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Coaches

David Dean

His career from Wikipedia, each job checked against the team-season pages (✓ = a second source agrees, ≠ = they disagree)

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David Dean

Played at Georgia Tech 1982-1985

Source: Wikipedia, read 2026-10-26

YearsTeamRoleTitleHead coach
1986Georgia TechGAGAnot known
1987Avondale HS (GA) (HS)PositionWRnot known
1988-1991Valdosta StatePositionWRnot known
1992West GeorgiaPositionRBnot known
1993-1997West GeorgiaST coord.RB/STnot known
1998-1999West GeorgiaOCOC/QBnot known
2000-2006Valdosta StateOCOC/QBnot known
2007-2015Valdosta StateHead coachHead coachhimself
2016Georgia SouthernOCco-OC/WR✓Tyson Summers
2017-2023West GeorgiaHead coachHead coachhimself
2024-2025Lanier County HS (GA) (HS)Head coachHead coachhimself
2026-Delta StateHead coachHead coachhimself

Record

Confirmed coordinator seasons since 2005. FBS rankings

SeasonTeamJobEPA/playPoints/poss.SuccessYear beforeTeams
2016Georgia SouthernCo-offensive coordinator65797430128
SeasonHead coach below FBSLevelRecord
2007Valdosta StateDivision II13-1
2008Valdosta StateDivision II9-3
2009Valdosta StateDivision II6-4
2010Valdosta StateDivision II8-3
2011Valdosta StateDivision II6-4
2012Valdosta StateDivision II12-2
2013Valdosta StateDivision II6-4
2014Valdosta StateDivision II10-3
2015Valdosta StateDivision II9-3
2017West GeorgiaDivision II9-4
2018West GeorgiaDivision II10-2
2019West GeorgiaDivision II6-5
2021West GeorgiaDivision II9-3
2022West GeorgiaDivision II8-2
2023West GeorgiaDivision II6-4
2026Delta StateDivision II0-0

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Coached together

  • A. J. Christoff · Georgia Tech 1986 · him GA, them Position
  • Eric Schumann · Valdosta State 1990-1991 · him Position, them Position
  • Glenn Spencer · West Georgia 1992-1999 · him OC, Position, ST coord., them Head coach, Position
  • Brian Bohannon · West Georgia 1994-1995 · him Position, ST coord., them Other
  • Drew Cronic · West Georgia 1998 · him OC, Position, them GA
  • Will Muschamp · West Georgia 1998 · him OC, Position, them Position
  • Chris Hatcher · Valdosta State 2000-2006 · him OC, Position, them Head coach
  • Kirby Smart*+ · Valdosta State 2000-2001 · him OC, Position, them DC, Position
  • Will Muschamp · Valdosta State 2000 · him OC, Position, them DC, Position
  • Buster Faulkner · Valdosta State 2005-2008 · him Head coach, OC, Position, them OC, Other, Position
  • James Colzie III · Valdosta State 2007 · him Head coach, them Position, ST coord.
  • Maurice Linguist · Valdosta State 2008 · him Head coach, them Position, ST coord.
  • Doug Belk · Valdosta State 2011-2013 · him Head coach, them Analyst, Position
  • Justin Roper · Valdosta State 2014-2015 · him Head coach, them Position
  • Chad Williams · Valdosta State 2015 · him Head coach, them DC
  • Chad Lunsford · Georgia Southern 2016 · him OC, Position, them Other, ST coord.
  • Lorenzo Costantini · Georgia Southern 2016 · him OC, Position, them DC
  • Rance Gillespie · Georgia Southern 2016 · him OC, Position, them OC
  • Tyson Summers · Georgia Southern 2016 · him OC, Position, them Head coach
  • Josh Aldridge · West Georgia 2017 · him Head coach, them Other, Position
  • Scott Symons · West Georgia 2017 · him Head coach, them DC, Position
  • Thomas Sydeski · West Georgia 2023 · him Head coach, them OC, Position

Played together