| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Senior offensive assistant |
| Team | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | (1970-12-17)December 17, 1970 (age 54) Macon, Georgia, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1990–1993 | Georgia |
| Position(s) | Wide receiver |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1994–1995 | West Georgia (AC) |
| 1996 | Gardner–Webb (WR) |
| 1997–1999 | Georgia Southern (WR) |
| 2000–2001 | Georgia Southern (DB) |
| 2002–2007 | Navy (WR) |
| 2008–2012 | Georgia Tech (QB/B-backs) |
| 2013–2024 | Kennesaw State |
| 2025–present | Georgia Tech (AC) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 72–38 |
| Bowls | 5–4 (NCAA D-I playoffs) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 3Big South (2017–2018, 2021) | |
| Awards | |
| 2×Big South Coach of the Year (2017–2018)[1][2] AFCA FCS Reg. 2 Coach of the Year (2017)[3]AFCA FCS National Coach of the Year (2017)[4] | |
Brian Lloyd Bohannon (born December 17, 1970)[5][6] is an Americancollege football coach. He is a senior offensive assistant forGeorgia Tech.[7] He previously served as the head football coach forKennesaw State University, a position he held since the inception of the program in 2013 until 2024. TheKennesaw State Owls began play in 2015.
Born inMacon, Georgia, Bohannon later lived in places where his father worked as a high school football coach, inAthens from ages two to eight then inGriffin.[8] Bohannon graduated fromGriffin High School in 1989; he played football at Griffin under his father who was head coach.[9][10]
Bohannon attended theUniversity of Georgia, where he played atwide receiver forGeorgia Bulldogs football from 1990 to 1993.[6] Bohannon completed his bachelor's degree in general business from the GeorgiaTerry College of Business in 1993.[5] In 1996, Bohannon completed a master's degree in business education at theUniversity of West Georgia.[5]
On March 24, 2013, Bohannon was introduced as the first head coach of theKennesaw State Owls football football team that started play as a member of theBig South Conference in the2015 season.[11][12] Prior to his time at Kennesaw State, Bohannon served as an assistant coach underPaul Johnson atGeorgia Southern,Navy andGeorgia Tech.[12]
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.[13][14] Following the announcement of his departure, Bohannon announced onX (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.[15]
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | STATS# | FCS° | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kennesaw State Owls(Big South Conference)(2015–2021) | |||||||||
| 2015 | Kennesaw State | 6–5 | 2–4 | T–5th | |||||
| 2016 | Kennesaw State | 8–3 | 3–2 | T–3rd | |||||
| 2017 | Kennesaw State | 12–2 | 5–0 | 1st | LNCAA Division I Quarterfinal | 8 | 9 | ||
| 2018 | Kennesaw State | 11–2 | 5–0 | 1st | LNCAA Division I Quarterfinal | 5 | 5 | ||
| 2019 | Kennesaw State | 11–3 | 5–1 | 2nd | LNCAA Division I Second Round | 13 | 8 | ||
| 2020–21 | Kennesaw State | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2nd | 17 | 15 | |||
| 2021 | Kennesaw State | 11–2 | 6–0 | 1st | LNCAA Division I Second Round | 11 | 10 | ||
| Kennesaw State Owls(ASUN Conference)(2022) | |||||||||
| 2022 | Kennesaw State | 5–6 | 1–4 | 5th | |||||
| Kennesaw State Owls(NCAA Division I FCS independent)(2023) | |||||||||
| 2023 | Kennesaw State | 3–6 | |||||||
| Kennesaw State Owls(Conference USA)(2024) | |||||||||
| 2024 | Kennesaw State | 1–8 | 1–4 | [a] | |||||
| Kennesaw State: | 72–38 | 30–16 | |||||||
| Total: | 72–38 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||