Brad Scott (American football)

Brad Scott (born September 30, 1954) is a former American football coach and player who is currently the football chief of staff for the University of South Florida Bulls football team. He was previously the associate head coach and offensive line coach for the Clemson Tigers football team and was also the head coach of the South Carolina Gamecocks from 1994 to 1998.

Brad Scott
Current position
TitleFootball Chief of Staff
TeamSouth Florida
ConferenceThe American
Biographical details
Born (1954-09-30) September 30, 1954
Arcadia, Florida
Playing career
1975–1979Missouri–Rolla
Position(s)Offensive line
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1979Desoto County HS (FL) (assistant)
1980Hardee County HS (FL)
1981The Citadel (GA)
1982Desoto County HS (FL)
1983–1984Florida State (GA)
1985–1989Florida State (TE)
1990–1993Florida State (OC/OL)
1994–1998South Carolina
1999–2000Clemson (TE)
2001–2003Clemson (OC/TE)
2004–2011Clemson (AHC/OL)
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
2011–2019Clemson (assistant AD)
2020–presentSouth Florida (FB Chief of Staff)
Head coaching record
Overall23–32–1 (college)
Bowls1–0

Career

Scott came to South Carolina after 11 years as an assistant at Florida State under Bobby Bowden, the last four as offensive coordinator. While at Florida State, he helped develop Heisman Trophy winner Charlie Ward, as well as the "Fast Break" offense that netted the Seminoles a national title in 1993.

In his first year at South Carolina, he led the Gamecocks to a 6–5 regular season. Despite a 4–4 record in Southeastern Conference play, Scott's Gamecocks routed Clemson 33–7 in the last game of the season. That earned them a berth in the Carquest Bowl, where they beat West Virginia 24–21. It was the first bowl win in the program's 102-year history—one of the longest droughts in the country at the time.

Scott's tenure at South Carolina would prove to be short-lived, as he was only able to put together one more winning season, in 1996—only the second year he managed a .500 record in conference play. In 1998, after defeating Ball State to open the season, the Gamecocks lost 10 games in a row to finish 1–10, the worst record in school history at the time. Scott was fired after the 1998 season. Shortly afterward, he was hired as tight ends coach by in-state rival Clemson, which was coached at the time by Tommy Bowden, Bobby Bowden's younger son. Scott was promoted to offensive coordinator in 2001, a job he held for three seasons. Scott was then demoted to offensive line coach after the 2003 season.

After Tommy Bowden was forced to resign in the middle of the 2008 season, Scott was named associate head coach under new head coach Dabo Swinney.

Head coaching record

College

Year Team Overall ConferenceStanding Bowl/playoffs
South Carolina Gamecocks (Southeastern Conference) (1994–1998)
1994 South Carolina 7–54–43rd (Eastern)W Carquest
1995 South Carolina 4–6–12–5–14th (Eastern)
1996 South Carolina 6–54–43rd (Eastern)
1997 South Carolina 5–63–54th (Eastern)
1998 South Carolina 1–100–86th (Eastern)
South Carolina: 23–32–113–26–1
Total:23–32–1

Personal life

His son, Jeff, was a wide receiver at Clemson when Brad was the offensive coordinator for the Tigers and is currently the head coach at the University of South Florida's football team.

References

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