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Brian Braswell

Brian Braswell

Brian Braswell is entering his fourth season as Maryland's offensive line coach in 2024. Braswell brings five seasons of NFL experience to Maryland, spending 2014-18 in the AFC North, as an Assistant Offensive Line and Quality Control Coach for the Cleveland Browns and Cincinnati Bengals.
Braswell led a strong offensive line unit in 2023 as his group helped quarterback Taulia Tagovailoa become the Big Ten's all-time leader in passing yardage. Delmar Glaze earned Third Team All-Big Ten honors of his career and later was selected in the 2024 NFL Draft.

Glaze started every game at left tackle for the Terps in 2023, anchoring an offensive line that blocked for the fourth-ranked overall offense in the Big Ten (387.3 ypg) and the top-ranked passing offense (278.9 passing ypg) in the league. He finished the season as the second-rated pass blocking tackle in the Big Ten via Pro Football Focus with an 83.1 grade and the fourth-rated tackle overall (over 750 snaps).

In the 2022 season, Braswell's offensive line once again bolstered a terrific passing unit, one that finished third in the Big Ten in passing yards per game (260.2). Additionally, tackles Jaelyn Duncan and Spencer Anderson were both selected in the 2023 NFL Draft. Duncan earned All-Big Ten honors while Anderson posted the third-highest pass blocking grade of any Big Ten guard with over 800 snaps, via Pro Football Focus, in 2022 with a score of 78.4.

In his first season as offensive line coach in 2021, Braswell led a unit that blocked one of the best passing units in the country, protecting  Tagovailoa to a record-setting season, breaking the Maryland program records for passing yards (3,860), completions (328), completion percentage (69.2) and passing touchdowns (26 – ties school record).

Anderson and Duncan both earned All-Big Ten accolades under Braswell while blocking for the 13th-ranked pass offense in the nation. Anderson was the highest graded pass blocking tackle in the Big Ten by Pro Football Focus, earning a 86.6 grade during the season. Braswell also oversaw the rise of Delmar Glaze, who started the last five games of the season and rated as the fourth best pass blocking tackle in the Big Ten with a 82.9 grade. 
 
The Bengals made the playoffs in each of the two seasons that Braswell worked in Cincinnati as the Assistant Offensive Line and Quality Control Coach and won the AFC North in 2015, putting together an impressive 22-9-1 record over those two years.
 
The Georgia native also spent the spring and summer of 2010 with the Steelers and spent part of 2013 working with the Bengals as part of the NFL's Bill Walsh Minority Internship coaching program.
 
Braswell served as a volunteer analyst for the Terps during the 2020 season, working with the offensive line. Prior to that, he coached in the XFL, serving as the Offensive Line Coach for the St. Louis Battlehawks. 
 
Before his time with the Browns and Bengals, Braswell coached at Morehouse College, an NCAA Division II school in Atlanta, Ga. From 2008-13, he served as the Offensive Line Coach and Run Game Coordinator. He also coached the field goal and extra point teams, and he developed and installed strength programs for athletes at the school. 
 
Braswell graduated from Hampton (Va.) University, where he played center and tackle on the football team.

Updated July 10, 2024
Personal Information
  • Full Name: Brian Braswell
  • Education: Hampton, 2004
Playing Experience
  • 2000-03: Hampton, offensive line
Coaching Experience
  • 2008-13: Morehouse College, Offensive Line/Run Game Coordinator
  • 2013-16: Cincinnati Bengals, Offensive Quality Control
  • 2016-18: Cleveland Browns, Offensive Quality Control
  • 2020: St. Louis Battlehawks (XFL), Offensive Line
  • 2021-present: Maryland, Offensive Line