_(cropped).jpg) Odums in 2016 | |
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Norfolk State |
| Conference | MEAC |
| Record | 11–23 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | Shelby, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1994–1997 | North Carolina Central |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1999 | Gardner–Webb (DL) |
| 2000 | Georgia Southern (OLB) |
| 2001 | Georgia Southern (DE) |
| 2002–2003 | Clark Atlanta (AHC/DC) |
| 2004 | Clark Atlanta (interim HC) |
| 2005–2007 | Bethune–Cookman (DL) |
| 2008–2009 | North Carolina A&T (ST/DL) |
| 2010 | North Carolina A&T (DC) |
| 2011–2012 | Southern (DL) |
| 2012 | Southern (interim HC) |
| 2013–2020 | Southern |
| 2021–present | Norfolk State |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 75–64 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 1 SWAC (2013) 4 SWAC West Division (2013–2014, 2018–2019) | |
| Awards | |
| SWAC Coach of the Year (2013) | |
Dawson Tayrone Odums is an American football coach. He is the head coach at Norfolk State University, a position he has held since 2021. Odums served as the interim head football coach at Clark Atlanta University for one season, in 2004, and head football coach at Southern University and A&M College from 2013 to 2020.