List of Kennesaw State Owls head football coaches

The Kennesaw State Owls college football team represents Kennesaw State University in the Big South Conference. The Owls currently compete as a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Championship Subdivision. The program has had two head coaches and one interim head coach since it began play during the 2015 season. Since November 2024, Jerry Mack has served as Kennesaw State's head coach.^[1]

The Kennesaw State Owls logo.

Key

Key to symbols in coaches list

General		Overall		Conference		Postseason[A 1]
No.	Order of coaches[A 2]	GC	Games coached	CW	Conference wins	PW	Postseason wins
DC	Division championships	OW	Overall wins	CL	Conference losses	PL	Postseason losses
CC	Conference championships	OL	Overall losses	CT	Conference ties	PT	Postseason ties
NC	National championships	OT	Overall ties[A 3]	C%	Conference winning percentage
†	Elected to the College Football Hall of Fame	O%	Overall winning percentage[A 4]

Coaches

List of head football coaches showing season(s) coached, overall records, conference records, postseason records, championships and selected awards^{[A 5]}

No.	Name	Season(s)	GC	OW	OL	O%	CW	CL	C%	PW	PL	DC	CC	NC	Awards
1	Brian Bohannon	2015–2024	110	72	38	0.655	30	16	0.652	5	4	—	3	0	—
Int.	Chandler Burks [A 6]	2024	3	1	2	0.333	1	2	0.333	0	0	0	0	—	—
2	Jerry Mack	2025–present	0	0	0	–	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	—	—

Notes

1. Although the first Rose Bowl Game was played in 1902, it has been continuously played since the 1916 game, and is recognized as the oldest bowl game by the NCAA. "—" indicates any season prior to 1916 when postseason games were not played.^[2]
2. A running total of the number of head coaches, with coaches who served separate tenures being counted only once. Interim head coaches are represented with "Int" and are not counted in the running total. "—" indicates the team played but either without a coach or no coach is on record. "X" indicates an interim year without play.
3. Overtime rules in college football were introduced in 1996, making ties impossible in the period since.^[3]
4. When computing the win–loss percentage, a tie counts as half a win and half a loss.^[4]
5. Statistics correct as of the end of the 2024 NCAA Division I FBS football season.
6. Chandler Burks was named interim head coach for the final three games of the 2024 season, following the resignation of Brian Bohannon as head coach.^[5]

References

1. "Kennesaw State hires Jaguars' Jerry Mack as football coach". ESPN.com. December 1, 2024. Retrieved January 2, 2025.
2. National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2011). Bowl/All-Star Game Records (PDF). Indianapolis, Indiana: NCAA. pp. 5–10. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 5, 2011. Retrieved August 21, 2011.
3. Whiteside, Kelly (August 25, 2006). "Overtime system still excites coaches". USA Today. McLean, Virginia. Archived from the original on September 6, 2010. Retrieved September 25, 2009.
4. Finder, Chuck (September 6, 1987). "Big plays help Paterno to 200th". The New York Times. New York City. Archived from the original on September 28, 2013. Retrieved October 22, 2009.
5. "Kennesaw State records first win under interim coach Chandler Burks". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. November 23, 2024. Retrieved January 2, 2025.