Dawson Odums

Dawson Tayrone Odums is an American football coach. He is the head coach at Bowie State University, a position he has held since 2026. He also served as the head coach at Norfolk State University, a position he held from 2021 to 2024. Odums also 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.

Odums agreed to a three-year contract extension as head football coach with Southern University as reported by the Advocate and confirmed by his agent Burton Rocks on January 17, 2014. On January 21, 2015, it was reported in the Advocate that Bethune-Cookman had asked for, and received, permission to speak with Coach Odums regarding their own head coaching vacancy. On April 20, 2021, Odums agreed to a six-year deal with Norfolk State to become the new head coach.