The University of Alabama at Birmingham Athletics
Clark Adds Nick Gentry as 10th Assistant Coach
3/1/2018 11:56:00β―AM | Football
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. β UAB football head coach Bill Clark has announced Nick Gentry as the 10th assistant coach. Gentry's main responsibility will be working with the outside linebackers.
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"Nick is an excellent fit for our program and for the players he will be coaching," Clark said. "He brings championship experience as a player and a coach and is going to be a major asset for UAB football."
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Gentry, who played for Clark in high school at Prattville, went on to win two national championships as a defensive lineman at the University of Alabama in 2009 and 2011. In 2011, he was named Alabama's Co-Defensive MVP with Courtney Upshaw and helped lead the Crimson Tide to a national championship victory over LSU in the Allstate Sugar Bowl.
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Upon graduation, Gentry's coaching career began as a defensive analyst at the University of Tennessee in 2012 where he worked primarily with defensive coordinator Sal Sunseri. Β
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After one year at Tennessee, Gentry joined Clark's staff at Jacksonville State in 2013 as a graduate assistant on the defensive line and helped guide the Gamecocks to an 11-4 overall record and an appearance in the quarterfinals of the FCS playoffs. Β Β
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Gentry was then promoted to a full-time assistant in 2014 coachingΒ outside linebackers and defensive ends. He would coach there through 2017 and helped lead the Gamecocks to a national championship appearance versus North Dakota State while coaching three time All-American and Buck Buchanan award winner Darius Jackson.
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He also coached two-time All-American Chris Landrum as well as Academic All-Americans Joseph Roberts and Dalton Campbell while at JSU.
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"I am thankful for the opportunity to be coaching here at UAB and am excited to work with a great staff and a group of hungry players who are driven to win championships," Gentry said. "The success this program had in its first year back was truly remarkable and I am motivated to help elevate the expectations as a national contender year-in and year out."
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Gentry is married to the former Magen Mathis and they have one son Brennan.Β Β
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"Nick is an excellent fit for our program and for the players he will be coaching," Clark said. "He brings championship experience as a player and a coach and is going to be a major asset for UAB football."
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Gentry, who played for Clark in high school at Prattville, went on to win two national championships as a defensive lineman at the University of Alabama in 2009 and 2011. In 2011, he was named Alabama's Co-Defensive MVP with Courtney Upshaw and helped lead the Crimson Tide to a national championship victory over LSU in the Allstate Sugar Bowl.
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Upon graduation, Gentry's coaching career began as a defensive analyst at the University of Tennessee in 2012 where he worked primarily with defensive coordinator Sal Sunseri. Β
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After one year at Tennessee, Gentry joined Clark's staff at Jacksonville State in 2013 as a graduate assistant on the defensive line and helped guide the Gamecocks to an 11-4 overall record and an appearance in the quarterfinals of the FCS playoffs. Β Β
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Gentry was then promoted to a full-time assistant in 2014 coachingΒ outside linebackers and defensive ends. He would coach there through 2017 and helped lead the Gamecocks to a national championship appearance versus North Dakota State while coaching three time All-American and Buck Buchanan award winner Darius Jackson.
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He also coached two-time All-American Chris Landrum as well as Academic All-Americans Joseph Roberts and Dalton Campbell while at JSU.
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"I am thankful for the opportunity to be coaching here at UAB and am excited to work with a great staff and a group of hungry players who are driven to win championships," Gentry said. "The success this program had in its first year back was truly remarkable and I am motivated to help elevate the expectations as a national contender year-in and year out."
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Gentry is married to the former Magen Mathis and they have one son Brennan.Β Β
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