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Coaches

Dawson Odums

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

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Dawson Odums

Played at North Carolina Central 1994-1997

Source: Wikipedia, read 2026-10-28

YearsTeamRoleTitleHead coach
1999Gardner-WebbPositionDLnot known
2000Georgia SouthernPositionOLBnot known
2001Georgia Southern (DE) (unknown)Head coachHead coachhimself
2002-2003Clark AtlantaDCAHC/DCnot known
2004Clark AtlantaHead coachinteriminterim HCnot known
2005-2007Bethune-CookmanPositionDLnot known
2008-2009North Carolina A&TST coord.ST/DLnot known
2010North Carolina A&T (DC) (unknown)Head coachHead coachhimself
2011-2012SouthernPositionDLnot known
2012SouthernHead coachinteriminterim HCnot known
2013-2020SouthernHead coachHead coachhimself
2021-2024Norfolk StateHead coachHead coach✓himself
2026-Bowie StateHead coachHead coachhimself

Record

Confirmed coordinator seasons since 2005. FBS rankings

SeasonTeamJobEPA/playPoints/poss.SuccessYear beforeTeams
SeasonHead coach atRecordAP before → afterOff EPA/playDef EPA/playSP+Team year beforeTeams
2021Norfolk State (FCS)6-5- → -6971--128
2022Norfolk State (FCS)2-9- → -122128-55% wins130
2023Norfolk State (FCS)3-8- → -80103-18% wins128
2024Norfolk State (FCS)4-8- → -8860-27% wins129
SeasonHead coach below FBSLevelRecord
2004Clark AtlantaDivision II1-9
2012SouthernFCS4-5
2013SouthernFCS9-4
2014SouthernFCS9-4
2015SouthernFCS6-5
2016SouthernFCS8-3
2017SouthernFCS7-3
2018SouthernFCS7-3
2019SouthernFCS8-4
2020SouthernFCS5-1
2026Bowie StateDivision II0-0

Worked under

None found (his assistant years may be outside the FBS seasons we hold).

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Coached together

  • Brian Bohannon · Georgia Southern 2000 · him Position, them Position
  • Ivin Jasper · Georgia Southern 2000 · him Position, them Position
  • Jeff Monken* · Georgia Southern 2000 · him Position, them Position
  • Paul Johnson · Georgia Southern 2000 · him Position, them Head coach
  • Chennis Berry · North Carolina A&T 2009 · him Position, ST coord., them OC, Other, Position
  • Donnie Henderson · Southern 2011 · him Position, them Position
  • Gerald Carr · Southern 2011 · him Position, them OC, Position
  • Chennis Berry · Southern 2013-2019 · him Head coach, them OC, Other, Position
  • Trei Oliver · Southern 2016-2018 · him Head coach, them DC, Position
  • Lionel Washington · Southern 2018-2020 · him Head coach, them DC, Position
  • Jason Rollins · Southern 2020 · him Head coach, them Position, ST coord.
  • B. T. Sherman · Norfolk State 2021 · him Head coach, them OC
  • Steve Adams · Norfolk State 2021-2024 · him Head coach, them DC
  • Ryan Meyers · Norfolk State 2022-2024 · him Head coach, them OC

Played together