Byron Dawson
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamCentenary
ConferenceSCAC
Record0–0
Biographical details
Born (1980-02-09) February 9, 1980
Shreveport, Louisiana, U.S.
Alma materLouisiana State University (2003)
Playing career
1998–2002LSU
Position(s)Defensive tackle
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2003–2004Redemptorist HS (LA) (DL)
2005–2019Evangel Christian Academy (LA)
2020–2021Tulane (DL)
2022–presentCentenary
Head coaching record
Overall0–0 (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]

Head coaching record

College

Year Team Overall ConferenceStanding Bowl/playoffs
Centenary Gentlemen (Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference) (2024–present)
2024 Centenary 0–00–0
Centenary: 0–00–0
Total:0–0

Club team

Year Team Overall ConferenceStanding Bowl/playoffs
Centenary Gentlemen (Club team) (2022–2023)
2022 No team
2023 Centenary 8–1
Centenary: 8–1
Total:8–1

High school

Year Team Overall ConferenceStanding Bowl/playoffs
Evangel Christian Academy Eagles () (2005–2019)
2005 Evangel Christian Academy 12–37–01st
2006 Evangel Christian Academy 12–27–01st
2007 Evangel Christian Academy 10–35–12nd
2008 Evangel Christian Academy 12–36–01st
2009 Evangel Christian Academy 14–15–01st
2010 Evangel Christian Academy 12–25–01st
2011 Evangel Christian Academy 7–63–12nd
2012 Evangel Christian Academy 12–35–01st
2013 Evangel Christian Academy 8–23–01st
2014 Evangel Christian Academy 8–45–01st
2015 Evangel Christian Academy 9–35–1T–1st
2016 Evangel Christian Academy 12–26–01st
2017 Evangel Christian Academy 8–26–01st
2018 Evangel Christian Academy 8–46–01st
2019 Evangel Christian Academy 6–54–0T–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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