Byron Dawson
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Centenary |
| Conference | SCAC |
| Record | 4–6 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | February 9, 1980 Shreveport, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Louisiana State University (2003) |
| Playing career | |
| 1998–2002 | LSU |
| Position(s) | Defensive tackle |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2003–2004 | Redemptorist HS (LA) (DL) |
| 2005–2019 | Evangel Christian Academy (LA) |
| 2020–2021 | Tulane (DL) |
| 2022–present | Centenary |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 4–6 (college) 8–1 (club team) 150–45 (high school) |
| Tournaments | 46–10 (LHSAA playoffs) |
Byron Tremain Dawson (born February 9, 1980) is an American college football coach. He is the head football coach for Centenary College of Louisiana, a position he has held since 2022.[1] He is the Gentlemen's first football coach following the return of the program after its dissolution in 1947.[2][3] He was the head football coach for Evangel Christian Academy from 2005 to 2019;[4] winning five Louisiana High School Athletic Association state championships. He also coached for Redemptorist High School and Tulane.[5][6] He played college football for LSU as a defensive tackle.[7]
Head coaching record
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[edit]| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Centenary Gentlemen (Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference) (2024–present) | |||||||||
| 2024 | Centenary | 4–6 | 4–4 | 3rd | |||||
| Centenary: | 4–6 | 4–4 | |||||||
| Total: | 4–6 | ||||||||
Club team
[edit]| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Centenary Gentlemen (Club team) (2022–2023) | |||||||||
| 2022 | No team | ||||||||
| 2023 | Centenary | 8–1 | |||||||
| Centenary: | 8–1 | ||||||||
| Total: | 8–1 | ||||||||
High school
[edit]| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evangel Christian Academy Eagles () (2005–2019) | |||||||||
| 2005 | Evangel Christian Academy | 12–3 | 7–0 | 1st | |||||
| 2006 | Evangel Christian Academy | 12–2 | 7–0 | 1st | |||||
| 2007 | Evangel Christian Academy | 10–3 | 5–1 | 2nd | |||||
| 2008 | Evangel Christian Academy | 12–3 | 6–0 | 1st | |||||
| 2009 | Evangel Christian Academy | 14–1 | 5–0 | 1st | |||||
| 2010 | Evangel Christian Academy | 12–2 | 5–0 | 1st | |||||
| 2011 | Evangel Christian Academy | 7–6 | 3–1 | 2nd | |||||
| 2012 | Evangel Christian Academy | 12–3 | 5–0 | 1st | |||||
| 2013 | Evangel Christian Academy | 8–2 | 3–0 | 1st | |||||
| 2014 | Evangel Christian Academy | 8–4 | 5–0 | 1st | |||||
| 2015 | Evangel Christian Academy | 9–3 | 5–1 | T–1st | |||||
| 2016 | Evangel Christian Academy | 12–2 | 6–0 | 1st | |||||
| 2017 | Evangel Christian Academy | 8–2 | 6–0 | 1st | |||||
| 2018 | Evangel Christian Academy | 8–4 | 6–0 | 1st | |||||
| 2019 | Evangel Christian Academy | 6–5 | 4–0 | T–1st | |||||
| Evangel Christian Academy: | 150–45 | 79–3 | |||||||
| Total: | 150–45 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ "Byron Dawson, Head Coach". GoCentenary.com Official Site of Centenary College Athletics. Retrieved November 10, 2023.
- ^ "Centenary announces Byron Dawson as head coach for new football program". Centenary College of Louisiana. March 30, 2022. Retrieved November 10, 2023.
- ^ Watson, Jimmy. "How former LSU player Byron Dawson is reviving Centenary football more than a year before first game". The Times. Retrieved November 10, 2023.
- ^ Watson, Jimmy. "Evangel's Dawson to take collegiate coaching job". The Times. Retrieved November 10, 2023.
- ^ "Byron Dawson - Football Coach". Tulane University Athletics. Retrieved November 10, 2023.
- ^ Smith, Guerry (January 7, 2022). "Another Tulane assistant out: D-line coach Byron Dawson will not return for third year". NOLA.com. Retrieved November 10, 2023.
- ^ "Byron Dawson". LSU. July 3, 2019. Retrieved November 10, 2023.
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