Gary Brown, former NFL running back and coach, dead at 52

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Gary Brown, who rushed for 4,300 yards while playing on three NFL teams in the 1990s before going on to coach running backs in the pro and college ranks, has died. He was 52.

Wisconsin’s athletic department and the Dallas Cowboys announced that Brown died Sunday. No cause of death was disclosed. Brown had battled cancer on multiple occasions.

Brown had coached Wisconsin’s running backs last season before departing for health-related reasons. He coached the Cowboys’ running backs from 2013-19.

"I am deeply saddened by Gary’s passing," Wisconsin coach Paul Chryst said in a statement. "Though he was only on our staff for a year, he had a profound impact on our players and our program. We are all better people for having known Gary."

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FILE - Dallas Cowboys running backs coach Gary Brown looks at the scoreboard during an NFL football game against the Washington Redskins in Landover, Md., Sunday, Oct. 21, 2018. Gary Brown, who rushed for 4,300 yards while playing on three NFL teams in the 1990s before going on to coach running backs in the pro and college ranks, has died. He was 52. Wisconsin’s athletic department and the Dallas Cowboys announced that Brown died Sunday, April 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Mark Tenally, File)

He spent the 2020 season away from football, with his wife disclosing on social media at the time that a tumor had been found around the bile duct and head of Brown’s pancreas. Brown had dealt with colon and liver cancer about a decade earlier.

"What it did for me is it made me appreciate every day, made me sort of maximize every day and make sure you don’t leave anything on the table