Gregg Brandon Gregg Brandon ( born February 29 , 1956 ) is the current offensive coordinator of the University of Wyoming Cowboys . Brandon recently coached tight ends in the UFL for the Las Vegas Locomotives . Brandon previously served as Offensive Coordinator for the Virginia Cavaliers for the duration of the 2009 season and head coach for the Bowling Green Falcons , but was fired following the conclusion of the 2008 season , after six years at the helm , which included three bowl appearances and shares of two division titles . Brandon had previously been an Assistant Coach and Offensive Coordinator for former Bowling Green head coach Urban Meyer , before Meyer left for the University of Utah in 2003 . Brandon is married to the former Robyn Mitchell and has two sons , Nicholas and Timothy . Brandon is also uncle to Incarnate Word standout , Paul Townsen . Education . Brandon played football at Air Academy High School in Colorado Springs , Colorado . He went on to compete at the collegiate level as both a defensive back and wide receiver at Colorado Mesa University ( 1974 ) and University of Northern Colorado ( 1975 – 77 ) . He graduated from Northern Colorado in 1978 with a bachelor ' s degree in education . Coaching career . Early career . Brandon began his coaching career as head football coach at Ellicott ( Colo . ) High School . He spent three seasons there ( 1978 – 80 ) before joining the college ranks at Weber State ( under former Washington State and current UTEP coach Mike Price ) , where he would coach the next six seasons ( 1981 – 86 ) . He coached the tight ends and special teams in his first four seasons , the linebackers in his fifth year and the receivers and tight ends during his final year in Ogden . In 1987 was then named receivers coach at Wyoming , where he would work the next four years ( 1987 – 90 ) . During his tenure with head coach Paul Roach , the Cowboys posted a 35 - 15 record , including a 16 - 0 run in Western Athletic Conference play in 1987 and 1988 , and played in three bowls ( ' 87 and ' 88 Holiday and ' 90 Copper ) . In 1991 , he returned to Utah where he coached the linebackers for one season ( 1991 ) at Utah State . The following year , Brandon joined the Northwestern staff as receivers coach . He was also Northwestern ' s recruiting coordinator for his last two seasons there ( 1997 – 98 ) . In his seven seasons at Northwestern , Brandon assembled an extremely talented group of receivers , including D ' Wayne Bates , the second all - time leading receiver in Big Ten history . Bates was a semifinalist for the Biletnikoff Award and an All - America candidate . Brandon would return to the West , spending two seasons at Colorado under Gary Barnett , where he coached the receivers and kickoff return units both years and was the team ' s passing - game coordinator in 2000 and recruiting coordinator in 1999 . Bowling Green . He joined the Falcons as an assistant head coach and offensive coordinator following the 2000 season under head coach Urban Meyer . Following Meyer ' s departure to Utah in 2002 , Gregg Brandon was named the 16th head football coach in Bowling Green ' s history . In his first season as Bowling Green ' s head coach , Brandon lead the Falcons to an 11 - 3 record , a national ranking and an appearance in the 2003 MAC Championship Game , eventually losing to Miami ( OH ) at Doyt Perry Stadium . The Falcons would still be invited to a bowl game , defeating Brandon ' s former Northwestern squad , 28 - 24 at the Motor City Bowl at Ford Field in Detroit , Michigan . The following season , Brandon went 9 - 3 including taking the Falcons to a second consecutive bowl game , defeating Memphis 52 - 35 at the 2004 GMAC Bowl in Mobile , Alabama . The Falcons would finish 6 - 5 in 2005 after losing a hard fought game against arch rival , Toledo in multiple overtimes , a game if the Falcons had won would ' ve gone to their second MAC Championship and could have gone to a bowl game for the third straight year under Brandon . Brandon would suffer his first and only losing season in 2006 , finishing 4 - 8 including losses to rivals Kent State , Miami ( OH ) , and Toledo , as well as becoming the first team to lose to Temple in 20 - games . Brandon ' s Falcons would put the prior season behind them as they would post an 8 - 5 record during their 2007 campaign earning a share of the MAC East Division title , but missing out on the opportunity to play in the MAC Championship game due to a tiebreaker . Brandon would lead the team to its third bowl under his tenure , losing to Tulsa 63 - 7 in the GMAC Bowl . Coming into the 2008 season , the Falcons were picked to be the beast of the MAC East and were projected to reach the MAC Championship Game as well as their second straight bowl game . However , the Falcons had a very disappointing campaign , going 6 - 6 including a 1 - 4 record at home . Following the Falcons double - overtime loss in their home finale against Buffalo , Brandon showed irritation with the fans for their poor attendance at the game as it had championship implications . The day after winning their first road contest at arch rival Toledo since 1994 , Brandon was fired by athletic director Greg Christopher after six years as Bowling Green ' s head coach and posting a 44 - 30 record . Virginia . On December 18 , 2008 , Brandon accepted the position of offensive coordinator at the University of Virginia , replacing Mike Groh ( son of then current Virginia head coach , Al Groh ) , who stepped down a week before Brandon ' s hiring . Brandon had been named a leading candidate for the position soon after Groh ' s resignation .