Mack Brown reflects on why his model no longer worked in college football

Posted Apr 14, 2025
"How do you coach them like your dad would have done?" Mack Brown pondered on the More Than The Scoreboard podcast. "I kept trying to do it the same way. We signed 26 high school kids two years ago and didn’t pay a penny. And told them you had to earn it when you got there. And that’s not going to work. You’ve got too many people that want money." (On3.com)

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