Bryant Vincent

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Bryant Vincent
Current position
Title Head coach
Team Louisiana–Monroe
Conference Sun Belt
Record0–0
Biographical details
Born (1975-10-18) October 18, 1975 (age 48)
Glasgow, Kentucky, U.S.
Alma mater West Alabama
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1996–1997 West Alabama (SA)
1998Hart County HS (KY) (assistant)
1999–2002 Charles Henderson HS (AL) (assistant)
2003–2005 Spain Park HS (AL) (AHC)
2006 Greenville HS (AL)
2007–2010 Spanish Fort HS (AL)
2011 South Alabama (TE)
2012–2013South Alabama (QB)
2014 UAB (OC/QB)
2015–2017South Alabama (AHC/co-OC/QB)
2018–2021UAB (OC/QB)
2022UAB (interim HC)
2023 New Mexico (OC/QB)
2024–present Louisiana–Monroe
Head coaching record
Overall7–6 (college)
49–16 (high school)
Bowls1–0

Bryant Vincent (born October 18, 1975) is an American football coach who is currently the head coach at the University of Louisiana Monroe. Vincent was elevated to interim head coach at UAB in June 2022 after Bill Clark announced his retirement. [1] He was named the head coach at ULM in December 2023. [2]

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Coaching career

High school

Vincent was initially a member of the baseball program at West Alabama before joining the football program as a student assistant in 1996. [3] After graduating from West Alabama, he worked as an elementary school teacher and assistant football coach in Hart County, Kentucky before returning to Alabama the next year.

Vincent was an assistant coach at Charles Henderson High School and Spain Park High School in Alabama before being named the head coach at Greenville High School in 2006. Greenville went 10–3 in Vincent's lone season at the helm, and Vincent won the Class 5A Coach of the Year Award. [3] Vincent was also the head coach at Spanish Fort High School from 2007 to 2010, where he accumulated a record of 39–13.

In 2004, Vincent was named as a person of interest in the death of Jeremy Martin that occurred in Barren County. [4]

South Alabama

Vincent was hired to be the tight ends coach at South Alabama in 2011. [5] He was reassigned to quarterbacks coach in 2012.

UAB

Vincent was hired as the offensive coordinator at UAB in 2014. The football program was shut down after the season. [6]

South Alabama (second stint)

Vincent was hired back at South Alabama in 2015 as their assistant head coach, co-offensive coordinator, and quarterbacks coach. [7] He was fired by South Alabama in September 2017. [8]

UAB (second stint)

Vincent was hired as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at UAB in 2018. [9]

New Mexico

Vincent was named the offensive coordinator at New Mexico on January 3, 2023. [10]

University of Louisiana Monroe

Vincent was named the head coach at the University of Louisiana at Monroe on December 5, 2023. [11]

Head coaching record

College

YearTeamOverallConferenceStandingBowl/playoffs
UAB Blazers (Conference USA)(2022)
2022 UAB 7–6 [lower-alpha 1] 4–4T–4thW Bahamas
UAB:7–64–4
Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks (Sun Belt Conference)(2024–present)
2024 Louisiana–Monroe 0–00–0
Louisiana–Monroe:0–00–0
Total:7–6
  1. Served as interim head coach after Bill Clark retired prior to the season.

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