Byron Dawson

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Byron Dawson
Current position
Title Head coach
Team Centenary
Conference SCAC
Record5–12
Biographical details
Born (1980-02-09) February 9, 1980 (age 45)
Shreveport, Louisiana, U.S.
Alma mater Louisiana State University (2003)
Playing career
1998–2002 LSU
Position Defensive tackle
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2003–2004 Redemptorist HS (LA) (DL)
2005–2019 Evangel Christian Academy (LA)
2020–2021 Tulane (DL)
2022–present Centenary
Head coaching record
Overall5–12 (college)
8–1 (club team)
150–45 (high school)
Tournaments46–10 (LHSAA playoffs)

Byron Tremain Dawson (born February 9, 1980) is an American college football coach. He is the head football coach for Centenary College of Louisiana, a position he has held since 2022. [1] He is the Gentlemen's first football coach following the return of the program after its dissolution in 1947. [2] [3] He was the head football coach for Evangel Christian Academy from 2005 to 2019; [4] winning five Louisiana High School Athletic Association state championships. He also coached for Redemptorist High School and Tulane. [5] [6] He played college football for LSU as a defensive tackle. [7]

Contents

Head coaching record

College

YearTeamOverallConferenceStandingBowl/playoffs
Centenary Gentlemen (Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference)(2024–present)
2024 Centenary 4–64–43rd
2025 Centenary1–61–3
Centenary:5–125–7
Total:5–12

Club team

YearTeamOverallConferenceStandingBowl/playoffs
Centenary Gentlemen (Club team)(2022–2023)
2022No team
2023Centenary8–1
Centenary:8–1
Total:8–1

High school

YearTeamOverallConferenceStandingBowl/playoffs
Evangel Christian Academy Eagles ()(2005–2019)
2005Evangel Christian Academy12–37–01st
2006Evangel Christian Academy12–27–01st
2007Evangel Christian Academy10–35–12nd
2008Evangel Christian Academy12–36–01st
2009Evangel Christian Academy14–15–01st
2010Evangel Christian Academy12–25–01st
2011Evangel Christian Academy7–63–12nd
2012Evangel Christian Academy12–35–01st
2013Evangel Christian Academy8–23–01st
2014Evangel Christian Academy8–45–01st
2015Evangel Christian Academy9–35–1T–1st
2016Evangel Christian Academy12–26–01st
2017Evangel Christian Academy8–26–01st
2018Evangel Christian Academy8–46–01st
2019Evangel Christian Academy6–54–0T–1st
Evangel Christian Academy:150–4579–3
Total:150–45
      National championship        Conference title        Conference division title or championship game berth

References

  1. ↑ "Byron Dawson, Head Coach". GoCentenary.com Official Site of Centenary College Athletics. Retrieved November 10, 2023.
  2. ↑ "Centenary announces Byron Dawson as head coach for new football program". Centenary College of Louisiana. March 30, 2022. Retrieved November 10, 2023.
  3. ↑ Watson, Jimmy. "How former LSU player Byron Dawson is reviving Centenary football more than a year before first game". The Times. Retrieved November 10, 2023.
  4. ↑ Watson, Jimmy. "Evangel's Dawson to take collegiate coaching job". The Times. Retrieved November 10, 2023.
  5. ↑ "Byron Dawson - Football Coach". Tulane University Athletics. Retrieved November 10, 2023.
  6. ↑ Smith, Guerry (January 7, 2022). "Another Tulane assistant out: D-line coach Byron Dawson will not return for third year". NOLA.com. Retrieved November 10, 2023.
  7. ↑ "Byron Dawson". LSU. July 3, 2019. Retrieved November 10, 2023.
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