Brian Bohannon
Brian Bohannon went 72–38 as a head coach, 2015–2024, at Kennesaw State. Share
Nine seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 2015–23 at Kennesaw State (on file under another coach). They’re marked in the table.
- Record
- 72–38 career
- Seasons
- 10
- Schools
- 1
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Alma mater
- Georgia 1993
- Best season
- 2024 2–10
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Kennesaw State * | 6–5 | T–5th | |||
| 2016 | Kennesaw State * | 8–3 | T–3rd | |||
| 2017 | Kennesaw State * | 12–2 | 1st | NCAA Division I Quarterfinal L | 8 | |
| 2018 | Kennesaw State * | 11–2 | 1st | NCAA Division I Quarterfinal L | 5 | |
| 2019 | Kennesaw State * | 11–3 | 2nd | NCAA Division I Second Round L | 13 | |
| 2020 | Kennesaw State * | 4–1 | 2nd | 17 | ||
| 2021 | Kennesaw State * | 11–2 | 1st | NCAA Division I Second Round L | 11 | |
| 2022 | Kennesaw State * | 5–6 | 5th | |||
| 2023 | Kennesaw State * | 3–6 | ||||
| 2024 | Kennesaw State coached nine of 12 games | 1–8 |
Each season links to the team’s season page; bowls and playoff games link to the game. Conference finishes from the Wikipedia article’s record table. * A season our game records don’t credit to him; its record is the article’s.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against rivals | 2 | 1–1 | 50% |
| Conference games | 5 | 1–4 | 20% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 2 | 1–1 | 50% |
| At home | 4 | 1–3 | 25% |
| On the road | 5 | 0–5 | 0% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 9 | 1–8 | 11% |
His own nine games on file, 2024, as played (vacated wins counted, ties as half a win). Ranks are the AP poll going into the game; rivals are the ones either program’s Wikipedia article names; favorite and underdog by our own Elo rating, which reads only scores.
Most-faced opponents
| Opponent | Games | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Libertyseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| San José Stateseries | 1 | 0–1 |
| Jacksonville Stateseries | 1 | 0–1 |
| Western Kentuckyseries | 1 | 0–1 |
| Louisianaseries | 1 | 0–1 |
| Middle Tennesseeseries | 1 | 0–1 |
| UT Martinseries | 1 | 0–1 |
| UTSAseries | 1 | 0–1 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994–95 | West Georgia | Assistant coach | |
| 1996 | Gardner-Webb | Wide receivers coach | |
| 1997–99 | Georgia Southern | Wide receivers coach | |
| 2000–01 | Georgia Southern | Defensive backs coach | |
| 2002–07 | Navy | Wide receivers coach | |
| 2008–12 | Georgia Tech | Quarterbacks coach and b-backs | |
| 2013–24 | Kennesaw State | Head coach | |
| 2025–present | Georgia Tech | Assistant coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Paul JohnsonGeorgia Southern, Navy, Georgia Tech
- Ken NiumataloloNavy
- Brent KeyGeorgia Tech
Assistants who became head coaches
- Brian NewberryNavy
- Blake HarrellEast Carolina
- Chandler BurksKennesaw State
Worked under (3)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Johnson | Georgia Southern | 1997–2001 | 1997–99: wide receivers coach; 2000–01: defensive backs coach | |
| Paul Johnson | Navy | 2002–07 | Wide receivers coach | |
| Ken Niumatalolo | Navy | 2007 | Wide receivers coach | |
| Paul Johnson | Georgia Tech | 2008–12 | Quarterbacks coach and b-backs | |
| Brent Key | Georgia Tech | 2025–26 | Assistant coach |
Coached under him, later head coaches (3)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Newberry | Kennesaw State, 2015–18: defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach | Navy | |
| Blake Harrell | Kennesaw State, 2019: defensive coordinator and linebackers coach | East Carolina | |
| Chandler Burks | Kennesaw State, 2020–23: quarterbacks coach; 2024: co-offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | Kennesaw State |
Other assistants under him (5)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Andrew Thacker | Kennesaw State, 2016: linebackers coach | |
| Danny Verpaele | Kennesaw State, 2019: defensive backs coach; 2020–22: defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach | |
| Nathan Burton | Kennesaw State, 2023: defensive coordinator | |
| Greg Harris | Kennesaw State, 2024: defensive coordinator | |
| Stewart Cook | Kennesaw State, 2024: co-offensive coordinator |
From coaches’ Wikipedia infoboxes (CC BY-SA) and each season’s article for its coordinators: an assistant’s seasons at a school count under its head coach in our records; jobs in the NFL and elsewhere, under the head coach whose own article lists the job that year. Names without a page here link to their Wikipedia articles.
Pay
| Year | School | Job | State payroll | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Kennesaw State | head coach | $346,000 |
Open Georgia (State of Georgia, unaudited): salary paid in the fiscal year from July to June, shown against the season inside it.
Pay of public employees in their public job only: head coaches, and assistants in the seasons our records name them a coordinator, at public universities.