Jerry Mack, the running backs coach for the NFL’s Jacksonville Jaguars, was hired as Kennesaw State University’s head football coach on Sunday.
The 44-year-old Mack replaces Brian Bohannon, who had been the only coach in program history until he was fired with three games left in the regular season. Chandler Burks served as interim coach through the remainder of the 2-10 campaign, which included a 2-6 mark in the first season as a member of Conference USA.
“I am grateful and honored to be entrusted as the leader and standard bearer of our team,” Mack said in a statement released by Kennesaw State. “I’m looking forward to helping our young men build on the success of our program, obtain degrees, win championships, and develop into great citizens that our KSU family will be proud of.”
Mack is returning to the college ranks with the Atlanta-area Football Bowl Subdivision program, having served as a running backs coach for Tennessee from 2021-23.
His only previous head coaching experience came at Football Championship Subdivision member North Carolina Central, a historically Black university, from 2014-2017. He posted a record of 31-15 and won three Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference championships with the Eagles.