Kent Briggs (born c. 1957) is a former American football coach. He served as the head football coach at Western Carolina University from 2002 to 2007, compiling a record of 22–43.[1] A native of Asheville, North Carolina, Briggs played as a quarterback at A. C. Reynolds High School in Asheville and then at Western Carolina. He was the head football coach at Cherokee High School in Cherokee, North Carolina, from 2014 to 2018, leading his team to a 1A state title in 2017 and an overall record of 37–29.[2]
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | c. 1957 |
| Playing career | |
| 1976–1979 | Western Carolina |
| Position(s) | Quarterback |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1982–1988 | Western Carolina (assistant) |
| 1989–1995 | NC State (assistant) |
| 1996–1999 | NC State (co-DC) |
| 2000 | Connecticut (DB) |
| 2001 | Connecticut (DC) |
| 2002–2007 | Western Carolina |
| 2010–2012 | Smoky Mountain HS (NC) (assistant) |
| 2014–2018 | Cherokee HS (NC) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 22–43 (college) 37–29 (high school) |
Head coaching record
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edit| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Western Carolina Catamounts (Southern Conference) (2002–2007) | |||||||||
| 2002 | Western Carolina | 5–6 | 3–5 | T–5th | |||||
| 2003 | Western Carolina | 5–7 | 3–5 | T–6th | |||||
| 2004 | Western Carolina | 4–7 | 2–5 | T–5th | |||||
| 2005 | Western Carolina | 5–4 | 4–3 | 4th | |||||
| 2006 | Western Carolina | 2–9 | 0–7 | 8th | |||||
| 2007 | Western Carolina | 1–10 | 0–7 | 8th | |||||
| Western Carolina: | 22–43 | 12–32 | |||||||
| Total: | 22–43 | ||||||||
References
edit- ^ Price, Terry (January 5, 2002). "Briggs Named Western Carolina Head Coach". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. p. C3. Retrieved November 22, 2021 – via Newspapers.com
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- ^ Thompson, David (April 10, 2019). "Cherokee's Kent Briggs announces retirement". Asheville Citizen-Times. Asheville, North Carolina. Retrieved November 22, 2021.
