Current position | |
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Title | Defensive coordinator |
Team | Western Carolina |
Conference | SoCon |
Biographical details | |
Born | Merritt Island, Florida, U.S. | November 7, 1968
Alma mater | University of Florida (1991) |
Playing career | |
1987–1990 | Florida |
1992–1998 | Orlando Predators |
Position(s) | Linebacker, running back |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1991 | Florida (GA) |
2000–2002 | Florida (ST/LB) |
2003–2004 | East Carolina (DC/ST) |
2005–2007 | Coffee County Central HS (GA) |
2008–2009 | Philadelphia Soul (AHC/ST) |
2010–2015 | Jacksonville (AHC) |
2016–2023 | Tusculum |
2024–present | Western Carolina (DC) |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 42–38 (college) 22–12 (high school) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
1 SAC (2020) 1 SAC Mountain Division (2023) | |
Gerald S. Odom (born November 7, 1968) is an American college football coach. He is the defensive coordinator for Western Carolina University, a position he has held since 2024.[1] He was the head football coach for Tusculum University from 2016 to 2023.[2][3][4] He also coached for Florida,[5] East Carolina, Jacksonville,[6] and the Philadelphia Soul of the Arena Football League (AFL). He was the head football coach for Coffee County Central High School from 2005 to 2007.[7][8] He played college football for Florida and professionally for the Orlando Predators of the AFL as a linebacker and running back.[9]
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Tusculum Pioneers (South Atlantic Conference) (2016–2023) | |||||||||
2016 | Tusculum | 4–7 | 3–4 | T–4th | |||||
2017 | Tusculum | 5–5 | 3–4 | T–4th | |||||
2018 | Tusculum | 5–5 | 4–3 | T–3rd | |||||
2019 | Tusculum | 5–6 | 4–4 | T–4th | |||||
2020–21 | Tusculum | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1st (Mountain) | |||||
2021 | Tusculum | 5–6 | 3–5 | 7th | |||||
2022 | Tusculum | 8–3 | 6–3 | 2nd (Mountain) | |||||
2023 | Tusculum | 6–5 | 6–3 | T–1st (Mountain) | |||||
Tusculum: | 42–38 | 31–26 | |||||||
Total: | 42–38 | ||||||||
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth |