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American football player and coach (born 1981)

Brett Gilliland
Current position

Title	Head coach
Team	West Alabama
Conference	GSC
Record	71–43
Biographical details
Born	(1981-06-02) June 2, 1981 (age 43) Pensacola, Florida, U.S.
Playing career
2000–2003	West Alabama

Position(s)	Quarterback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2004	West Alabama (WR)
2006–2009	Georgia Tech (GA)
2010	Georgia Southern (RB)
2011	Georgia Southern (TE/OT)
2012	Georgia Southern (WR)
2013	Kennesaw State (QB)
2014–present	West Alabama

Head coaching record
Overall	71–43
Tournaments	1–3 (NCAA D-II playoffs)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
1 GSC (2017)
Awards
GSC Coach of the Year (2017)

Brett Gilliland (born June 2, 1981) is an American college football coach. He is the head football coach for the University of West Alabama, a position he has held since 2014. Previously Gilliland played quarterback for the West Alabama Tigers from 2000 to 2003 where he set several school records. He began his coaching career in 2004 and held assistant coaching positions at West Alabama, Georgia Tech, Georgia Southern and Kennesaw State. Gilliland was announced as West Alabama's 21st head coach on December 9, 2013.

Head coaching record


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs	AFCA
West Alabama Tigers (Gulf South Conference) (2014–present)
2014	West Alabama	5–6	2–5	6th
2015	West Alabama	7–4	3–4	5th
2016	West Alabama	7–4	6–2	T–2nd
2017	West Alabama	10–3	7–1	1st	L NCAA Division II Quarterfinal	12
2018	West Alabama	8–4	5–3	T–3rd	L NCAA Division II First Round
2019	West Alabama	6–5	3–5	T–6th
2020–21	West Alabama	2–0	0–0	N/A
2021	West Alabama	7–4	4–3	4th
2022	West Alabama	5–6	3–4	T–4th
2023	West Alabama	5–5	4–4	T–5th
2024	West Alabama	9–2	5–1	2nd	L NCAA Division II First Round	12
West Alabama:		71–43	42–32
Total:		71–43
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth

Filmography

Film and television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
2009	Pros vs. Joes	Himself	Episode: "Rich Gannon to Tim Brown!"

References

Champlin, Drew (December 9, 2013). "Former West Alabama quarterback Brett Gilliland takes over as school's head football coach". AL.com. Retrieved December 10, 2013.
"West Alabama names record-setting quarterback Brett Gilliand as coach". NCAA.com. West Alabama Athletics. December 10, 2013. Retrieved December 10, 2013.
"Brett Gilliland Featured on Pros vs. Joes Tonight on Spike TV". June 15, 2009. Retrieved October 5, 2021.

External links

v t e West Alabama Tigers head football coaches
Paul Tubb (1938–1941) No team (1942–1945) Fred McCollum (1946) C. A. Douglas (1947–1948) George Darrow (1949) Vaughn Mancha (1949–1951) Bob Williams (1952) T. Ray Richeson (1953–1956) Robert Cire (1957–1959) Jim Garner (1960–1966) Morris Higginbotham (1967–1969) Mickey Andrews (1970–1972) Jim King (1973–1976) Jack Crowe (1977–1978) Frank North (1979–1984) Sam McCorkle (1985–1990) Lloyd Sisco (1991–1993) Todd Stroud (1994–1996) Bobby Johns (1997–2000) Randy Pippin (2001–2003) Sam McCorkle (2004–2005) Bobby Wallace (2006–2010) Will Hall (2011–2013) Brett Gilliland (2014– )

West Alabama Tigers head football coaches

Paul Tubb (1938–1941)
No team (1942–1945)
Fred McCollum (1946)
C. A. Douglas (1947–1948)
George Darrow (1949)
Vaughn Mancha (1949–1951)
Bob Williams (1952)
T. Ray Richeson (1953–1956)
Robert Cire (1957–1959)
Jim Garner (1960–1966)
Morris Higginbotham (1967–1969)
Mickey Andrews (1970–1972)
Jim King (1973–1976)
Jack Crowe (1977–1978)
Frank North (1979–1984)
Sam McCorkle (1985–1990)
Lloyd Sisco (1991–1993)
Todd Stroud (1994–1996)
Bobby Johns (1997–2000)
Randy Pippin (2001–2003)
Sam McCorkle (2004–2005)
Bobby Wallace (2006–2010)
Will Hall (2011–2013)
Brett Gilliland (2014– )

v t e Head football coaches of the Gulf South Conference
Paul Johnson (Chowan) Todd Cooley (Delta State) Shap Boyd (Erskine) Vacant (North Greenville) Tremaine Jackson (Valdosta State) Brett Gilliland (West Alabama) Kaleb Nobles (West Florida)

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