| Byron Dawson | |
| Current Title: | Head coach |
| Current Team: | Centenary |
| Current Conference: | SCAC |
| Current Record: | 0–0 |
| Birth Date: | 9 February 1980 |
| Birth Place: | Shreveport, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Alma Mater: | Louisiana State University (2003) |
| Player Years1: | 1998–2002 |
| Player Team1: | LSU |
| Player Positions: | Defensive tackle |
| Coach Years1: | 2003–2004 |
| Coach Team1: | Redemptorist HS (LA) (DL) |
| Coach Years2: | 2005–2019 |
| Coach Team2: | Evangel Christian Academy (LA) |
| Coach Years3: | 2020–2021 |
| Coach Team3: | Tulane (DL) |
| Coach Years4: | 2022–present |
| Coach Team4: | Centenary |
| Overall Record: | 0–0 (college) 8–1 (club team) 150–45 (high school) |
| Tournament Record: | 46–10 (LHSAA playoffs) |
Byron Tremain Dawson (born February 9, 1980) is an American college football coach. He is the head football coach for Centenary College of Louisiana, a position he has held since 2022.[1] He is the Gentlemen's first football coach following the return of the program after its dissolution in 1947.[2] [3] He was the head football coach for Evangel Christian Academy from 2005 to 2019;[4] winning five Louisiana High School Athletic Association state championships. He also coached for Redemptorist High School and Tulane.[5] [6] He played college football for LSU as a defensive tackle.[7]