Dane Damron
Dane Damron is an American football coach and former player. He is the head football coach for the University of Virginia's College at Wise; a position he has held since 2016. Damron was the head football coach at Kentucky Christian University from 2007 to 2008, compiling a record of 3–13.
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Virginia–Wise |
| Conference | SAC |
| Record | 26–39 |
| Playing career | |
| 1990–1994 | Georgetown (KY) |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1999–2001 | Lake Gibson HS (FL) |
| 2002–2005 | Boyd County HS (KY) |
| 2007–2008 | Kentucky Christian |
| 2009–2010 | Eastern Kentucky (ST) |
| 2011–2015 | Eastern Kentucky (OC) |
| 2016–present | Virginia–Wise |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 29–62 (college) 46–35 (high school) |
Coaching career
Damron was the head coach at Lake Gibson High School in Lakeland, Florida from 1999 to 2001 finishing with a 22–13 record and leading the program to its first playoff victory in 2000 and first district title in 2001. He left Lake Gibson to take the head coaching job at Boyd County High School in Ashland, Kentucky from 2002 to 2005. The Lions advanced to the second round of the playoffs three straight years, going a combined 24–22 in four seasons at Boyd County. In 2007, he was chosen to head the new football program at Kentucky Christian Knights located in Grayson, Kentucky. He held that position for the 2007 and 2008 seasons. His coaching record at Kentucky Christian was 3–13.[1]
Head coaching record
College
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky Christian Knights (NAIA independent) (2007–2008) | |||||||||
| 2007 | Kentucky Christian | 2–4 | |||||||
| 2008 | Kentucky Christian | 1–9 | |||||||
| Kentucky Christian: | 3–13 | ||||||||
| Virginia–Wise Cavaliers (Mountain East Conference) (2016–present) | |||||||||
| 2016 | Virginia–Wise | 6–5 | 5–5 | T–4th | |||||
| 2017 | Virginia–Wise | 5–6 | 4–6 | T–6th | |||||
| 2018 | Virginia–Wise | 4–6 | 4–6 | 8th | |||||
| Virginia–Wise Cavaliers (South Atlantic Conference) (2019–present) | |||||||||
| 2019 | Virginia–Wise | 2–9 | 1–7 | 8th | |||||
| 2020–21 | Virginia–Wise | 1–2 | 1–2 | T–3rd (Mountain) | |||||
| 2021 | Virginia–Wise | 5–6 | 4–4 | 5th | |||||
| 2022 | Virginia–Wise | 2–9 | 1–8 | 5th (Mountain) | |||||
| 2023 | Virginia–Wise | 1–6 | 0–5 | (Mountain) | |||||
| Virginia–Wise: | 26–49 | 20–43 | |||||||
| Total: | 29–62 | ||||||||
References
- DeLassus, David. "Kentucky Christian Coaching Records". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on October 20, 2012. Retrieved October 28, 2010.