Cameron Brown is in his fourth season as a 49ers defensive quality control coach. He joined the 49ers after two years (2021-22) at Division III Case Western Reserve University where he worked as an assistant defensive line coach (2021) and outside linebackers coach (2022).
Brown again worked with the defensive line in 2025, helping the 49ers defense post the 11th-ranked rushing defense (107.8 rushing yards per game) and the 13th-ranked scoring defense (21.8 points per game). With Brown's assistance, DL Bryce Huff and DL Clelin Ferrell each registered a team-high 4.0 sacks. Brown also worked closely with rookie DL Alfred Collins, who finished the season with 17 tackles, 1.0 sack, two passes defensed, two forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries. Collins' two forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries were both tied for the most among rookies in the NFL.
In 2024, Brown assisted a 49ers defense that finished with the fifth-ranked passing defense (192.8) and the eighthranked total defense (317.4) in the NFL. He worked closely with the defensive line, which was led by DL Nick Bosa (9.0 sacks) and DL Leonard Floyd (8.5 sacks). Bosa added 52 tackles and his second career interception and earned the fifth Pro Bowl selection of his career. With Brown's help, DL Maliek Collins tied his career high with 5.0 sacks and DL Sam Okuayinonu registered a career-high 3.5 sacks.
The 2023 49ers defense finished in the top-10 in the NFL in total defense (303.9) and rushing defense (89.7), tied for first in interceptions (22) and tied for the seventh-most sacks (48). San Francisco's defensive line was anchored by Bosa (10.5 sacks), DL Javon Hargrave (7.0 sacks) and Walter Payton Man of the Year nominee DL Arik Armstead (5.0 sacks), with Bosa and Hargrave each selected to the Pro Bowl Games.
In 2022, Brown helped lead Case Western's defense to topfive finishes in total defense (288.1 yards allowed per game) and scoring defense (18.5 points per game) in the Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC). Both of these marks were improvements from the 2021 season that saw the Spartans allow 373.9 yards per game and 26.1 points per game. Brown began his coaching career at Case Western after spending one season (2020) playing defensive end for the Cineplexx Blue Devils in the Austrian Football League.
A native of Westlake, OH, Brown spent three seasons (2016- 19) at Case Western, where he appeared in 43 games and registered 187 tackles, 34.5 sacks, 60 tackles for loss, one interception, 10 passes defensed, 12 forced fumbles and five fumble recoveries. Brown holds the program records in career sacks (34.5) and single-season sacks (15.0) at Case Western. In 2018, Brown was named the PAC Defensive Player of the Year after posting 49 tackles, 15.0 sacks, 18.5 tackles for loss, six forced fumbles and one fumble recovery. He earned his bachelor's degree in business management from Case Western in 2020.