Dawson Tayrone Odums is an American football coach. He was most recently the head coach at Norfolk State University, a position he held from 2021 to 2024. Odums served as the interim head football coach at Clark Atlanta University for one season, in 2004, and head football coach at Southern University and A&M College from 2013 to 2020.
_(cropped).jpg) Odums in 2016 | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | Shelby, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1994–1997 | North Carolina Central |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1999 | Gardner–Webb (DL) |
| 2000 | Georgia Southern (OLB) |
| 2001 | Georgia Southern (DE) |
| 2002–2003 | Clark Atlanta (AHC/DC) |
| 2004 | Clark Atlanta (interim HC) |
| 2005–2007 | Bethune–Cookman (DL) |
| 2008–2009 | North Carolina A&T (ST/DL) |
| 2010 | North Carolina A&T (DC) |
| 2011–2012 | Southern (DL) |
| 2012 | Southern (interim HC) |
| 2013–2020 | Southern |
| 2021–2024 | Norfolk State |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 79–72 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 1 SWAC (2013) 4 SWAC West Division (2013–2014, 2018–2019) | |
| Awards | |
| SWAC Coach of the Year (2013) | |
Coaching career
editOdums agreed to a three-year contract extension as head football coach with Southern University as reported by the Advocate and confirmed by his agent Burton Rocks on January 17, 2014.[1] On January 21, 2015, it was reported in the Advocate that Bethune-Cookman had asked for, and received, permission to speak with Coach Odums regarding their own head coaching vacancy.[2] On April 20, 2021, Odums agreed to a six-year deal with Norfolk State to become the new head coach.
Head coaching record
edit| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clark Atlanta Panthers (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (2004) | |||||||||
| 2004 | Clark Atlanta | 1–9 | 1–7 | 8th | |||||
| Clark Atlanta: | 1–9 | 1–7 | |||||||
| Southern Jaguars (Southwestern Athletic Conference) (2012–2020) | |||||||||
| 2012 | Southern | 4–5[n 1] | 3–5[n 1] | T–2nd (West) | |||||
| 2013 | Southern | 9–4 | 7–2 | 1st (West) | |||||
| 2014 | Southern | 9–4 | 8–1 | 1st (West) | |||||
| 2015 | Southern | 6–5 | 6–3 | 3rd (West) | |||||
| 2016 | Southern | 8–3 | 8–1 | 2nd (West) | |||||
| 2017 | Southern | 7–3 | 5–1 | 2nd (West) | |||||
| 2018 | Southern | 7–3 | 6–1 | 1st (West) | |||||
| 2019 | Southern | 8–4 | 6–1 | 1st (West) | |||||
| 2020–21 | Southern | 5–1 | 4–1 | 2nd (West) | |||||
| Southern: | 63–32 | 53–16 | |||||||
| Norfolk State Spartans (Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference) (2021–2024) | |||||||||
| 2021 | Norfolk State | 6–5 | 2–3 | 4th | |||||
| 2022 | Norfolk State | 2–9 | 2–3 | T–3rd | |||||
| 2023 | Norfolk State | 3–8 | 1–4 | 6th | |||||
| 2024 | Norfolk State | 4–8 | 2–3 | 4th | |||||
| Norfolk State: | 15–31 | 7–13 | |||||||
| Total: | 79–72 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
Notes
edit- ^ a b Stump Mitchell was Southern's head coach for the first two games of the 2012 season before he was fired. Odums served as interim head coach for the final nine games. Southern finished the year 4–7 overall and 3–6 in conference play.
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