| Year: | 2016 |
| Team: | Georgia State Panthers |
| Sport: | football |
| Conference: | Sun Belt Conference |
| Short Conf: | Sun Belt |
| Record: | 3–9 |
| Conf Record: | 2–6 |
| Head Coach: | Trent Miles |
| Hc Year: | 4th |
| Hc Games: | first 10 games |
| Head Coach2: | Tim Lappano |
| Hc Games2: | interim, final 2 games |
| Off Coach: | Luke Huard |
| Oc Year: | 1st |
| Off Scheme: | Multiple |
| Def Coach: | Jesse Minter |
| Dc Year: | 4th |
| Def Scheme: | 4–3 |
| Stadium: | Georgia Dome |
The 2016 Georgia State Panthers football team represented Georgia State University (GSU) in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Panthers were led by fourth-year head coach Trent Miles for the first 10 games of the year until he was fired on November 12, 2016 after a 2–8 record.[1] They were led by interim head coach Tim Lappano for the remainder of the season. They played their home games at the Georgia Dome. The 2016 season was the Panthers' fourth in the Sun Belt Conference and seventh since starting football. This was also the Panthers final season in the Georgia Dome, as the stadium was demolished on November 20, 2017 following the opening of Mercedes-Benz Stadium on August 26 of the same year.
Georgia State announced its 2016 football schedule on March 3, 2016. The 2016 schedule consists of 6 home and away games in the regular season. The Panthers will host Sun Belt foes Arkansas State, Georgia Southern, Louisiana–Monroe, and Texas State, and will travel to Appalachian State, Idaho, South Alabama, and Troy. Georgia State will skip out on two Sun Belt teams this season, Louisiana–Lafayette and New Mexico State.[2]
The team will play four non–conference games, two home games against Ball State from the Mid-American Conference (MAC) and Tennessee–Martin (UT–Martin) from the Ohio Valley Conference, and two road games against Air Force from the Mountain West Conference and Wisconsin from the Big Ten Conference.
| Name | Position | Consecutive season at Georgia State in current position | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4th | ||||
| Harold Etheridge | 4th | |||
| Luke Huard | 1st | |||
| Jesse Minter | 4th | |||
| Assistant coach | 4th | |||
| Larry Knight | Assistant coach, outside linebackers | 2nd | ||
| Assistant coach, wide receivers | 3rd | |||
| Eric Lewis | 2nd | |||
| 1st | ||||
| P.J. Volker | Assistant coach, linebackers / recruiting coordinator | 4th | ||
| Ben McLane | Graduate assistant, offense | 1st | ||
| Chris O'Leary | Graduate assistant, defense | 1st | ||
| Reid Sanders | Graduate assistant, offense | 1st | ||
| John McDonell | Senior offensive analyst | 1st | ||
| Dusty Bennett | Director of football operations | 2nd | ||
| Scott Holsopple | 1st | |||
| Bob Murphy | Associate AD, sports medicine and nutrition | 1st | ||
| Liam Smith | Director of player personnel | 1st | ||
| Nicholas Vogt | Equipment manager | 4th | ||
| Reference:[4] | ||||
See also: 2016 Ball State Cardinals football team.
See also: 2016 Air Force Falcons football team.
See also: 2016 Wisconsin Badgers football team.
See also: 2016 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team.
See also: 2016 Texas State Bobcats football team.
See also: 2016 Troy Trojans football team.
See also: 2016 UT Martin Skyhawks football team.
See also: 2016 South Alabama Jaguars football team.
See also: 2016 Arkansas State Red Wolves football team.
See also: 2016 Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks football team.
See also: 2016 Georgia Southern Eagles football team.
See also: 2016 Idaho Vandals football team.