Kendal Briles

Kendal Briles
Current position
TitleOffensive coordinator
TeamSouth Carolina
ConferenceSEC
Biographical details
Born (1982-11-10) November 10, 1982
Abilene, Texas, U.S.
Alma materUniversity of Houston
Playing career
2001–2002Texas
2003–2005Houston
PositionsSafety, wide receiver
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2008–2011Baylor (IWR/ORC)
2012–2014Baylor (WR/PGC)
2015–2016Baylor (OC/QB)
2017Florida Atlantic (AHC/OC/QB)
2018Houston (AHC/OC/QB)
2019Florida State (OC/QB)
2020–2022Arkansas (OC/QB)
2023–2025TCU (AHC/OC/QB)
2026–presentSouth Carolina (OC/QB)

Kendal Briles (born November 10, 1982) is an American football coach. He was hired on December 9, 2025, as the offensive coordinator for the South Carolina Gamecocks. While coaching at Baylor, Briles' recruiting efforts were recognized in 2013 and 2014 as the Big 12’s Recruiter of the Year. In 2015, his first year as the offensive coordinator at Baylor, He was also a finalist for the Broyles Award for engineering the top ranked offense in the country.

Playing career

In his junior year of high school, Briles led Stephenville High School to a 16-0 record and the 1999 Texas 4A State Championship while playing for his father. That year he won the Texas 4A Offensive Player of the Year and first-team all-state quarterback. He transferred to Wolfforth Frenship High as a senior when his father took an assistant coaching job at Texas Tech and was again named the Texas 4A Offensive Player of the Year.

Briles played college football at the University of Texas at Austin and University of Houston as a wide receiver and safety.

At Texas, Briles saw action on special teams as a redshirt freshman in 2001. In 2002 he played in seven games as a back-up safety, recording two interceptions and 10 tackles while also dealing with two injuries. At the end of the 2002 season, his father Art Briles became the head coach at Houston, and Kendal was granted a transfer to join him there.[1]

At Houston he was moved to wide receiver, catching 70 passes for 680 yards and a score. He graduated in 2005 with a degree in sport management.

He was inducted into the Texas High School Football Hall of Fame in 2014.

Coaching career

Baylor

In 2008, Briles joined his father at Baylor University as inside receivers coach and offensive recruiting coordinator.[2] From 2012 to 2014 he served as Baylor's passing game coordinator, receivers coach and offensive recruiting coordinator. In 2015 Briles was promoted to offensive coordinator.[3] He was a 2015 finalist for the Broyles Award, given annually to the nation's top college football assistant coach.

See also: Baylor University sexual assault scandal

In 2016, Baylor's football team came under fire when it was revealed university officials had failed to take action regarding alleged rapes and other assaults by Baylor football players. The scandal led to the ouster of head football coach Art Briles (Kendal's father), the demotion and eventual resignation of Baylor University president Ken Starr, the resignation of athletic director Ian McCaw, and the firing of two others connected with the football program.[4] A lawsuit filed after the scandal alleged that Kendal Briles had explicitly used the prospect of access to Baylor's female students to entice football recruits, with Briles quoted as telling a recruit "Do you like white women? Because we have a lot of them at Baylor and they love football players."[5]

FAU

In December 2016, FAU announced that Kendal Briles would be their new offensive coordinator. Head coach Lane Kiffin said Briles will be given "full control" over the offense, including play-calling duties.[6]

Houston

In January 2018, Briles became the new assistant head coach, offensive coordinator, and quarterbacks coach at his alma mater, the University of Houston.[7] He resigned from this position on December 22, 2018.[8]

Florida State

In December 2018, Briles became the new offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach under Willie Taggart at Florida State University who was then fired with three games left in his second season. On December 11, 2019, new head coach Mike Norvell announced Kenny Dillingham as the Seminoles' new offensive coordinator, succeeding Briles.[9]

Arkansas

On December 23, 2019, Briles was named the offensive coordinator at the University of Arkansas under new head coach Sam Pittman. [10] In March 2022, Briles was given a raise and a contract extension through the 2024 season, after Arkansas finished the 2021 season 9-4 and won the 2022 Outback Bowl. Briles then turned down an offer to be the OC at Mississippi State, and was given another raise by Arkansas in early January 2023 after the 2022 Razorbacks finished the season 7-6 and won the 2022 Liberty Bowl. After TCU made a bid for Briles' services in mid-January, Arkansas refused to match the offer, deciding to not give Briles yet another raise. Briles was replaced at Arkansas by Maryland OC Dan Enos on the same day Briles was announced as the new coordinator for TCU.

TCU

Briles was hired by TCU as their offensive coordinator on January 19, 2023, replacing Garrett Riley.[11]

South Carolina

Briles finalized a deal to be South Carolina's new offensive coordinator on December 9, 2025, replacing Mike Shula[12].

Personal life

Briles' father, Art, was his head coach at Houston and Baylor and is currently the head coach at Eastern New Mexico.[13] His brother-in-law is Mississippi State head coach Jeff Lebby.[14]

References

  1. ^ "Briles to transfer to Houston". Retrieved December 28, 2024.
  2. ^ "Kendal Briles finds career as a football coach at Baylor University". Archived from the original on December 8, 2015. Retrieved December 2, 2015.
  3. ^ Baylor promotes Kendal Briles to offensive coordinator
  4. ^ "Report: Woman says she was raped by current Baylor player". UPI.com. June 10, 2016. Retrieved December 19, 2019.
  5. ^ Mervosh, Sarah (January 27, 2017). "New Baylor lawsuit alleges 52 rapes by football players in 4 years, 'show 'em a good time' culture". The Dallas Morning News. Retrieved November 8, 2025.
  6. ^ Pete Thamel [@PeteThamel] (December 24, 2016). "News: Lane Kiffin tells @SInow he's hiring former Baylor OC Kendal Briles as the offensive coordinator at FAU" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  7. ^ "UH hires former Baylor assistants Kendal Briles, Randy Clements". chron.com. January 6, 2018.
  8. ^ McClymont, Michael. "Report: Houston OC Kendal Briles resigns, will join Florida State staff". theScore.com. Retrieved December 22, 2018.
  9. ^ "Kenny Dillingham Hired As Offensive Coordinator". Florida State Seminoles. December 11, 2019. Retrieved December 12, 2019.
  10. ^ "Arkansas names former Florida State offensive coordinator Kendal Briles to same position". cbssports.com. December 23, 2019. Retrieved December 24, 2019.
  11. ^ Low, Chris. "TCU hires Arkansas' Kendal Briles as new offensive coordinator". ESPN.com.
  12. ^ "Sources: Gamecocks hiring TCU's Briles as OC". ESPN.com. December 9, 2025. Retrieved December 9, 2025.
  13. ^ "Baylor's Art, Kendal Briles take on tough mix of family and football". Archived from the original on December 8, 2015. Retrieved December 2, 2015.
  14. ^ John E. Hoover, COLUMN: Family or Not, Art Briles Has No Place On Oklahoma's Sidelines, SI.com, September 10, 2023, accessed February 5, 2024.

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