Brian Norwood

Brian Norwood (born August 12, 1965) is an American football coach.

Career Norwood currently serves as defensive passing game coordinator and cornerbacks coach at San Jose State. He was formerly the co-defensive coordinator and safeties coach with Navy Midshipmen football. He also served as co-defensive coordinator and safeties coach with Bill Snyder at Kansas State Wildcats football and Philip Montgomery at Tulsa Golden Hurricane football. This was after holding the position of assistant head coach to Art Briles at Baylor University. Both Norwood and Briles served as assistants to Mike Leach at Texas Tech in 2000. Norwood was also an assistant to Joe Paterno at Penn State from 2001 to 2007. They have five children: Gabe, Jordan, Levi, Brianna, and Zac.

His only daughter, Brianna, attended George Mason University, where she studied sports management and was on the dance team. She worked for the Washington Nationals during the 2012, 2013, and 2014 seasons, meeting Nationals center fielder Michael A. Taylor, now her fiancé.

Norwood's youngest son, Zac, played basketball for Midway High School in Waco, Texas.