Brent Dearmon (born December 19, 1984) is an American football coach who is currently the head coach at the University of North Alabama. He was previously the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at the University of Kansas, Middle Tennessee State University, and Florida Atlantic University. Dearmon was also the head coach at Bethel University in Tennessee, where he won a Mid-South Conference championship in his lone season there. He also played college football at Bethel, where he set career and single-season records in passing yards and touchdowns. Dearmon spent time playing professionally for indoor football teams before getting into coaching.
| North Alabama Lions | |
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| Position: | Head coach |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | October 19, 1984 Mobile, Alabama, U.S. |
| Career information | |
| High school: | Vigor (AL) |
| College: | Bethel (TN) |
| Undrafted: | 2007 |
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| Head coaching record | |
| Regular season: | NCAA: 6–14 (.300) NAIA: 10–0 (1.000) High school: 5–15 (.250) |
| Postseason: | NAIA: 0–1 (.000) |
| Career: | NCAA: 6–14 (.300) NAIA: 10–1 (.909) High school: 5–15 (.250) |
Coaching career
editDearmon began his coaching career as a student assistant at his alma mater Bethel in 2007 working with the defensive backs. He was hired to be the offensive coordinator at his high school alma mater Vigor High School in Alabama, while also working at the school as a math teacher.[1] He was named the head coach at B. C. Rain High School in Mobile in 2011, where he compiled a 5–15 record in his two seasons there before accepting an off-the-field coaching role at Auburn.[2] He was part of a trio of high school football coaches hired as analysts at Auburn in 2013 under first-year head coach Gus Malzahn.[3] He left Auburn in 2014 to accept the offensive coordinator position at Arkansas Tech.[4]
Bethel (second stint)
editDearmon was named the head coach at his alma mater Bethel in 2018.[5] In his lone season as the program's head coach, he compiled a 10–1 record and won a Mid-South conference championship.
Kansas
editDearmon left Bethel in 2019 to accept a senior offensive analyst position at Kansas under Les Miles.[6] He was promoted to offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach midway through the season after Les Koenning was fired.[7]
Middle Tennessee State
editDearmon was named the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Middle Tennessee in 2021.[8]
North Alabama
editHe was announced as the head coach for the University of North Alabama on December 3, 2022.[9]
Head coaching record
editCollege
edit| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | NAIA# | |||
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| Bethel Wildcats (Mid-South Conference) (2018) | |||||||||
| 2018 | Bethel | 10–1 | 6–0 | 1st | L NAIA First Round | 10 | |||
| Bethel: | 10–1 | 6–0 | |||||||
| North Alabama Lions (United Athletic Conference) (2023–present) | |||||||||
| 2023 | North Alabama | 3–8 | 1–5 | T–7th | |||||
| 2024 | North Alabama | 3–6 | 3–2 | ||||||
| North Alabama: | 6–14 | 4–7 | |||||||
| Total: | 16–15 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
References
edit- ^ "B.C. Rain hires Brent Dearmon as new football coach". AL.com. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
- ^ "Brent Dearmon named football coach at B.C. Rain". AL.com. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
- ^ "Auburn Football: How Newly Hired "Off-the-Field" Coaches Shake Up AU Recruiting". Bleacher Report. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
- ^ "Brent Dearmon leaves Auburn to be offensive coordinator". Auburn University Athletics. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
- ^ "Former Wildcat Great Named Head Football Coach at Bethel University". Bethel University Athletics. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
- ^ "Coach Brent Dearmon Leaving Bethel for Position on University of Kansas Staff". Bethel University Athletics. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
- ^ "Kansas fires OC Les Koenning, promotes analyst Brent Dearmon". ESPN. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
- ^ "Stockstill tabs Dearmon as OC". Middle Tennessee State University Athletics. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
- ^ "Brent Dearmon named head football coach at UNA" RoarLions.com. Retrieved 2022-12-03.