Former Seattle Seahawks wide receivers coach Charles “Kippy” Brown died this week at 71. He was with the team for five seasons from 2010-2014, one of the most successful periods in franchise history. In light of his passing, members of the 2013 Super Bowl XLVIII champion team spoke to his importance within that locker room—and we should consider his importance on the field, too.
As Seattle’s WRs coach between 2010-2014, he coached two undrafted free agents, Doug Baldwin and Jermaine Kearse, to 7- and 8-year NFL careers, totaling 9,853 yards between the two of them. More importantly, they both fit right into the Seahawks offense, playing roles consistently and making massive plays when called upon. That group, headlined by Baldwin and Kearse and coached by Brown,
helped forge the overperforming and unafraid identity of the Pete Carroll era.
As outsiders discuss the NFL from broad perspectives, they usually overlook WR coaches. Discussions about “the best receiver in the league” dominate the mainstream, and in the internet’s information era, more and more opinions on route-running emerge. Few of them even mention the experts who specialize in teaching the best route-runners in the world. Many Seahawks fans didn’t even know the team’s current WR coach, Frisman Jackson, until he featured on Hard Knocks the last several weeks—even though he coached Jaxon Smith-Njigba to the 2025 NFL Offensive Player of the Year award.
As a tribute to Kippy Brown, consider the importance of WR coaches while football kicks off this week. That’s how you can uncover what’s really going on behind your fantasy football drafts, too. Go upstream and find the source.
And when we discuss the advancement of football, and the Seahawks, let us honor the men who made that cool-looking logo of a bird mean something more than just lines and colors. Now more than ever, it’s synonymous with good wide receiver play—and Kippy Brown helped lay that foundation.
This article originally appeared on Seahawks Wire: Remembering former Seahawks WR Coach Kippy Brown's legacy
