Current position | |
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Title | Head coach |
Team | West Alabama |
Conference | GSC |
Record | 70–42 |
Biographical details | |
Born | Pensacola, Florida, U.S. | June 2, 1981
Playing career | |
2000–2003 | West Alabama |
Position(s) | Quarterback |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
2004 | West Alabama (WR) |
2006–2009 | Georgia Tech (GA) |
2010 | Georgia Southern (RB) |
2011 | Georgia Southern (TE/OT) |
2012 | Georgia Southern (WR) |
2013 | Kennesaw State (QB) |
2014–present | West Alabama |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 70–42 |
Tournaments | 1–2 (NCAA D-II playoffs) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
1 GSC (2017) | |
Awards | |
GSC Coach of the Year (2017) | |
Brett Gilliland (born June 2, 1981) is an American college football coach. He is the head football coach for the University of West Alabama, a position he has held since 2014. Previously Gilliland played quarterback for the West Alabama Tigers from 2000 to 2003 where he set several school records. He began his coaching career in 2004 and held assistant coaching positions at West Alabama, Georgia Tech, Georgia Southern and Kennesaw State. Gilliland was announced as West Alabama's 21st head coach on December 9, 2013. [1] [2]
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | AFCA# | |||
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West Alabama Tigers (Gulf South Conference)(2014–present) | |||||||||
2014 | West Alabama | 5–6 | 2–5 | 6th | |||||
2015 | West Alabama | 7–4 | 3–4 | 5th | |||||
2016 | West Alabama | 7–4 | 6–2 | T–2nd | |||||
2017 | West Alabama | 10–3 | 7–1 | 1st | L NCAA Division II Quarterfinal | 12 | |||
2018 | West Alabama | 8–4 | 5–3 | T–3rd | L NCAA Division II First Round | ||||
2019 | West Alabama | 6–5 | 3–5 | T–6th | |||||
2020–21 | West Alabama | 2–0 | 0–0 | N/A | |||||
2021 | West Alabama | 7–4 | 4–3 | 4th | |||||
2022 | West Alabama | 5–6 | 3–4 | T–4th | |||||
2023 | West Alabama | 5–5 | 4–4 | T–5th | |||||
2024 | West Alabama | 8–1 | 4–1 | 12 | |||||
West Alabama: | 70–42 | 41–32 | |||||||
Total: | 70–42 | ||||||||
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2009 | Pros vs. Joes | Himself | Episode: "Rich Gannon to Tim Brown!" [3] |
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