John Bland (American football)
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Mississippi College |
| Conference | GSC |
| Record | 19–53 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | c. 1967 Knoxville, Tennessee |
| Playing career | |
| 1988–1991 | Arkansas |
| Position(s) | Quarterback |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| c. 1993 | Columbia Central HS (TN) (assistant) |
| 1994–1999 | Southern Arkansas (assistant) |
| 2000 | Southern Arkansas |
| 2001–2005 | Rice (QB) |
| 2006–2013 | Cumberlands (KY) |
| 2014–present | Mississippi College |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 94–79 |
| Tournaments | 5–6 (NAIA playoffs) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 3 MSC East Division (2008–2009, 2013) 3 MSC West Division (2010) | |
| Awards | |
| 5× MSC Coach of the Year GSC Coach of the Year (2019) | |
John Bland (born c. 1967) is an American football coach. He is the head football coach at Mississippi College, a position he had held since 2014. Bland served as the head football coach at Southern Arkansas University in 2000 and at the University of the Cumberlands in Williamsburg, Kentucky from 2005 to 2013. Bland played college football as a quarterback at the University of Arkansas from 1988 to 1991. He worked as the quarterbacks coach at Rice University from 2001 to 2005.[1]
Head coaching record[]
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southern Arkansas Muleriders (Gulf South Conference) (2000) | |||||||||
| 2000 | Southern Arkansas | 5–5 | 4–5 | T–6th | |||||
| Southern Arkansas: | 5–5 | 4–5 | |||||||
| Cumberlands Patriots (Mid-South Conference) (2006–2013) | |||||||||
| 2006 | Cumberlands | 6–4 | 3–2 | 3rd (East) | |||||
| 2007 | Cumberlands | 8–3 | 4–1 | 2nd (East) | L NAIA First Round | ||||
| 2008 | Cumberlands | 10–2 | 6–0 | 1st (East) | L NAIA Quarterfinal | ||||
| 2009 | Cumberlands | 9–2 | 5–1 | 1st (East) | L NAIA First Round | ||||
| 2010 | Cumberlands | 7–4 | 5–1 | 1st (West) | L NAIA First Round | ||||
| 2011 | Cumberlands | 7–3 | 4–2 | T–2nd (West) | |||||
| 2012 | Cumberlands | 10–2 | 4–1 | 2nd (East) | L NAIA Quarterfinal | ||||
| 2013 | Cumberlands | 13–1 | 6–0 | 1st (East) | L NAIA Championship | ||||
| Cumberlands: | 70–21 | 37–8 | |||||||
| Mississippi College Choctaws (Gulf South Conference) (2014–present) | |||||||||
| 2014 | Mississippi College | 1–9 | 0–7 | 8th | |||||
| 2015 | Mississippi College | 2–8 | 0–7 | 8th | |||||
| 2016 | Mississippi College | 3–7 | 1–7 | 8th | |||||
| 2017 | Mississippi College | 1–10 | 1–7 | 8th | |||||
| 2018 | Mississippi College | 3–7 | 1–6 | 8th | |||||
| 2019 | Mississippi College | 5–5 | 4–4 | T–4th | |||||
| 2020 | Mississippi College | 0–1 | |||||||
| 2021 | Mississippi College | 4–6 | 2–5 | T–6th | |||||
| Mississippi College: | 19–53 | 9–43 | |||||||
| Total: | 94–79 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
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