24 Cal Poly Assistant Football Coaches Josh Brown
Jamar Cain
Second Year • San Jose State ‘03
Third Year • New Mexico State ‘02
Assistant Coach (Linebackers/Special Teams Coor.)
Assistant Coach (Defensive Line)
Josh Brown, who spent the 2009 season as the defensive quality control coach at the University of Kansas, working directly with the linebackers, was hired at Cal Poly in early 2010 as an assistant coach in charge of the inside linebackers. Brown, who also serves as the Special Team Coordinator, is a 2003 San Jose State graduate with a bachelor’s degree in sociology. He played football at San Luis Obispo High School in the early 1990s. Brown coached the linebackers and was recruiting coordinator at Sacramento State for the 2007 and 2008 seasons. The Hornets posted their first six-win season in 15 years in 2008 and had the No. 14-ranked rush defense in the Football Championship Subdivision in 2007. Both squads produced a pair of first-team All-Big Sky Conference linebackers as well as an honorable mention. Brown was a defensive graduate assistant at Arizona State in 2006, an assistant coach at Foothill College from 2000-05, an assistant at Gavilan College for the 1999 season and was linebackers coach at San Luis Obispo High School in 1998, helping the Tigers to a 12-2 mark and CIF-Southern Section runner-up finish. A 1994 graduate of San Luis Obispo High School, Brown played two seasons at Gavilan College and one year at Oklahoma. He earned his master's degree in curriculum and instruction, secondary education, at Arizona State in 2007. Brown, who will turn 35 this season, and his wife, Kasey, have one son, Ty. Kasey’s father is Mike Church, a former standout defensive back for the Mustangs who also twice served as an assistant coach at Cal Poly.
Jamar Cain, hired in March 2009 to coach the defensive line at Cal Poly, coached the defensive ends at Missouri State for three seasons (2006-08). Prior to 2006, he held a coaching position on the grid staff at Ohio University. Cain is a native of Sacramento and a 2002 graduate of New Mexico State. He is also completing work on a master’s degree from Ohio University, where he served as a graduate assistant coach in 2005. Cain played football for two seasons as a defensive lineman at Sacramento City College and was a first-team all-state selection for the Panthers. He spent his final two seasons at New Mexico State and was a second-team all-league defensive lineman in the Sun Belt Conference. He spent two seasons as a high school coach and one year as an assistant coach at Sacramento City College and was an assistant coach during the 2005 season on the staff of head coach Frank Solich at Ohio University. Cain’s coaching responsibilities at Ohio were with the defensive ends and he had a number of additional duties within the Ohio program. Cain participated in the National Football League’s minority internship in the summer of 2008 with the Arizona Cardinals and in the summer of 2009 with the Kansas City Chiefs. He also assisted the Arizona Cardinals during training camp in 2008. Cain, 32, and his wife, DeCarla, have a son, Cosby, 4, and a daughter, Cali, 3.
The Brown File Year at Cal Poly: Second Birthdate: Nov. 17, 1976 Marital Status: Married to Kasey Church High School: San Luis Obispo High School College: San Jose State -- Bachelor’s Degree ‘03 Arizona State -- Master’s Degree ‘07 Coaching Timeline: 1999 Gavilan College (assistant coach) 2000-05 Foothill College (assistant coach) 2006 Arizona State (defensive graduate assistant) 2007-08 Sacramento State (linebackers/recruiting coor.) 2009 Kansas (quality control coach/linebackers) 2010-Pres. Cal Poly (assistant coach/LBs/special teams coor.)
The Cain File Year at Cal Poly: Third Birthdate: June 13, 1979 Marital Status: Married to DeCarla Kincy High School: Valley High School (Sacramento, CA) College: Bachelor’s Degree -- New Mexico State ‘02 Coaching Timeline: 2002-03 John P. Kennedy High School (assistant coach) 2004 Sacramento City College (assistant coach) 2005 Ohio University (graduate asst./defensive ends) 2006-08 Missouri State (defensive ends) 2009-Pres. Cal Poly (defensive line)