Brian Jenkins (American football)

Brian O'Neal Jenkins (born March 4, 1971) is an American football coach. He was the head football coach at Alabama State University, a position he had held since 2015. Jenkins served as the head football coach at Bethune–Cookman University from 2010 to 2014.^[1][2] His team completed the 2010 season with a record of 10 wins and 2 losses. In his first year, his team was declared the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference co-champions and the team qualified for the 2010 NCAA Division I Football Championship Series playoffs.^[3]

Brian Jenkins

Current position
Title	Assistant head coach, offensive coordinator
Team	Edward Waters
Conference	NAIA independent
Biographical details
Born	(1971-03-04) March 4, 1971 (age 54) Fort Lauderdale, Florida, U.S.
Playing career
1990–1993	Cincinnati
Position(s)	Wide receiver, running back
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1994	Western Kentucky (assistant)
1995–1998	Eastern Illinois (RB)
1999	Eastern Illinois (WR)
2000	Bowling Green (RB)
2001	Frankfurt Galaxy (STC/RB)
2002–2008	Louisiana–Lafayette (STC/RB)
2009	Rutgers (WR)
2010–2014	Bethune–Cookman
2015–2017	Alabama State
2018	Alabama A&M (STC/RB)
2019	North Carolina Central (STC/RB)
2021–present	Edward Waters (AHC/OC/QB)
Head coaching record
Overall	55–26
Tournaments	0–3 (NCAA D-I playoffs)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
4 MEAC (2010, 2012–2014)
Awards
3× MEAC Coach of the Year (2010, 2012, 2013) 2× AFCA FCS R2 Coach of the Year (2010, 2012)

Head coaching record

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs	TSN#	FCS°
Bethune–Cookman Wildcats (Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference) (2010–2014)
2010	Bethune–Cookman	10–2	7–1	T–1st	L NCAA Division I Second Round
2011	Bethune–Cookman	8–3	6–2	T–2nd
2012	Bethune–Cookman	9–3	8–0	1st	L NCAA Division I First Round	22	22
2013	Bethune–Cookman	10–3	7–1	T–1st	L NCAA Division I First Round	16	16
2014	Bethune–Cookman	9–3	6–2	T–1st		23	22
Bethune–Cookman:		46–14	34–6
Alabama State Hornets (Southwestern Athletic Conference) (2015–2017)
2015	Alabama State	6–5	5–3	2nd (East)
2016	Alabama State	3–7	3–6	T–3rd (East)
2017	Alabama State	0–5[n 1]	0–2[n 1]	(East)[n 1]
Alabama State:		9–17	8–11
Total:		55–31
National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth
#Rankings from final The Sports Network poll. °Rankings from final FCS Coaches Poll.

Notes

1. Jenkins fired after the first five games of the 2017 season. Donald Hill-Eley replaced Jenkins as interim head coach for the final six games of the season. The Hornets finished the season 5–6 overall, placing second in the East Division of the Southwestern Athletic Conference with a 4–3 mark.