Jonathan Brewer returned to the Hilltop as quarterbacks coach in December 2021, and was elevated to Co-Offensive Coordinator in February of 2023. Brewer spent the 2020 and 2021 seasons at Miami under Lashlee, after spending two seasons with Lashlee at SMU (2018-19), serving an as senior offensive quality control analyst for the Hurricanes.
In his first season as quarterbacks coach, Brewer helped create the seventh ranked passing offense in the nation, which also finished 12th overall in scoring offense and 14th in total offense. The Mustangs’ 4,117 passing yards and 331 first downs set program marks, while the 36 passing TDs and total plays (1,005) rank second. The 2022 squad also posted top-three program marks in scoring (3rd, 484), passing ypg (3rd, 316.7), completion % (3rd, 64.9), completions (2nd, 333), total offense (3rd, 6147) and first downs - passing (3rd, 174).
Quarterback Tanner Mordecai ranked eighth in the country, with 33 passing TDs thrown, and averaged 293.7 passing yards per game, good enough for 11th in the nation. Mordecai set program records for career TD passes (72), career TDs responsible for (76), career games with 4+ passing TDs (7), career 300-yard passing games (13) and single-game TDs responsible for (10), he also ranks second as a Mustang in career total offense (7454) and third in career passing yards (7152). Mordecai was a semifinalist for the Davey O'Brien and Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Aawrds and was named to the CFPA National Performer of the Year Trophy Midseason Watch List.
During his first season at Miami, the Hurricanes jumped to No. 32 in FBS in total offense (from No. 98), No. 29 in passing offense (from No. 52), No. 26 in scoring offense (from No. 90), No. 17 in red zone offense (from No. 122) and No. 20 in first downs gained (from No. 84). Â Miami finished second in the AAC Coastal standings in 2021 after a 7-5 regular season, and were in the top 25 for fourth down conversion % (10th, .714), passing offense (10th, 321.2), first down offense (14th, 293) and total offense (23rd, 448.8).
Brewer was part of a record-setting offense in 2019 that helped the Mustangs to an historic season, going 10-3 winning the most games since 1984 and earning their highest national ranking since 1985 of No. 15/14. SMU set season records in scoring (544), scoring average (41.8), total yards (6,368), total yards per game (489.8), total plays (1,037), rushing TDS (35), total first downs (322) and total TDs (73), while tying the then-passing TDs record (35). The Mustangs finished in the top 15 of the national rankings in scoring offense (7th, 41.8), total offense (9th, 489.8) and passing offense (13th, 309.0). SMU hadn't cracked the top 25 in any of the three categories in 2018, finishing just outside the top 25 in passing offense at No. 27.
Brewer has also been part of Lashlee's staffs at UConn (2017) and Auburn (2013-16), serving in offensive analyst roles (2016-17) and as a graduate assistant with the Tigers' offensive line (2013-15). Prior to entering the collegiate ranks, Brewer served as an offensive coordinator and assistant at various high schools in Arkansas from 2005-12.
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Brewer graduated from Arkansas in 2010 and earned a master's degree in adult education from Auburn in 2014.
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He is married to the former Danielle Stevens. The couple has three children, two sons, Wynton and Walter, and a daughter, Everlee Grace.
