[1] Braun began his coaching career as a graduate assistant at Winona State University, his alma mater, in 2008.
In 2011 he returned to Winona State[2] where he worked as the co-defensive coordinator and linebackers coach[3] until the end of the 2014 season.
He was named the defensive coordinator and safeties coach at North Dakota State University in January 2019.
[6][7][8] Braun was hired by head coach Pat Fitzgerald as defensive coordinator at Northwestern in January 2023.
[9][10] After Fitzgerald was fired amid allegations of widespread hazing within the football program, Braun was named Northwestern's interim head coach.