Kendal Briles

Kendal Briles
Current position
TitleOffensive coordinator
TeamSouth Carolina
ConferenceSEC
Biographical details
Born (1982-11-10) November 10, 1982
Abilene, Texas, U.S.
Alma materUniversity of Houston
Playing career
2001–2002Texas
2003–2005Houston
PositionsSafety, wide receiver
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2008–2011Baylor (IWR/ORC)
2012–2014Baylor (WR/PGC)
2015–2016Baylor (OC/QB)
2017Florida Atlantic (AHC/OC/QB)
2018Houston (AHC/OC/QB)
2019Florida State (OC/QB)
2020–2022Arkansas (OC/QB)
2023–2025TCU (AHC/OC/QB)
2026–presentSouth Carolina (OC/QB)

Kendal Briles (born November 10, 1982) is an American football coach. He was hired on December 9, 2025, as the offensive coordinator for the South Carolina Gamecocks. While coaching at Baylor, Briles' recruiting efforts were recognized in 2013 and 2014 as the Big 12’s Recruiter of the Year. In 2015, his first year as the offensive coordinator at Baylor, He was also a finalist for the Broyles Award for engineering the top ranked offense in the country.