| Dawson Odums | |
| Birth Place: | Shelby, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Player Years1: | 1994–1997 |
| Player Team1: | North Carolina Central |
| Coach Years1: | 1999 |
| Coach Team1: | Gardner–Webb (DL) |
| Coach Years2: | 2000 |
| Coach Team2: | Georgia Southern (OLB) |
| Coach Years3: | 2001 |
| Coach Team3: | Georgia Southern (DE) |
| Coach Years4: | 2002–2003 |
| Coach Team4: | Clark Atlanta (AHC/DC) |
| Coach Years5: | 2004 |
| Coach Team5: | Clark Atlanta (interim HC) |
| Coach Years6: | 2005–2007 |
| Coach Team6: | Bethune–Cookman (DL) |
| Coach Years7: | 2008–2009 |
| Coach Team7: | North Carolina A&T (ST/DL) |
| Coach Years8: | 2010 |
| Coach Team8: | North Carolina A&T (DC) |
| Coach Years9: | 2011–2012 |
| Coach Team9: | Southern (DL) |
| Coach Years10: | 2012 |
| Coach Team10: | Southern (interim HC) |
| Coach Years11: | 2013–2020 |
| Coach Team11: | Southern |
| Coach Years12: | 2021–2024 |
| Coach Team12: | Norfolk State |
| Overall Record: | 79–72 |
| 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 was most recently the head coach at Norfolk State University, a position he held from 2021 to 2024. Odums 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.
Odums agreed to a three-year contract extension as head football coach with Southern University as reported by the Advocate and confirmed by his agent Burton Rocks on January 17, 2014.[1] On January 21, 2015, it was reported in the Advocate that Bethune-Cookman had asked for, and received, permission to speak with Coach Odums regarding their own head coaching vacancy.[2] On April 20, 2021, Odums agreed to a six-year deal with Norfolk State to become the new head coach.