He’s close with Todd Gurley
While Gurley left Georgia one year before Brown arrived as the running backs coach, the two are apparently close. That’s what Bruce Feldman of Fox Sports said when he reported that Brown was in line to be hired by the Rams.
SOURCES: #SouthCarolina RB coach Thomas Brown is expected to take a job on the #Rams staff.
The former #UGA running back didn’t coach Bulldogs great Todd Gurley in Athens but have heard they are close.— Bruce Feldman (@BruceFeldmanCFB) February 8, 2020
Being former Bulldogs, it’s no surprise that there’s a connection between Gurley and Brown. They both played running back at Georgia, even though it was about a decade apart.
This bodes well for Gurley’s future with the Rams, even though it doesn’t guarantee he’s going to be on the roster in 2020. The fact that McVay hired a coach with ties to Gurley is a good sign, though.