Louisville Fire On December 19, 2001, Brohm was named the head coach of the
Louisville Fire arena football team. The Fire started the 0–7 before they defeated the
Carolina Rhinos 31–28 to improve to 1–7. The Fire finished the season 2–14.
Louisville On December 24, 2002,
Bobby Petrino hired Brohm to return to his
alma mater as quarterbacks coach. Brohm worked with first-year starting quarterback
Stefan LeFors, helping him to a 3,145-yard passing season, the third-best in school history. LeFors finished first in the nation in passing efficiency and completion percentage and was named First-team All-
Conference USA. During Brohm's second season, he helped recruit his brother
Brian Brohm, who was one of the most sought-after recruits in the nation. LeFors and Brian split time at quarterback, similar to how Jeff split time as a freshman with Nagle. LeFors and Brohm led the Cardinals to the
2004 Liberty Bowl and a No. 6 ranking to end the season. Brian finished the season as the Conference USA Freshman of the Year, and LeFors was named First-team All-Conference USA and the Conference USA Co-Offensive Player of the Year. In 2005, Brian took over the starting role permanently, leading the Cardinals to an 8–2 regular season and a berth in the
2006 Gator Bowl. Brian tore his
ACL, forcing the Cardinals to start walk-on
Hunter Cantwell. Cantwell completed 15 of his 37 passes for 216 yards, three touchdowns, and three interceptions.
2006 In 2006, Brian Brohm led the Cardinals to a victory over No. 15
Miami (FL), but he injured his thumb in the process, forcing Cantwell into action. Cantwell led the team to victories over
Kansas State and
Middle Tennessee, with Cantwell throwing for a career-high 340 yards against Middle Tennessee, before Brian's return. The Cardinals finished the 2006 season, 12–1, establishing a record high victories for the school in a single season and winning the
2007 Orange Bowl.
2007 After Petrino left Louisville to take the
Atlanta Falcons head coaching job, new Cardinals head coach
Steve Kragthorpe kept Brohm on his staff as an assistant head coach and passing game coordinator. Brohm declined an offer to join
Nick Saban's staff at
Alabama in 2007 to stay with Louisville. The Cardinals offense went in a different direction under the coaching change. Brian threw 473 times, which was second in school history for a single season, but he broke the then record for passing touchdowns in a single season with 30.
2008 He was promoted to
offensive coordinator for the
2008 season. Cantwell in his first season as the starting quarterback threw 16 touchdowns and 16 interceptions and averaged 207.8 passing yards a game. The Cardinals went 5–7 without bowl play for two consecutive years. The Cardinals offense averaged 377 yards a game, ranking 45th overall.
Florida Atlantic Brohm joined his former college head coach
Howard Schnellenberger at
Florida Atlantic for the
2009 season as the quarterback coach. Brohm later revealed that he had been in contact with Schnellenberger for a month prior to the hiring. Brohm inherited
Rusty Smith, who had won the 2007
Sun Belt Conference Offensive Player of the Year, to coach. After just 7 games, Smith had 1,915 yards passing to go along with 14 passing touchdowns and just 5 interceptions, but he sprained his non-throwing shoulder in the 7th game against
Middle Tennessee, ending his career. With the injury, Brohm worked with
Jeff Van Camp to replace Smith. Van Camp finished the year 1,372 yards passing and 12 touchdowns with just two interceptions and a win in the
Shula Bowl.
Illinois Brohm then took a position coaching quarterbacks on
Ron Zook's staff at
Illinois. The move to Illinois reunited Brohm with
Paul Petrino, whom Brohm worked with at Louisville. Brohm and Petrino were tasked with replacing
Juice Williams, and in spring camp
Nathan Scheelhaase emerged as the leading candidate. The Illini named Scheelhaase the starting quarterback as a redshirt freshman, and he made strong progress throughout his first two starts. With Scheelhaase's running ability, Brohm made sure that he taught him to keep running throughout his reads before deciding to run. Scheelhaase really began to start hitting his stride during a 44–10 defeat of
Purdue, throwing for four touchdowns. The Illini finished the regular season 6–6, earning a berth in the
2010 Texas Bowl.
2011 In year two, Brohm worked to improve Scheelhaase's passing in accuracy, decisiveness and drop backs. Scheelhaase got the Illini off to a hot start going 6–0, even defeating #22
Arizona State and Brohm had acknowledged his development as a passer. The Illini would finish the regular season 0–6, costing Zook his job. Brohm was promoted to interim offensive coordinator during the
2011 Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl.
UAB In 2012, new head coach
Garrick McGee hired Brohm to serve as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at
UAB. In an interview prior to the 2012 season, Brohm said he regretted not accepting the position of offensive coordinator with Alabama. The offseason began with redshirt freshman quarterback Austin Brown pushing Jonathan Perry for the starting role. After an 0–3 start, Brohm named Brown the new starting quarterback. In four of his first five starts, Brown threw for 300 yards. The Blazers finished the season 3–9, with the offense finishing 53rd in the country with 417 yards per game.
Western Kentucky 2013 season After a single season at UAB, Brohm decided to take a pay cut and take the assistant head coach and offensive coordinator position at
Western Kentucky University, where he was again coaching under Bobby Petrino. Brohm had to replace Kawaun Jakes, who was the career leader in passing touchdowns and third in passing yards for the Hilltoppers. They selected
Brandon Doughty to be the starter during the 2013 season, and he paired with the returning NCAA single season all-purpose yards record holder,
Antonio Andrews. The Hilltoppers began the season with an upset of
SEC foe
Kentucky. Brohm's lone season as offensive coordinator did not disappoint, as the Hilltoppers averaged 459 yards per game, and both Doughty and Andrews set the single-season record for yards in a season in passing and rushing, respectively.
2014 season On January 8, 2014, Petrino was hired to his former position of head coach at Louisville in place of
Charlie Strong, who left to replace
Mack Brown at
Texas. Brohm was named as a candidate to become head coach that same day. On January 10, 2014, Brohm was officially named the head coach of the Hilltoppers. On August 29, 2014, his Hilltoppers opened the season with a 59–31 win over the
Bowling Green Falcons, scoring more points than during any game in the 2013 season. The team broke school records for total yards in a game (702) and most points scored since moving to the FBS level. Doughty also set three individual records. The following week Brohm suffered his first defeat as a head coach, losing 42–34 to Illinois. After losing 5 out of his first 8 games as a head coach (four of which were by a single possession), the Hilltoppers rallied to win their last four regular season games. This included a win over undefeated #19
Marshall 67–66 in overtime, again breaking the school record for points in an FBS game for the third time of the season. The Hilltoppers 7–5 regular season earned them a berth in the
2014 Bahamas Bowl where they played
Central Michigan Chippewas. Leading 49–14 heading into the fourth quarter, the Chippewas rallied to be down 1-point, but their failed two-point conversion with no time left led to a Hilltoppers victory.
2015 season Brohm made it clear that he wanted to build the Hilltoppers program by recruiting players from Kentucky. Brohm brought in 13 players from the state of Kentucky in first full recruiting class. On September 3, 2015, Brohm won his first game as head coach against an SEC opponent, a 14–12 road win against
Vanderbilt. On September 12, Western Kentucky won, 41–38, against
Louisiana Tech, giving Brohm his tenth win as Western Kentucky's head coach. On September 19, Brohm and the Hilltoppers lost their first game of the season, 35–38, against
Indiana. The Hilltoppers then won four straight games before traveling to
Baton Rouge, Louisiana to face
#5 LSU, where they were defeated 48–20. The Hilltoppers won four straight again to finish the regular season 10–2 (8–0), winning the East Division of
Conference USA. On December 5, Brohm led Western Kentucky to a 45–25 victory over
Southern Miss in the
2015 Conference USA championship game, giving Western Kentucky their first ever Conference USA championship in school history. The win moved Western Kentucky into #25 in the
AP Top 25. This was Western Kentucky's first appearance in the AP poll since moving up to FBS. He finished his second season as the Hilltoppers' head coach with a 12–2 record, with losses against
Indiana and
LSU, and a victory in the
2015 Miami Beach Bowl over
South Florida, 45–35. After trailing, 0–14, in the second quarter, Western Kentucky scored 24 unanswered points as they beat South Florida 24–14.
2016 season On February 3, 2016, Brohm agreed to a contract extension with Western Kentucky. The deal kept him under contract through the 2019 season. After defeating
Rice in the opening game of the 2016 season, Western Kentucky traveled to
#1 Alabama. It was the first time Western Kentucky had played a #1 ranked team since 2012. Western Kentucky then cruised through its non-conference game against
Miami (OH) before being defeated by
Vanderbilt on the final play of the game. After a blowout victory over
FCS Houston Baptist, Western Kentucky lost to
Louisiana Tech. This was Western Kentucky's first conference lost since 2014, which was also to Louisiana Tech. In week seven, the Hilltoppers narrowly defeated Middle Tennessee 44–43 in double overtime, the program's first winning streak over Middle Tennessee since 1980. The Hilltoppers then won their next five games by a minimum of 28 points, once again winning the East Division advancing to the
2016 Conference USA championship game. The championship game was a highly anticipated re-match against Louisiana Tech. In a game that went on to be the highest scoring FBS conference championship game to date, Western Kentucky finally defeated
Skip Holtz's Bulldogs 58–44. On December 4, 2016, Western Kentucky accepted a bid to the
2016 Boca Raton Bowl. They defeated Memphis 51–31.
Purdue 2017 season On December 5, 2016,
Purdue University hired Brohm to be the head coach of the
football team. He went to work on recruiting primarily the offensive and defensive lines as well as wide receiver, bringing in five graduate transfers to help get instant depth, including two offensive linemen and a wide receiver. In his first ever game as head coach, Purdue lost to by
#16 Louisville 35–28 at
Lucas Oil Stadium. The next week Brohm achieved his first win at Purdue with a 44–21 victory over
Ohio and followed that with a blowout win (35–3) at
Missouri. Purdue hosted
#8 Michigan the next week in a game that many Purdue fans saw as the turnaround they had been waiting for since
Joe Tiller, despite losing 28–10. The game saw a sold out
Ross Ade Stadium, its first sell out since 2008 in Tiller's final game as the Purdue head coach. Heading into week 8, Brohm and his team went into
High Point Solutions Stadium to face
Rutgers as they looked to improve 4–3 on the season, but fell short on a two-point conversion, losing the game 12–14. However, Purdue won the fourth game of the season against
Lovie Smith's
Illinois team. This was the first time Purdue had won 4 games in one season since
Danny Hope's final season at Purdue. In week 13, Purdue went into
Iowa and won their biggest game of the season with a 24–15 win over the Hawkeyes. Purdue followed it up with the high point of the season taking the
Old Oaken Bucket in a win against
Indiana 31–24. Entering that rivalry game, both teams were 5–6, meaning the winner would become bowl eligible. Purdue's win was the first for the program against their in-state rivals since 2012. The six wins was enough to get Purdue into the
2017 Foster Farms Bowl, where they would face
Arizona. The bowl game made Brohm only the second head coach in Purdue history, after Tiller, to take Purdue to a bowl game in their first season as head coach. Before the bowl game, there was much speculation surrounding Jeff Brohm around the head coaching vacancy at
Tennessee, some sources even saying that he had accepted the job. However, the two sides never met, killing the speculations after a few hours. Purdue headed into the
Foster Farms Bowl game as slight underdogs, but went on to beating
Arizona 38–35, thanks in help to an Elijah Sindelar touchdown pass in the closing minutes of the game.
2018 season On April 26, 2018, Brohm agreed to a contract extension with Purdue. The deal ran through the 2024 season. In the opening game of the season, which was also the home and conference opener, the Boilermakers were defeated by
Northwestern 27–31. In their next game, the Boilermakers were defeated on a last second field goal by
Eastern Michigan 19–20. In their next game
Missouri, the Boilermakers fell 37–40, with David Blough setting a program record with 572 yards passing. On homecoming, the Boilermakers then defeated
#23 Boston College 30–13. The following week, Purdue beat
Nebraska 42–28. After the bye week, Purdue then went to Champaign and defeated
Illinois 46–7 for its 3rd consecutive victory over the Fighting Illini. The following week, the Boilermakers defeated
#2 Ohio State 49–20. In their 5th conference game, Purdue was defeated by
Michigan State 13–23. The following week, Purdue returned home to take on
#19 Iowa. The Boilermakers beat the Hawkeyes 38–36. The Boilermakers then got beat by
Minnesota 10–41. The Boilermakers then were defeated by
Wisconsin 44–47 in three overtimes. In the
Old Oaken Bucket, Purdue won consecutive games against
Indiana for the first time since 2012, defeating the Hoosiers 28–21. The win secured Purdue's 2nd consecutive bowl game since the 2012 season. Following the season, Purdue was selected for the
Music City Bowl. In the bowl game against
Auburn, Brohm suffered his worst loss at Purdue, losing 14–63. Brohm fell to 1–1 in Bowl Games at Purdue. The Boilermakers finished the season 6–7.
2019 season In their opening game, Purdue was defeated by
Nevada 31–34. In the home opener, the Purdue rolled
Vanderbilt 42–24. In their final non-conference game, Purdue hosted
TCU, and were defeated, 13–34. Following the bye week, Purdue was then defeated by
Minnesota 31–38. Purdue then traveled to
University Park, where they were defeated by
#12 Penn State 7–35. Purdue then returned home for homecoming and defeated
Maryland 40–14. In the next game, the Boilermakers had a loss to
#23 Iowa 20–26. In the battle for the
Purdue Cannon, Purdue got its 1st loss to
Illinois in 4 years, 6–24, securing Brohm's first season without a bowl game. In its second consecutive home game, Purdue took on
Nebraska. Purdue handed Nebraska another loss, 31–27. The next week, Purdue defeated
Northwestern 24–22. After a second bye week, the Boilermakers were dominated bye
#12 Wisconsin 24–42. In the
Old Oaken Bucket, Brohm suffered his first loss to rival
Indiana 41–44. The Boilermakers finished the season 4–8.
2020 season In his 4th season, due to the
COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, Purdue's season was cut to an all conference, eight-game season beginning on October 24. On October 19, 2020, Brohm tested positive for COVID-19. In the season opener, Purdue opened at home and defeated
Iowa 24–20, with offensive coordinator and younger brother
Brian Brohm leading the team as acting head coach. On October 26, Brohm returned a positive COVID-19 test. In the first road game, Brohm was back on the sideline, Purdue defeated
Illinois 31–24. The following week Brohm was scheduled to take on
Wisconsin, but the game was canceled due to a high number of Badger players testing positive for the COVID-19 virus. The next week, the Boilermakers were beaten by
#23 Northwestern 20–27. The Boilermakers then travelled to
Minneapolis where they were defeated by
Minnesota. The next week, Purdue was beaten by
Rutgers 30–37. Purdue finished the regular season after being defeated by
Nebraska 27–37. The following week, Purdue was scheduled to play
Indiana, but Purdue and Indiana announced a mutual one-time cancellation of the
Old Oaken Bucket game scheduled for December 12 after team-related activities were paused because of an elevated number of coronavirus cases within both the Boilermakers' and Hoosiers' programs. On December 13, Purdue and Indiana came to a mutual agreement to reschedule the Old Oaken Bucket game for one week later, on December 18; however, on December 15, both teams again mutually agreed to cancel the Friday contest, due to issues remaining on both teams with COVID complications.
2021 season In the home opener, Purdue defeated
Oregon State 30–21 in their first meeting since the 1967 season. In the first road game, the Boilermakers shutout
UConn 49–0. The following week, Purdue traveled to
Notre Dame to take on
#12 Notre Dame. The Boilermakers were defeated 13–27. In the conference opener, The Boilermakers won a close game 13–9 over
Illinois. The next week at homecoming, Purdue was defeated by
Minnesota 13–20. Following the bye week, Purdue then took on
#2 Iowa winning 24–7. Following the defeat of #2 Iowa, Purdue was ranked #25 in the
AP Poll. It was the first time Purdue had been ranked in the AP Poll since 2007. Purdue then returned home to play
Wisconsin. The Boilermakers fell 13–30. The next week, Purdue bounced back defeating
Nebraska 28–23. Purdue then returned home, defeating
#3 Michigan State 40–29. Purdue then traveled to
Columbus, where they were blown out by
#4 Ohio State 31–59. Purdue wrapped up its road games against
Northwestern winning 32–14, in a game played at
Wrigley Field. On Senior day, Purdue won in a blowout, 44–7 over
Indiana in the Old Oaken Bucket game. The win secured Brohm his 1st winning regular season at Purdue. The win also gave him his 2nd season over .500 at Purdue. The Boilermakers finished the regular season 8–4. Purdue received a bid to play against
Tennessee in the
Music City Bowl. The Boilermakers won a 48–45 overtime thriller to capture Purdue's first 9-win season since 2003.
2022 season In the home opener, Purdue was defeated by
Penn State, 31–35. The following week, Purdue shutout
Indiana State 56–0. Following the shutout win, Purdue traveled to
Syracuse to take on the
Syracuse Orange, where they lost 29–32. The next week was homecoming week, where Purdue delivered a 28–26 win over
Florida Atlantic. The next week, Purdue took on #21
Minnesota, where they won 20–10. The Boilermakers then traveled to
Maryland, where they pulled out a 31–29 win. Purdue returned home the next week to face
Nebraska, where they won 43–37 in a high-scoring shootout. Purdue then traveled to
Wisconsin, where they lost 24–35. Following the loss to the Badgers, Purdue returned home to play
Iowa, and lost 3–24. Purdue bounced back the next week at #21
Illinois, defeating the Illini 31–24. Purdue returned home to West Lafayette the next weekend, where they beat
Northwestern 17–9. Following Iowa's loss to Nebraska on November 25, Purdue had an opportunity to clinch the Big Ten West by beating Indiana. The Boilermakers were up to the task, routing the Hoosiers 30–16 in front of a sellout crowd. Following the victory, Purdue was Big Ten West Champions for the first time in school history and earned the right to face undefeated #2
Michigan at the Big Ten Championship Game in
Indianapolis. Purdue then went on to play LSU in a bowl game where they would ultimately lose. Purdue finished the regular season 8–4, with 2021–2022 as the first back-to-back 8–4 seasons or better since
1997–
1998.
Louisville 2023 season On December 7, 2022, Brohm was hired to be the head football coach at his alma mater,
Louisville, following
Scott Satterfield's departure to become head coach at the
University of Cincinnati. The Cardinals began the season 6–0. This streak was capped off by a win at home in front of a record crowd over top 10
Notre Dame. Louisville clinched a spot in the
2023 ACC Championship Game with a win over
Miami on the road, marking the programs first appearance since joining the conference in 2014. The Cardinals finished the regular season 10–2 with a 7–1 conference record. Louisville went on to lose to #4
Florida State 16–6 in the ACC Championship Game. The Cards ended the season in the
2023 Holiday Bowl against the
USC Trojans, where they lost 28–42. Louisville finished the season with three straight loses to end the season with a 10–4 record.
2024 season In part due to a tougher schedule, Louisville regressed in Brohms' second year and finished 8–4 in the regular season with a 5–3 conference record. All four loses came by one score and all but one to playoff contenders. Louisville lost on the road at national title runner-up, 14–2
Notre Dame, at home to ACC runner-up and playoff participant, 11–3
SMU, and to 10–3
Miami, who was the second team out of the playoff field. Louisville's final loss came by upset to 3–9
Stanford on a late field goal. In a Friday night game, Louisville went on the road and upset #11
Clemson 33–21. This was Louisville's first ever win against Clemson and snapped the Tigers 22 game win streak in home night games. Clemson went on to win the
ACC and make a playoff appearance. The Cardinals went on the road to rival
Kentucky and won 41–14, snapping a 5-game losing streak in the series. Louisville went on to defeat
Washington in the
2024 Sun Bowl to finish the season with a 9–4 record.
2025 season The Cardinals began the season 4–0 for the first time since
2023. The win streak was capped by a comeback win over
Pittsburgh where the Cards went down by 17, tied the game up, and then fell back down by 10. Louisville outscored Pitt 17–0 in the second half. After a loss at home to ACC runner-up
Virginia, Louisville went on the road and upset undefeated #2 and eventual national title runner-up and
Miami, snapping a 10-game home winning streak and giving the Canes their first home loss since Louisville beat them in 2023. The Cards won their first ever road game over a top 5 opponent and Brohm secured his fourth win vs an AP Top 5 team. For the third straight year under Brohm, Louisville knocked off a top 15 team. After starting the season 7–1, Louisville lost 3 straight games. The Cards limped into their final game against rival
Kentucky with multiple players out including WR
Chris Bell and RBs Isaac Brown, Duke Watson, and Keyjuan Brown. Despite being shorthanded, the Cards dominated the Wildcats in a shutout and won 41–0.
Walk-on freshman RB Braxton Jennings and redshirt freshman RB Shaun Boykins Jr. combined for 42 carries and 258 yards, and a touchdown. Louisille was selected to play in the
2025 Boca Raton Bowl against
Toldeo. Louisville won the game 27–22 to finish the season 9–4 marking the third straight season with at least 9 wins. ==Career statistics==