Current position | |
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Title | Defensive coordinator |
Team | Incarnate Word |
Conference | SLC |
Biographical details | |
Born | Elmira, New York, U.S. | October 29, 1958
Alma mater | Bucknell University (1981) Iowa State University (1986) |
Playing career | |
1977–1980 | Bucknell |
Position(s) | Safety |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1981–1982 | Southside HS (NY) (JV) |
1983 | Albany (DB) |
1984–1986 | Iowa State (GA) |
1987–1995 | Garden City (DC) |
1996–1998 | Garden City |
1999–2001 | Kansas State (LB) |
2002 | SMU (DC/LB) |
2003–2007 | SMU (DC/DB) |
2009–2010 | Stony Brook (AHC/DC) |
2011–2016 | Baylor (LB) |
2017 | Navarro (DC) |
2018 | Navarro |
2019 | McNeese State (DC) |
2021 | North Texas (LB) |
2022 | North Texas (co-DC/LB) |
2023–present | Incarnate Word (DC) |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 35–10 |
Bowls | 1–2 |
Tournaments | 0–1 (NJCAA playoffs) 7–2 (KJCCC playoffs) 0–1 (SWJCFC playoffs) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
1 KJCCC (1997) | |
James Gush (born October 29, 1958) [1] is an American college football coach. He is the defensive coordinator for the University of the Incarnate Word, a position he has held since 2023. He was the head football coach for Garden City Community College from 1996 to 1998 and Navarro College in 2018. [2] [3] He also coached for Southside High School, [4] Albany, Iowa State, [5] Kansas State, [1] [6] SMU, [7] Stony Brook, Baylor, McNeese, and North Texas. [8] [9] He played college football for Bucknell as a safety. [10]
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | NJCAA# | |||
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Garden City Broncbusters (Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference)(1996–1998) | |||||||||
1996 | Garden City | 10–2 | 6–1 | T–1st | L KJCCC Championship, L Real Dairy Bowl | 7 | |||
1997 | Garden City | 10–2 | 6–1 | T–1st | W KJCCC Championship, L Red River Bowl | 4 | |||
1998 | Garden City | 9–3 | 5–2 | T–2nd | L KJCCC Championship, W Valley of the Sun Bowl | 7 | |||
Garden City: | 29–5 | 17–4 | |||||||
Navarro Bulldogs (Southwest Junior College Football Conference)(2018) | |||||||||
2018 | Navarro | 6–5 | 4–3 | T–3rd | L SWJCFC Semifinal, L Salt City Bowl | ||||
Navarro: | 6–5 | 4–3 | |||||||
Total: | 35–10 | ||||||||
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth |
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