| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Kennesaw State |
| Conference | CUSA |
| Record | 71–30 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | December 17, 1970 Macon, Georgia, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1990–1993 | Georgia |
| Position(s) | Wide receiver |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1994–1995 | West Georgia (AC) |
| 1996 | Gardner–Webb (WR) |
| 1997–1999 | Georgia Southern (WR) |
| 2000–2001 | Georgia Southern (DB) |
| 2002–2007 | Navy (WR) |
| 2008–2012 | Georgia Tech (QB/B-backs) |
| 2013–present | Kennesaw State |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 71–30 |
| Bowls | 5–4 (NCAA D-I playoffs) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 3 Big South (2017–2018, 2021) | |
| Awards | |
| 2× Big South Coach of the Year (2017–2018)[1][2] AFCA FCS Reg. 2 Coach of the Year (2017)[3] AFCA FCS National Coach of the Year (2017)[4] | |
Brian Bohannon (born February 20, 1971) is an American college football coach. He is the head football coach at Kennesaw State University in Kennesaw, Georgia, a position he has held since the inception of the program in 2013. The Kennesaw State Owls began play in 2015.
Career[edit]
On March 24, 2013, Bohannon was introduced as the first head coach of the Owls football team that started play as a member of the Big South Conference in the 2015 season.[5][6] Prior to his time at Kennesaw State, Bohannon served as an assistant coach under Paul Johnson at Georgia Southern, Navy and Georgia Tech.[6]
Head coaching record[edit]
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | STATS# | FCS° | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kennesaw State Owls (Big South Conference) (2015–2021) | |||||||||
| 2015 | Kennesaw State | 6–5 | 2–4 | T–5th | |||||
| 2016 | Kennesaw State | 8–3 | 3–2 | T–3rd | |||||
| 2017 | Kennesaw State | 12–2 | 5–0 | 1st | L NCAA Division I Quarterfinal | 8 | 9 | ||
| 2018 | Kennesaw State | 11–2 | 5–0 | 1st | L NCAA Division I Quarterfinal | 5 | 5 | ||
| 2019 | Kennesaw State | 11–3 | 5–1 | 2nd | L NCAA Division I Second Round | 13 | 8 | ||
| 2020 | Kennesaw State | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2nd | 17 | 15 | |||
| 2021 | Kennesaw State | 11–2 | 6–0 | 1st | L NCAA Division I Second Round | 11 | 10 | ||
| Kennesaw State Owls (ASUN Conference) (2022) | |||||||||
| 2022 | Kennesaw State | 5–6 | 1–4 | 5th | |||||
| Kennesaw State Owls (NCAA Division I FCS independent) (2023) | |||||||||
| 2023 | Kennesaw State | 3–6 | |||||||
| Kennesaw State Owls (Conference USA) (2024–present) | |||||||||
| 2024 | Kennesaw State | 0–0 | 0–0 | ||||||
| Kennesaw State: | 71–30 | 29–12 | |||||||
| Total: | 71–30 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
References[edit]
- ^ "Big South Announces 2017 Football Annual Awards". bigsouthsports.com.
- ^ "Big South Announces 2018 Football Annual Awards". bigsouthsports.com.
- ^ "KIRBY SMART AND KEVIN DONLEY HEADLINE 2017 AFCA REGIONAL COACH OF THE YEAR WINNERS · American Football Coaches Association". Archived from the original on 2017-12-06. Retrieved 2017-12-05.
- ^ Bednarowski, John. "Kennesaw State's Brian Bohannon voted FCS Coach of the Year by AFCA". MDJOnline.com.
- ^ Parker, Wendy (May 7, 2013). "KSU coach Brian Bohannon 'Here for the long haul'". Woodstock-Towne Lake Patch. Retrieved January 1, 2014.
- ^ a b "Kennesaw State names Brian Bohannon first head football coach". KSUOwls.com. March 24, 2013. Retrieved January 1, 2014.