Brent Dearmon

{{Short description|American football player and coach (born 1984)}}

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| current_team = North Alabama Lions

| position = Head coach

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1984|10|19|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Mobile, Alabama, U.S.

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| high_school = Vigor (AL)

| college = Bethel (TN)

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| undraftedyear = 2007

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Evansville BlueCats (2007)
Tennessee Valley Vipers ({{af2 Year|2008}})
San Angelo Stampede Express (2008)

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Bethel (TN) (2007)
Student assistant
Vigor HS (AL) (2008–2010)
Offensive coordinator
B. C. Rain HS (AL) (2011–2012)
Head coach
Auburn (2013–2014)
Offensive analyst
Arkansas Tech (2015–2017)
Offensive coordinator
Bethel (TN) (2018)
Head coach
Kansas (2019)
Senior offensive consultant
Kansas (2019–2020)
Offensive coordinator & Quarterbacks coach
Middle Tennessee (2021)
Offensive coordinator & Quarterbacks coach
Florida Atlantic (2022)
Offensive coordinator & Quarterbacks coach
North Alabama (2023–present)
Head coach

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;As coach

Mid-South championship (2018)

| regular_record = College: {{Winning percentage|16|17||record=y}}
High school: {{Winning percentage|5|15|record=y}}

| playoff_record = College: {{Winning percentage|0|1|record=y}}

| overall_record = College: {{Winning percentage|16|18|record=y}}
High school: {{Winning percentage|5|15|record=y}}

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Brent Dearmon (born December 19, 1984) is an American football coach who is currently the head coach at the University of North Alabama. He was previously the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at the University of Kansas, Middle Tennessee State University, and Florida Atlantic University. Dearmon was also the head coach at Bethel University in Tennessee, where he won a Mid-South Conference championship in his lone season there. He also played college football at Bethel, where he set career and single-season records in passing yards and touchdowns. Dearmon spent time playing professionally for indoor football teams before getting into coaching.

Coaching career

Dearmon began his coaching career as a student assistant at his alma mater Bethel in 2007 working with the defensive backs. He was hired to be the offensive coordinator at his high school alma mater Vigor High School in Alabama, while also working at the school as a math teacher.{{cite web |title=B.C. Rain hires Brent Dearmon as new football coach |url=https://www.al.com/sports/2011/01/bc_rain_hires_brent_dearmon_as.html |website=AL.com |date=January 27, 2011 |access-date=31 January 2021}} He was named the head coach at B. C. Rain High School in Mobile in 2011, where he compiled a 5–15 record in his two seasons there before accepting an off-the-field coaching role at Auburn.{{cite web |title=Brent Dearmon named football coach at B.C. Rain |url=https://www.al.com/sports/2011/01/brent_dearmon_named_football_c.html |website=AL.com |date=January 27, 2011 |access-date=31 January 2021}} He was part of a trio of high school football coaches hired as analysts at Auburn in 2013 under first-year head coach Gus Malzahn.{{cite web |title=Auburn Football: How Newly Hired "Off-the-Field" Coaches Shake Up AU Recruiting |url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1539874-auburn-football-how-newly-hired-off-the-field-coaches-shake-up-au-recrutiting |website=Bleacher Report |access-date=31 January 2021}} He left Auburn in 2014 to accept the offensive coordinator position at Arkansas Tech.{{cite web |title=Brent Dearmon leaves Auburn to be offensive coordinator |url=https://auburntigers.com/news/2015/1/9/brent_dearmon_leaves_auburn_to_be_offensive_coordinator.aspx |website=Auburn University Athletics |access-date=31 January 2021}}

= Bethel (second stint) =

Dearmon was named the head coach at his alma mater Bethel in 2018.{{cite web |title=Former Wildcat Great Named Head Football Coach at Bethel University |url=https://www.bethelathletics.com/article/6270 |website=Bethel University Athletics |access-date=31 January 2021}} In his lone season as the program's head coach, he compiled a 10–1 record and won a Mid-South conference championship.

= Kansas =

Dearmon left Bethel in 2019 to accept a senior offensive analyst position at Kansas under Les Miles.{{cite web |title=Coach Brent Dearmon Leaving Bethel for Position on University of Kansas Staff |url=https://www.bethelathletics.com/article/7142 |website=Bethel University Athletics |access-date=31 January 2021}} He was promoted to offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach midway through the season after Les Koenning was fired.{{cite web |title=Kansas fires OC Les Koenning, promotes analyst Brent Dearmon |url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/27786316/kansas-fires-offensive-coordinator-les-koenning-promotes-analyst-brent-dearmon |website=ESPN |date=October 6, 2019 |access-date=31 January 2021}}

= Middle Tennessee State =

Dearmon was named the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Middle Tennessee in 2021.{{cite web |title=Stockstill tabs Dearmon as OC |url=https://goblueraiders.com/news/2021/1/29/football-stockstill-tabs-dearmon-as-oc.aspx |website=Middle Tennessee State University Athletics |date=January 29, 2021 |access-date=31 January 2021}}

= North Alabama =

He was announced as the head coach for the University of North Alabama on December 3, 2022.[https://roarlions.com/news/2022/12/3/football-brent-dearmon-named-head-football-coach-at-una.aspx "Brent Dearmon named head football coach at UNA"] RoarLions.com. Retrieved 2022-12-03.