Josh Dean (born November 7, 1982) is a former American football coach, player, and current athletics director.[1][2] He is the associate athletic director for Lincoln University in Oxford, Pennsylvania. He also was most recently the head football coach at Lincoln University, a position he held from 2018 until 2022. Dean served as the head football coach at Kentucky State University from 2013 to 2015.[3] He played college football at San Diego State University before embarking on a professional football career.[4] He was an offseason free agent signee for the Chicago Bears and played for one season for the Cologne Centurions of the NFL Europe in 2006.[5]
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Associate athletic director |
| Team | Lincoln (PA) |
| Conference | CIAA |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | November 7, 1982 |
| Playing career | |
| 2000–2004 | San Diego State |
| 2005–2006 | Chicago Bears |
| 2006 | Cologne Centurions |
| Position(s) | Linebacker, defensive back |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2009–2011 | Fort Valley State (S) |
| 2012 | Kentucky State (DL) |
| 2013–2015 | Kentucky State |
| 2016–2017 | Campbellsville (DL) |
| 2018–2022 | Lincoln (PA) |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 2023–present | Lincoln (PA) (associate AD) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 15–54 |
Head coaching record
edit| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky State Thorobreds (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (2013–2015) | |||||||||
| 2013 | Kentucky State | 5–5 | 1–4 | 5th (West) | |||||
| 2014 | Kentucky State | 3–7 | 2–5 | 4th (West) | |||||
| 2015 | Kentucky State | 3–7 | 2–3 | T–3rd (West) | |||||
| Kentucky State: | 11–19 | 5–12 | |||||||
| Lincoln Lions (Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (2018–2022) | |||||||||
| 2018 | Lincoln | 1–9 | 1–5 | 5th (Northern) | |||||
| 2019 | Lincoln | 0–10 | 0–7 | 6th (Northern) | |||||
| 2020–21 | No team—COVID-19 | ||||||||
| 2021 | Lincoln | 1–9 | 1–6 | 6th (Northern) | |||||
| 2022 | Lincoln | 2–7 | 1–6 | 6th (Northern) | |||||
| Lincoln: | 4–35 | 3–24 | |||||||
| Total: | 15–54 | ||||||||
References
edit- ^ "Josh Dean". Football Database. Retrieved July 10, 2018.
- ^ Newswire, HBCU Gameday (June 24, 2023). "Lincoln University re-aligns football, athletics department". HBCU Gameday. Retrieved August 20, 2023.
- ^ "Josh Dean". lulions.com. Retrieved July 22, 2018.
- ^ "Josh Dean". Sports-Reference. Retrieved July 10, 2018.
- ^ "Lineback Josh Dean is the New Defensive Line coach at CU". campbellsvilletigers.com. August 3, 2016. Retrieved July 21, 2018.