These videos show RB coach Gary Brown’s impact on the Dallas Cowboys

On Sunday, the Dallas Cowboys announced some devastating news about a beloved member of the organization. The team’s former running backs coach of seven years, Gary Brown, passed away after being treated for cancer and dealing with multiple health issues. He was 52 years old.

The outpour of memories and kind words from those who were coached by or worked with Brown truly showed how excellent of a human he was. Among the messages from those who he knew personally, a few videos surfaced after the news of his passing that really exemplified who he was as a coach. Although he was struggling with health issues, he remained a vibrant and supportive coach on the sidelines.

In this first video from 2016, you see Brown and other players on the sideline doing what looks like a dance move together. It actually stemmed from a warm-up move that running back Lance Dunbar would do in his routine. The coach and his teammates made him do it after his first touchdown.

This incredibly sweet moment was captured during a game. Brown was unsure if he would be brought back as a coach and wanted his backs to know that he loved them like sons and that they made his life better.

Dallas Cowboys long-time running backs coach Gary Brown dies at 52 after a long battle with cancer

Before he was a coach, he was a star on the football field himself. Brown accumulated 1,321 yards in his time at Penn State. From there, he was drafted in the eighth round of the 1991 NFL Draft by the Houston Oilers. He played in the league for eight years with the Oilers, Chargers, and Giants before retiring in 1999.

Brown was diagnosed with colon and liver cancer when he was with the Cleveland Browns as a running backs coach from 2009 to 2012 – his first NFL coaching job. The coach had chemotherapy and surgery and returned to the sidelines. The former pro was brought on by the Cowboys in 2013. In his seven years with Dallas, he helped three different backs record 1,000-yard seasons: DeMarco Murray, Darren McFadden, and Ezekiel Elliott.

Mike McCarthy did not keep Brown on staff after the 2019 season. Shortly after, another malignant tumor was found in his pancreas. Although he did not coach in 2020, the man who showed a clear love for coaching went back to the turf to be the running backs coach for the Wisconsin Badgers in 2021. Continued health problems made him unable to attend the school’s bowl game in December. He was allegedly in hospice care when he passed.

This heartbreaking news comes on the heels of the recent passing of both Marylyn Love and Rayfield Wright. Our thoughts and prayers are with Brown’s family and friends.