Richard Brown was hired to the Cal Lutheran football coaching staff in the summer of 2021. He is the recruiting coordinator and also coaches the safety position. 

Coach Brown has developed a successful coaching resume over the past nine years on the offensive and defensive side of the ball. He has a successful track record coaching defensive backs and wide receivers at the high school and collegiate level. Brown is a highly motivated and efficient coach with vast knowledge in principles of sports-specific training, day-to-day football operations, team personal management, and extended ability to maintain a positive relationship and educate student athletes.

A native of Southern California, Brown played collegiately at the Division I Football Championship Subdivision (I-AA) at Western Illinois. He started his playing career at Los Angeles Valley Community College. After graduating from college, Brown moved on to play professional football in the Arena Football League. Following a three-year football career with Kansas City Brigade, Iowa Barnstormers, Texas Copperheads as Wide Receiver and Defensive back, Brown decided to move into the coaching ranks, starting as the assistant defensive backs and wide receivers at Calabasas High School in 2011.

In year two at Calabasas high school, the Calabasas Coyotes secondary was ranked second in the Miramonte League Conference in interceptions. Brown helped two Guttridge players make First and Second Team All-Conference teams.

After two years of coaching in high school, Coach brown moved on to spend the next four seasons (2013-16) as an assistant coach at Occidental College (NCAA Division III) working with the wide receivers. During the next four years, Occidental College had the nations top pass offense.

At Occidental, Brown coached Cordell Harris (2016) to First Team All-Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) at Wide Receiver. Harris finished fourth in school history all-purpose yardage. Devin Bullock (2015) finished eighth in school history in receiving yardage and touchdowns for a single season. Sam Stekol (2013, '14) earned First-All Team Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) at wide receiver and finished second in receiving yardage and touchdowns in school history. 

With the tutelage and success Brown had at Occidental College on the ball's offensive side, he decided to become an assistant coach working with wide receivers and recruiting coordinator at Azusa Pacific University (NCAA Division II). As a wide receiver coach at Azusa Pacific University, Coach Brown development a promising young unit that included Weston Carr to becoming a D2 NCAA All-American in (2018) and earning All First Team GNAC wide receiver (2018 and '19) and Brandon Jackson (2018 & '19) who earned All First Team GNAC wide receiver.

Brown graduated from Western Illinois with a degree in General Studies and a minor in marketing in 2012. He is married to Jeannine and has two daughters, Meeka and Harlee.