Brian Stewart (American football)

Brian Stewart (born December 4, 1964) is an American football coach who is the defensive coordinator for Middle Tennessee.

He transferred to Santa Monica City College after his freshman season, when he was ruled academically ineligible.

Stewart began his collegiate career as an offensive assistant at Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo, working with the wide receivers in 1993 and the running backs in 1994, when the school won the American West Conference title.

In 2002, he began his NFL career as the assistant defensive backs coach with the expansion Houston Texans.

In 2004, he was hired as the secondary coach with the San Diego Chargers under defensive coordinator Wade Phillips.

[1] In 2007, when Phillips became the head coach of the Dallas Cowboys, he named Stewart as the defensive coordinator.