Josh Conklin (born June 19, 1979) is an American college football coach. He served as head football coach of Wofford College in Spartanburg, South Carolina from 2018 until midway through the 2022 season.[1] Conklin served as the defensive coordinator at the University of Pittsburgh from 2015 to 2017.[2] He played college football at Dakota State College in Madison, South Dakota.[3]
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Special Teams Coordinator/Safeties |
| Team | Arkansas State |
| Conference | Sun Belt |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | June 19, 1979 |
| Playing career | |
| 1998–2001 | Dakota State |
| Position(s) | Linebacker |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2003–2004 | South Dakota State (GA) |
| 2005–2006 | South Dakota State (DB/ST) |
| 2007–2009 | Wofford (DB) |
| 2010–2011 | The Citadel (DC) |
| 2012 | Tennessee (S) |
| 2013–2014 | FIU (DC) |
| 2015–2017 | Pittsburgh (DC) |
| 2018–2022 | Wofford |
| 2023–present | Arkansas State (ST/S) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 19–23 |
| Tournaments | 1–1 (NCAA D-I playoffs) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 2 SoCon (2018–2019) | |
Conklin and Wofford parted ways five games in to the 2022 season after the Terriers got off to an 0–5 start.[4][5]
Head coaching record
edit| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | FCS# | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wofford Terriers (Southern Conference) (2018–2022) | |||||||||
| 2018 | Wofford | 9–4 | 6–2 | T–1st | L NCAA Division I Second Round | 12 | |||
| 2019 | Wofford | 8–5 | 7–1 | 1st | L NCAA Division I First Round | 17 | |||
| 2020–21 | Wofford | 1–4 | 1–4 | 7th | |||||
| 2021 | Wofford | 1–10 | 0–8 | 9th | |||||
| 2022 | Wofford | 0–5[a] | 0–2 | ||||||
| Wofford: | 19–28 | 14–17 | |||||||
| Total: | 19–28 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
- ^ Wofford parted ways with Conklin after 5 games.
References
edit- ^ "Josh Conklin". Wofford Terriers football. Retrieved April 21, 2019.
- ^ "Pittsburgh defensive coordinator Josh Conklin to take over as Wofford College football coach". Greenville News. January 2, 2018. Retrieved April 22, 2019.
- ^ "Josh Conklin named head football coach". Wofford Terriers football. Retrieved April 21, 2019.
- ^ Brice, John (October 6, 2022). "Sources: Josh Conklin out as Wofford head coach". FootballScoop.com. Football Scoop. Retrieved October 6, 2022.
- ^ Albuquerque, Sam (October 6, 2022). "Wofford football coach Josh Conklin resigns after 15-game losing streak". The Greenville News. Retrieved October 7, 2022.
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