Bryant Vincent Explained

Bryant Vincent
Current Title:Head coach
Current Team:Louisiana–Monroe
Current Conference:Sun Belt
Current Record:0–0
Birth Date:18 October 1975
Birth Place:Glasgow, Kentucky, U.S.
Alma Mater:West Alabama
Coach Years1:1996–1997
Coach Team1:West Alabama (SA)
Coach Years2:1998
Coach Team2:Hart County HS (KY) (assistant)
Coach Years3:1999–2002
Coach Team3:Charles Henderson HS (AL) (assistant)
Coach Years4:2003–2005
Coach Team4:Spain Park HS (AL) (AHC)
Coach Years5:2006
Coach Team5:Greenville HS (AL)
Coach Years6:2007–2010
Coach Team6:Spanish Fort HS (AL)
Coach Years7:2011
Coach Team7:South Alabama (TE)
Coach Years8:2012–2013
Coach Team8:South Alabama (QB)
Coach Years9:2014
Coach Team9:UAB (OC/QB)
Coach Years10:2015–2017
Coach Team10:South Alabama (AHC/co-OC/QB)
Coach Years11:2018–2021
Coach Team11:UAB (OC/QB)
Coach Years12:2022
Coach Team12:UAB (interim HC)
Coach Years13:2023
Coach Team13:New Mexico (OC/QB)
Coach Years14:2024–present
Coach Team14:Louisiana–Monroe
Overall Record:7–6 (college)
49–16 (high school)
Bowl Record:1–0

Bryant Vincent (born October 18, 1975) is an American football coach who is currently the head coach at the University of Louisiana Monroe. Vincent was elevated to interim head coach at UAB in June 2022 after Bill Clark announced his retirement.[1] He was named the head coach at ULM in December 2023.[2]

Coaching career

High school

Vincent was initially a member of the baseball program at West Alabama before joining the football program as a student assistant in 1996.[3] After graduating from West Alabama, he worked as an elementary school teacher and assistant football coach in Hart County, Kentucky before returning to Alabama the next year.

Vincent was an assistant coach at Charles Henderson High School and Spain Park High School in Alabama before being named the head coach at Greenville High School in 2006. Greenville went 10–3 in Vincent's lone season at the helm, and Vincent won the Class 5A Coach of the Year Award. Vincent was also the head coach at Spanish Fort High School from 2007 to 2010, where he accumulated a record of 39–13.

In 2004, Vincent was named as a person of interest in the death of Jeremy Martin that occurred in Barren County.[4]

South Alabama

Vincent was hired to be the tight ends coach at South Alabama in 2011.[5] He was reassigned to quarterbacks coach in 2012.

UAB

Vincent was hired as the offensive coordinator at UAB in 2014. The football program was shut down after the season.[6]

South Alabama (second stint)

Vincent was hired back at South Alabama in 2015 as their assistant head coach, co-offensive coordinator, and quarterbacks coach.[7] He was fired by South Alabama in September 2017.[8]

UAB (second stint)

Vincent was hired as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at UAB in 2018.[9]

New Mexico

Vincent was named the offensive coordinator at New Mexico on January 3, 2023.[10]

University of Louisiana Monroe

Vincent was named the head coach at the University of Louisiana at Monroe on December 5, 2023.[11]

Head coaching record

College

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Scarborough . Alex . UAB promotes Bryant Vincent to interim football head coach, replacing the retiring Bill Clark . ESPN . June 27, 2022 . August 23, 2022.
  2. Web site: Bryant Vincent Named ULM Head Football Coach . ULM Warhawks Athletics . December 5, 2023.
  3. Web site: MacDonald . Jared . Glasgow native Vincent excited for 'special opportunity' to lead UAB . Bowling Green Daily News . August 4, 2022 . August 23, 2022.
  4. Web site: Highland . Deborah . June 9, 2017 . Book explores questions about 2004 death of Barren County man . December 16, 2023 . Bowling Green Daily News.
  5. Web site: Hicks . Tommy . After leading Spanish Fort to state title, Bryant Vincent joins staff at South Alabama . al.com . January 20, 2011 . August 23, 2022.
  6. Web site: Irvine . Steve . New football head coach works his way to a special opportunity at UAB . 1819 News . July 26, 2022 . August 23, 2022.
  7. Evans . Thayer . South Alabama hires UAB offensive coordinator Bryant Vincent . Sports Illustrated . December 14, 2014 . August 23, 2022.
  8. Web site: Stephenson . Creg . Bryant Vincent out as South Alabama offensive coordinator . al.com . September 25, 2017 . August 23, 2022.
  9. Web site: UAB hires Bryant Vincent back as offensive coordinator . Associated Press . February 2, 2018 . August 23, 2022.
  10. Web site: Mercogliano . Frank . UAB OC/Interim Head Coach Vincent Named Offensive Coordinator . University of New Mexico Lobos Athletics . January 2023 . January 3, 2023.
  11. https://www.knoe.com/2023/12/05/ulm-names-byant-vincent-new-head-football-coach/ "ULM names Bryant Vincent as new head football coach"