David Steven Brown (January 16, 1953 – January 10, 2006) was an American football player and coach. Brown played 15 seasons in the National Football League (NFL) at the cornerback position for the Pittsburgh Steelers (1975), Seattle Seahawks (1976–1986), and Green Bay Packers (1987–1989). He was selected as a second-team All-NFL player in 1984 and a second-team All-AFC player in 1985. His 62 career interceptions ranks tied for tenth in NFL history, and his 50 interceptions with the Seahawks remains a club record. Brown also played college football as a safety and punt returner for the University of Michigan from 1972 to 1974. While playing for Michigan, compiled 526 punt return yards (11.7 yards per return), three punt returns for touchdowns, 174 tackles, nine interceptions, 202 interception return yards, and 15 pass breakups. He was selected as a consensus first-team defensive back on the 1973 College Football All-America Team and a unanimous first-team pick in 1974. He was posthumously inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2007. In his later years, Brown pursued a career in coaching. He was the defensive backs coach for the Seattle Seahawks from 1992 to 1998 and for the Texas Tech Red Raiders football team from 2001 until his death in January 2006. Early years Brown was born in Akron, Ohio, in 1953. His father, Asa Brown, was a skilled rubber worker at a Goodyear tire plant in Akron. Brown played football at Garfield High School in Akron, and graduated in 1971; he began as a quarterback, then played wide receiver and defensive back. University of Michigan Brown enrolled at the University of Michigan in 1971 and played college football as a safety and punt returner for head coach Bo Schembechler's Wolverines from 1972 to 1974. Recruited to Michigan as a wide receiver, Brown played on both offense and defense on the freshman team in 1971. As a sophomore in 1972, Brown started all eleven games at safety. Michigan compiled a 10–1 record and allowed opponents to score only 57 points (5.2 points per game). Brown had three interceptions in 1972, including two interceptions in one game against Minnesota for 82 return yards. He also contributed 11 punt returns for 189 yards (including an 83-yard return for touchdown against Navy), 73 tackles, eight pass breakups and two fumble recoveries, and was first-team All Big Ten. Until the 1975 season, the Big Ten allowed