April 17: Jeff Brohm, Purdue Football Head Coach
Join us on Tuesday, April 17 as we welcome Purdue Football Head Coach Jeff Brohm to Rotary. Brohm played quarterback collegiately at Louisville and for seven seasons in the National Football League. He was hired Dec. 5, 2016, as the 36th full-time head football coach in Purdue history and is widely regarded as one of the most innovative offensive masterminds in college football.
On the strength of three fundamental concepts – playing harder, tougher and smarter than the opposition – the 2017 Boilermakers achieved a 7-6 record, finished tied for third place in the Big Ten Conference West Division and defeated Arizona 38-35 in the Foster Farms Bowl. Purdue won three games in November (29-10 over Illinois for the Cannon trophy, 24-15 at Iowa and 31-24 over Indiana for the Old Oaken Bucket) to become bowl eligible.
A native of Louisville, Brohm (born April 24, 1971) earned his bachelor’s degree in business administration in 1994. He and his wife, Jennifer, have a son, Brady, and a daughter, Brooke. Jeff is one of four family members to be a football letterwinner at Louisville, along with his father, Oscar (quarterback 1966-69), and brothers, Greg (wide receiver 1989-92) and Brian (quarterback 2004-07).
