and his number 11 became part of the Louisville Ring of Honor in 2006.
Brohm played in the NFL with the San Diego Chargers (1994), Washington Redskins (1995-96), San Francisco 49ers (1997-98), Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1998), Denver Broncos (1999) and Cleveland Browns (2000). In eight career games - all with the 49ers - he completed 37 of 58 passes (63.8 percent) for 353 yards with one touchdown and one interception. His best game came Oct. 27, 1996, when he completed 19 of 30 passes for 176 yards and a touchdown to lead San Francisco to a 10-9 win over the Houston Oilers. In 2001, Brohm played in the XFL for the Orlando Rage and was named first-team All-XFL.
Brohm was a standout player at Trinity High School in Louisville, Kentucky. He won the Kentucky Mr. Football Award as a senior in 1988 while leading the Shamrocks to a state championship and undefeated season. Brohm was named the Kentucky High School Player of the Decade for the 1980s and was inducted into the Kentucky High School Athletic Association Hall of Fame in 2014.
A native of Louisville, Brohm (born April 24, 1971) earned his bachelor’s degree in business administration in 1994. He and his wife, Jennifer, have a son, Brady, and a daughter, Brooke. Jeff is one of four family members to be a football letterwinner at Louisville, along with his father, Oscar (quarterback 1966-69), and brothers, Greg (wide receiver 1989-92) and Brian (quarterback 2004-07). The Brohm family, including mother, Donna, and sister, Kim, was inducted into the Louisville Catholic Sports Hall of Fame in 2013.
| BROHM HEAD COACHING RECORD | ||||
| Year | School | Overall | Conference | Bowl Game |
| 2014 | Western Kentucky | 8-5 | 4-4 C-USA | Bahamas Bowl W 49-48 over Central Michigan |
| 2015 | Western Kentucky | 12-2 | 8-0 C-USA (champions) | Miami Beach Bowl W 45-35 over Miami (Fla.) |
| 2016 | Western Kentucky | 10-3 | 7-1 C-USA (champions) | Boca Raton Bowl |
| 2017 | Purdue | 7-6 | 4-5 B1G | Foster Farms Bowl W 38-35 over Arizona |
| 2018 | Purdue | 6-7 | 5-4 B1G | Music City Bowl L 14-63 to Auburn |
| 2019 | Purdue | 4-8 | 3-6 B1G | |
| 2020 | Purdue | 2-4 | 2-4 B1G | |
| 2021 | Purdue | 9-4 | 6-3 B1G | TransPerfect Music City Bowl W 48-45 (OT) over Tennessee |
| 2022 | Purdue | 8-5 | 6-3 B1G (B1G West Champions) | Did not coach Cheez-It Citrus Bowl vs. LSU |
| Totals | 66-44 (.600) | 45-30 (.600) | ||
| BROHM COACHING HISTORY | |||
| 2002 | Louisville Fire - af2 (head coach) | ||
| 2003-06 | Louisville (quarterbacks) | ||
| 2007 | Louisville (assistant head coach/passing game) | ||
| 2008 | Louisville (assistant head coach/offensive coordinator) | ||
| 2009 | Florida Atlantic (quarterbacks) | ||
| 2010-11 | Illinois (quarterbacks) | ||
| 2012 | UAB (offensive coordinator/quarterbacks) | ||
| 2013 | Western Kentucky (assistant head coach/offensive coordinator/quarterbacks) | ||
| 2014-16 | Western Kentucky (head coach) | ||
| 2017-2022 | Purdue (head coach) | ||