Brodie Westen | |
Birth Date: | 13 June 1932 |
Birth Place: | Marquette, Michigan, U.S. |
Death Place: | Macomb, Illinois, U.S. |
Coach Years1: | 1958–1960 |
Coach Team1: | Illinois (freshmen line) |
Coach Years2: | 1961–1965 |
Coach Team2: | Rockford West HS (IL) |
Coach Years3: | 1968–1970 |
Coach Team3: | Illinois (freshmen) |
Coach Years4: | 1971–1973 |
Coach Team4: | Western Illinois (assistant) |
Coach Years5: | 1974–1975 |
Coach Team5: | Western Illinois |
Overall Record: | 12–7–1 (college) |
Brodie Curtis Westen (June 13, 1932 – July 29, 2021) was an American football coach. He served as the head football coach at Western Illinois University in Macomb, Illinois for two seasons, from 1974 to 1975, compiling a record of 12–7–1.[1]
Westen was born on June 13, 1932, in Marquette, Michigan. He graduated from Graveraet High School in Marquette before serving in the United States Navy on the USS Juneau during the Korean War. Westen returned to Marquette and graduated from Northern Michigan University. He began his coaching career as an assistant football coach at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, serving as freshman line coach. Westen was the head football coach at Rockford West High School in Rockford, Illinois from 1961 to 1965.[2]
Westen died on July 29, 2021, in Macomb.[3]