John Bland | |
Current Title: | Assistant coach |
Current Team: | Catholic HS (AR) |
Birth Place: | Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S. |
Player Years1: | 1988–1991 |
Player Team1: | Arkansas |
Player Positions: | Quarterback |
Coach Years1: | c. 1993 |
Coach Team1: | Columbia Central HS (TN) (assistant) |
Coach Years2: | 1994–1999 |
Coach Team2: | Southern Arkansas (assistant) |
Coach Years3: | 2000 |
Coach Team3: | Southern Arkansas |
Coach Years4: | 2001–2005 |
Coach Team4: | Rice (QB) |
Coach Years5: | 2006–2013 |
Coach Years6: | 2014–2023 |
Coach Team6: | Mississippi College |
Coach Years7: | 2024–present |
Coach Team7: | Catholic HS (AR) (assistant) |
Overall Record: | 101–92 |
Tournament Record: | 5–6 (NAIA playoffs) |
Championships: | 3 MSC East Division (2008–2009, 2013) 3 MSC West Division (2010) |
Awards: | 5× MSC Coach of the Year GSC Coach of the Year (2019) |
John Bland (born) is an American college football coach. He is an assistant coach for the Catholic High School for Boys, a position he has held since 2024. He served as the head football coach at Southern Arkansas University in 2000, the University of the Cumberlands in Williamsburg, Kentucky from 2005 to 2013 and Mississippi College from 2014 to 2023. Bland played football as a quarterback at the University of Arkansas from 1988 to 1991. He worked as the quarterbacks coach at Rice University from 2001 to 2005.[1]