Alex Brown was hired as SMU’s director of scouting in January 2022 and was elevated to the senior director of personnel/general manager.
Brown came to the Hilltop after three seasons at Rice, where he served as the director of football recruiting as well as the Owls’ NFL liaison. Prior to his time at Rice, he spent four seasons as part of the recruiting staff at Houston, most recently as recruiting coordinator after three seasons as the assistant director of player personnel and pro liaison and one as a football recruiting assistant.
Prior to his time in collegiate athletics, Brown spent four year as the head central scout for Optimum Scouting where he scouted the Big 12, SEC, Southland, Missouri Valley, MIAA, Lone Star Conference and all D3/NAIA schools in the state of Texas. In his position, he graded NFL Draft prospects via film study, play charting, statistical analysis and live evaluations.
Brown also served stints with NFL Network, USA Football and Bleacher Report.
Brown graduated cum laude from UT Arlington in 2014 with a bachelor's of business administration - economics.
