| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | April 19, 1950 Cookeville, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1969–1972 | Vanderbilt |
| Position(s) | Quarterback |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1973 | Vanderbilt (GA) |
| 1974–1975 | East Carolina (QB/WR) |
| 1976 | Jacksonville State (RB) |
| 1977 | Jacksonville State (OC) |
| 1978 | Texas Tech (QB/WR) |
| 1979–1980 | Austin Peay |
| 1981–1982 | Vanderbilt (OC) |
| 1983 | Cincinnati |
| 1984–1985 | Rice |
| 1986–1990 | Vanderbilt |
| 1991–1992 | Mississippi State (OC) |
| 1993–1994 | Oklahoma (OC) |
| 1995–2006 | UAB |
| 2007–2015 | Tennessee Tech |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1984–1985 | Rice |
| 2002–2005 | UAB |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 136–211–1 |
| Bowls | 0–1 |
| Tournaments | 0–1 (NCAA D-I playoffs) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| OVC (2011) | |
| Awards | |
| OVC Coach of the Year (2011) | |
Lester Watson Brown (born April 19, 1950) is an American retired college football coach and former player. He was most recently the head football coach at Tennessee Technological University, a position he held from 2007 to 2015. Previously, Brown served as the head coach at Austin Peay State University (1979–1980), the University of Cincinnati (1983), Rice University (1984–1985), Vanderbilt University (1986–1990), and the University of Alabama at Birmingham (1995–2006). He was also the athletic director at Rice from 1984 to 1985 and at UAB from 2002 to 2005. Brown played college football as a quarterback at Vanderbilt. He is the older brother of Mack Brown, the head football coach at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.