Coaches
Chennis Berry
His career from Wikipedia, each job checked against the team-season pages (✓ = a second source agrees, ≠ = they disagree)
Chennis Berry
Played at Savannah State 1991-1994
Source: Wikipedia, read 2026-10-28
| Years | Team | Role | Title | Head coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Morris Brown | Other | assistant | not known |
| 1997-2000 | Kentucky State | Position | OL/TE | not known |
| 2001-2002 | Fort Valley State | Position | OL/TE | not known |
| 2003-2005 | North Carolina A&T | Position | OL | not known |
| 2006-2008 | Morgan State | OC | OC | not known |
| 2009-2010 | North Carolina A&T | OC | AHC/OC/OL | not known |
| 2011-2012 | Howard | OC | co-OC/OL | not known |
| 2013-2015 | Southern | OC | OC/OL | not known |
| 2016-2019 | Southern | OC | AHC/OC/OL | not known |
| 2020-2023 | Benedict | Head coach | Head coach | himself |
| 2024- | South Carolina State | Head coach | Head coach✓ | himself |
Record
Confirmed coordinator seasons since 2005. FBS rankings
| Season | Team | Job | EPA/play | Points/poss. | Success | Year before | Teams |
|---|
| Season | Head coach at | Record | AP before → after | Off EPA/play | Def EPA/play | SP+ | Team year before | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | South Carolina State (FCS) | 9-3 | - → - | 33 | 55 | - | 46% wins | 129 |
| 2025 | South Carolina State (FCS) | 10-3 | - → - | 57 | 22 | - | 75% wins | 129 |
| 2026 | South Carolina State (FCS) | 8-2 | - → - | 12 | 4 | - | 77% wins | 128 |
| Season | Head coach below FBS | Level | Record |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Benedict | Division II | 5-5 |
| 2022 | Benedict | Division II | 11-1 |
| 2023 | Benedict | Division II | 11-1 |
Worked under
None found (his assistant years may be outside the FBS seasons we hold).
His tree
Coaches who were on his staffs
No one on his staffs among the coaches we hold.
Coached together
- Donald Hill-Eley · Morgan State 2006-2008 · him OC, them Head coach
- Dawson Odums · North Carolina A&T 2009 · him OC, Other, Position, them Position, ST coord.
- Ted White · Howard 2011-2012 · him OC, Position, them OC, Other, Position
- Dawson Odums · Southern 2013-2019 · him OC, Other, Position, them Head coach
- Trei Oliver · Southern 2016-2018 · him OC, Other, Position, them DC, Position
- Lionel Washington · Southern 2018-2019 · him OC, Other, Position, them DC, Position
- Johnathan Williams · South Carolina State 2024-2025 · him Head coach, them OC
- Jordan Odaffer · South Carolina State 2024-2025 · him Head coach, them DC
- Alvin Fosselman III · South Carolina State 2026 · him Head coach, them DC
- Jason Onyebuagu · South Carolina State 2026 · him Head coach, them OC
- K. J. Black · South Carolina State 2026 · him Head coach, them OC
- Kevin King · South Carolina State 2026 · him Head coach, them DC