R . R . Brown Robert Roswell " Buster " Brown ( November 28 , 1879 – December 24 , 1950 ) was an American football player , coach of football , basketball , and baseball , and college athletics administrator . After playing college football at Dartmouth College , he coached football teams at Virginia Tech , North Carolina , Washington and Lee , and Tulane . In 1910 , he moved to Roswell , New Mexico , where he served for more than 25 years as the football coach and athletic director at the New Mexico Military Institute . Athlete . Brown was born on November 28 , 1879 in Joliet , Illinois . He attended high school in Elgin , Illinois , graduating in 1898 . He played football and baseball in high school and also competed for the Elgin Athletic Club football team in 1898 and 1899 . In 1900 , he enrolled at Dartmouth College where he played football for the Dartmouth Big Green football team as a halfback and fullback . He attended Dartmouth from 1900 to 1903 . College coach . Early years . Brown served as the head football coach at Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute — now Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University — in 1902 , at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1904 , and Washington and Lee University from 1905 to 1908 . In 1909 , he was head football coach at Tulane University , which he led to a 4 – 3 – 2 record . Brown was also the head baseball coach at Virginia Tech in 1904 . In 1905 , Brown accepted a position as the athletic director and coach at Washington and Lee . He remained at Washington and Lee until 1910 . New Mexico . Brown moved to Roswell , New Mexico in 1910 and became the football coach and athletic director at the New Mexico Military Institute . In his first year as the head coach at NMMI , he led the team to a 2 – 0 record with wins over New Mexico State ( 5 – 0 ) and New Mexico ( 80 – 0 ) . He also led the team to undefeated records in 1912 , 1916 , 1917 , and 1919 . Players from his 1912 team were selected for four of the eleven spots on the 1912 All - Southwestern Eleven . In a historical account of that institution ' s football program , Brown is credited with the development of the program : " Gradually , football got under way and with the arrival of Mr . R . R . Brown and professional , precision coaching in 1910 , interest in the sport boomed and regional success followed . " With the exception of a brief period when he coached at New Mexico College of Agriculture , Brown remained the head coach at the New Mexico Military Institute until at least 1937 . Brown also served as the head football coach at New Mexico College of Agriculture , now known as New Mexico State University from 1923 to 1925 . He led the 1923 New Mexico State Aggies football team to an undefeated 9 – 0 record , including victories over Hardin – Simmons , University of New Mexico , and University of Texas at El Paso . In April 1928 , Brown was selected as an aid in the southwest to Notre Dame Fighting Irish football coach Knute Rockne . In July 1928 , Brown traveled to the 1920 Summer Olympics as part of Rockne ' s Olympic party , a group that also included Glenn Scobey Warner . As of 1918 , Brown was also employed as a bank clerk at the First National Bank in Roswell . In a passport application filed that same year , he identified his profession as an athletic director and teacher . During World War I , he traveled to France for one year as part of a Y . M . C . A . service . At the time of the 1930 U . S . Census , Brown was still living in Roswell , New Mexico , where he was employed as a teacher at the state school . Brown died on December 24 , 1950 in Roswell . He had retired from his position as athletic director at the New Mexico Military Institute in 1948 .