BOONE, N.C. — Appalachian State's Greg Gasparato and Bryan Brown have received national recognition as the 2018 FootballScoop Defensive Backs Coaches of the Year.
Presented by AstroTurf, prior winners selected this year's winners among the only set of college football awards that recognize the most outstanding position coaches. App State becomes just the third Group of Five program to be represented among the 11 winners of the defensive back coaches award.
Gasparato and Brown will receive their award and be recognized during the American Football Coaches Association Convention in January. The other finalists were the defensive backs coaches from Mississippi State, Notre Dame and Miami.