Dawson Odums
Odums in 2016 | |
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Bowie State |
| Conference | CIAA |
| Record | 0–0 |
| 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 |
| 2026–present | Bowie 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) | |
Dawson Tayrone Odums is an American football coach. He is the head coach at Bowie State University, a position he has held since 2026. He also served as the head coach at Norfolk State University, a position he held from 2021 to 2024. Odums also 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.