ATLANTA — Brian Bohannon, most recently the head coach of Kennesaw State University’s football program, is returning to Georgia Tech as a senior offensive assistant on coach Brent Key’s staff.
Bohannon’s return was one of four staff additions announced by Georgia Tech on Friday. Kobie Jones, who was Alabama’s assistant cornerbacks coach in 2024, was named cornerbacks coach of the Yellow Jackets.
Also, Mike Polly was named assistant offensive line coach, and Emil Ekiyor Jr. was named a quality control assistant who will work with the offensive line.
Bohannon posted a record of 72-38 at Kennesaw State before his exit on Nov. 11, when the Owls were 1-8. The suburban Atlanta school said he resigned, but Bohannon said he was fired.
Bohannon, had been the only head coach in program history, and his 10-year run at Kennesaw State included three Big South Conference championships and four playoff appearances in the Football Championship Subdivision before the program’s transition to the Football Bowl Subdivision and NCAA Division I’s highest tier last year.
Jerry Mack, who was running backs coach for the NFL’s Jacksonville Jaguars in 2024 after three seasons at the University of Tennessee in the same role, has since been hired to lead the Owls.
Bohannon was an assistant coach for 16 seasons under coach Paul Johnson, including five seasons as quarterbacks and running backs coach at Georgia Tech (2008-12). Bohannon also coached under Johnson at Navy and Georgia Southern.