Dawson Odums
Dawson Tayrone Odums is an American football coach. He is the head coach at Southern University, a position he has held since 2012. Odums served as the interim head football coach at Clark Atlanta University for one season, in 2004.
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Southern |
| Conference | SWAC |
| Record | 58–31 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | Shelby, North Carolina |
| Playing career | |
| 1994–1997 | North Carolina Central |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| c. 1999 | Crest HS (NC) (assistant) |
| 2000–2001 | Georgia Southern (assistant) |
| 2002–2003 | Gardner–Webb (assistant) |
| 2004 | Clark Atlanta (interim HC) |
| 2005–2007 | Bethune-Cookman (assistant) |
| 2008–2010 | North Carolina A&T (DC) |
| 2011–2012 | Southern (assistant) |
| 2012 | Southern (DC / interim HC) |
| 2013–present | Southern |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 59–40 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| SWAC (2013) 4 SWAC West Division (2013-2014, 2018-2019) | |
Coaching career
Odums agreed to a three-year contract extension as head football coach with Southern University as reported by the Advocate and confirmed by his agent Burton Rocks on January 17, 2014.[1] On January 21, 2015 it was reported in the Advocate that Bethune-Cookman had asked for, and received, permission to speak with Coach Odums regarding their own head coaching vacancy.[2]
Head coaching record
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | Coaches# | AP° | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clark Atlanta Panthers (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (2004) | |||||||||
| 2004 | Clark Atlanta | 1–9 | 1–7 | 8th | |||||
| Clark Atlanta: | 1–9 | 1–7 | |||||||
| Southern Jaguars (Southwestern Athletic Conference) (2012–present) | |||||||||
| 2012 | Southern | 4–5 | 3–5 | T–2nd (West) | |||||
| 2013 | Southern | 9–4 | 7–2 | 1st (West) | W SWAC Championship Game | ||||
| 2014 | Southern | 9–4 | 8–1 | 1st (West) | L SWAC Championship Game | ||||
| 2015 | Southern | 6–5 | 6–3 | 3rd (West) | |||||
| 2016 | Southern | 8–3 | 8–1 | 2nd(West) | |||||
| 2017 | Southern | 7–3 | 5–1 | 2nd (West) | |||||
| 2018 | Southern | 7–3 | 6–1 | 1st (West) | |||||
| 2019 | Southern | 8–4 | 6–1 | 1st (West) | |||||
| Southern: | 58–31 | 49–15 | |||||||
| Total: | 59–40 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
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