Brian Bohannon
{{for|the baseball player|Brian Bohanon}}{{Short description|American football player and coach (born 1971)}}
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{{Infobox college coach
| name = Brian Bohannon
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| current_title = Senior offensive assistant
| current_team = Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1970|12|17}}
| birth_place = Macon, Georgia, U.S.
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| player_years1 = 1990–1993
| player_team1 = Georgia
| player_positions = Wide receiver
| coach_years1 = 1994–1995
| coach_team1 = West Georgia (AC)
| coach_years2 = 1996
| coach_team2 = Gardner–Webb (WR)
| coach_years3 = 1997–1999
| coach_team3 = Georgia Southern (WR)
| coach_years4 = 2000–2001
| coach_team4 = Georgia Southern (DB)
| coach_years5 = 2002–2007
| coach_team5 = Navy (WR)
| coach_years6 = 2008–2012
| coach_team6 = Georgia Tech (QB/B-backs)
| coach_years7 = 2013–2024
| coach_team7 = Kennesaw State
| coach_years8 = 2025–present
| coach_team8 = Georgia Tech (AC)
| overall_record = 72–38
| bowl_record = 5–4 (NCAA D-I playoffs)
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| championships = 3 Big South (2017–2018, 2021)
| awards = 2× Big South Coach of the Year (2017–2018){{Cite web|url=https://bigsouthsports.com/news/2017/11/21/big-south-announces-2017-football-annual-awards.aspx|title=Big South Announces 2017 Football Annual Awards|website=bigsouthsports.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://bigsouthsports.com/news/2018/11/20/big-south-announces-2018-football-annual-awards.aspx|title=Big South Announces 2018 Football Annual Awards|website=bigsouthsports.com}}
AFCA FCS Reg. 2 Coach of the Year (2017){{Cite web |url=https://www.afca.com/afca/Article/2017RegionalCOTY |title=KIRBY SMART AND KEVIN DONLEY HEADLINE 2017 AFCA REGIONAL COACH OF THE YEAR WINNERS · American Football Coaches Association |access-date=2017-12-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171206135959/https://www.afca.com/afca/Article/2017RegionalCOTY |archive-date=2017-12-06 |url-status=dead }} AFCA FCS National Coach of the Year (2017){{Cite web|url=https://www.mdjonline.com/cobb_football_friday/kennesaw-states-brian-bohannon-voted-fcs-coach-of-the-year-by-afca/article_1109ebdc-f651-11e7-b104-ab0280ebffbb.html|title=Kennesaw State's Brian Bohannon voted FCS Coach of the Year by AFCA|first=John|last=Bednarowski|website=MDJOnline.com}}
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Brian Lloyd Bohannon (born December 17, 1970){{cite book|url=https://issuu.com/gtathletics/docs/2012_spring_guide/35|title=2012 Georgia Tech Football Spring Guide|publisher=Georgia Tech|year=2012|page=35|access-date=September 7, 2024}} is an American college football coach. He is a senior offensive assistant for Georgia Tech.{{cite web|url=https://ramblinwreck.com/tech-adds-four-to-football-staff-jan25/|title=Tech Adds Four to Football Staff|website=ramblinwreck|access-date=January 25, 2025|date=January 24, 2025}} He previously served as the head football coach for Kennesaw State University, a position he held since the inception of the program in 2013 until 2024. The Kennesaw State Owls began play in 2015.
Early life
Born in Macon, Georgia, Bohannon later lived in places where his father worked as a high school football coach, in Athens from ages two to eight then in Griffin.{{cite web|last=Bowers|first=Rachel G.|title=Former UGA athlete Bohannon given chance to shine as Kennesaw State coach|url=http://onlineathens.com/sports/college-sports/2013-06-22/former-uga-athlete-bohannon-given-chance-shine-kennesaw-state-coach|work=Athens Banner-Herald|date=June 24, 2013|access-date=September 7, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130626212720/http://onlineathens.com/sports/college-sports/2013-06-22/former-uga-athlete-bohannon-given-chance-shine-kennesaw-state-coach|archive-date=June 26, 2013|url-access=limited|url-status=dead}} Bohannon graduated from Griffin High School in 1989; he played football at Griffin under his father who was head coach.{{cite web|last=Roberson|first=Doug|title=Brian Bohannon: Born to coach|url=https://www.ajc.com/sports/college/brian-bohannon-born-coach/4gJnFjOjgFEabmbMtgAaUN/|work=Atlanta Journal-Constitution|date=April 30, 2013|access-date=September 7, 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://sicemdawgs.com/1989-uga-football-signees/|title=1989 UGA Football Signees|publisher=SicEmDawgs|access-date=September 7, 2024}}
Bohannon attended the University of Georgia, where he played at wide receiver for Georgia Bulldogs football from 1990 to 1993.{{cite web|url=https://georgiadogs.com/news/2002/2/15/All_Time_Georgia_Football_Lettermen|title=All-Time Georgia Football Lettermen|publisher=University of Georgia|access-date=September 7, 2024}} Bohannon completed his bachelor's degree in general business from the Georgia Terry College of Business in 1993. In 1996, Bohannon completed a master's degree in business education at the University of West Georgia.
Coaching career
=Kennesaw State=
On March 24, 2013, Bohannon was introduced as the first head coach of the Kennesaw State Owls football football team that started play as a member of the Big South Conference in the 2015 season.{{cite news|last=Parker|first=Wendy|title=KSU coach Brian Bohannon 'Here for the long haul'|url=http://woodstock.patch.com/groups/sports/p/ksu-coach-brian-bohannon-here-for-the-long-haul|accessdate=January 1, 2014|newspaper=Woodstock-Towne Lake Patch|date=May 7, 2013}}{{cite web|title=Kennesaw State names Brian Bohannon first head football coach|url=http://www.ksuowls.com/news/2013/3/24/FB_0324130918.aspx|publisher=KSUOwls.com|accessdate=January 1, 2014|date=March 24, 2013}} Prior to his time at Kennesaw State, Bohannon served as an assistant coach under Paul Johnson at Georgia Southern, Navy and Georgia Tech.
On November 10, 2024, Kennesaw State announced that Bohannon stepped down as the Owls head coach after a 1–8 start to the season and a 72–38 overall record. Chandler Burks succeeded him as interim head coach.{{Cite web |title=Kennesaw State Head Football Coach Brian Bohannon Steps Down After 10 Seasons |url=https://ksuowls.com/news/2024/11/10/kennesaw-state-head-football-coach-brian-bohannon-steps-down-after-10-seasons.aspx |access-date=2024-11-10 |website=Kennesaw State University Athletics |language=en}}https://x.com/BohannonBrian/status/1855789479585259734 Following the announcement of his departure, Bohannon announced on X (formerly Twitter) that he did not step down from his position but rather that he was informed by Kennesaw State athletic director, Milton Overton, that the Owls would be making a change in leadership earlier that morning.{{Cite news |last=Stroh-Page |first=Caitlyn |title=Brian Bohannon: ‘I want to be clear that I did not step down’ from KSU football coach job |url=https://www.ajc.com/sports/brian-bohannon-i-want-to-be-clear-that-i-did-not-step-down-as-ksu-football-coach/RLQ57TICUVAGPM4ZTKGKFVA67M/ |access-date=2024-11-11 |work=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution |language=English |issn=1539-7459}}
Head coaching record
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Kennesaw State Owls
| conf = Big South Conference
| startyear = 2015
| endyear = 2021
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2015
| name = Kennesaw State
| overall = 6–5
| conference = 2–4
| confstanding = T–5th
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2016
| name = Kennesaw State
| overall = 8–3
| conference = 3–2
| confstanding = T–3rd
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 2017
| name = Kennesaw State
| overall = 12–2
| conference = 5–0
| confstanding = 1st
| bowlname = NCAA Division I Quarterfinal
| bowloutcome = L
| ranking = 8
| ranking2 = 9
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 2018
| name = Kennesaw State
| overall = 11–2
| conference = 5–0
| confstanding = 1st
| bowlname = NCAA Division I Quarterfinal
| bowloutcome = L
| ranking = 5
| ranking2 = 5
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2019
| name = Kennesaw State
| overall = 11–3
| conference = 5–1
| confstanding = 2nd
| bowlname = NCAA Division I Second Round
| bowloutcome = L
| ranking = 13
| ranking2 = 8
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2020–21
| name = Kennesaw State
| overall = 4–1
| conference = 2–1
| confstanding = 2nd
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| ranking = 17
| ranking2 = 15
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 2021
| name = Kennesaw State
| overall = 11–2
| conference = 6–0
| confstanding = 1st
| bowlname = NCAA Division I Second Round
| bowloutcome = L
| ranking = 11
| ranking2 = 10
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Kennesaw State Owls
| conf = ASUN Conference
| startyear = 2022
| endyear = single
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2022
| name = Kennesaw State
| overall = 5–6
| conference = 1–4
| confstanding = 5th
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Kennesaw State Owls
| conf = NCAA Division I FCS independent
| startyear = 2023
| endyear = single
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2023
| name = Kennesaw State
| overall = 3–6
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Kennesaw State Owls
| conf = Conference USA
| startyear = 2024
| endyear = single
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2024
| name = Kennesaw State
| overall = 1–8
| conference = 1–4
| confstanding = {{efn|group=record|Bohannon was fired after 9 games.}}
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Kennesaw State
| overall = 72–38
| confrecord = 30–16
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{{CFB Yearly Record End
| overall = 72–38
| bowls = no
| poll = no
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References
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External links
- [https://ksuowls.com/sports/football/roster/coaches/brian-bohannon/1728 Kennesaw State profile]
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{{AFCA Division I FCS Coach of the Year}}
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