Trent Bray (American football)
Trenton James Bray (born September 28, 1982) is an American football coach and former linebacker.
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Defensive coordinator |
| Team | Oregon State |
| Conference | Pac-12 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | September 28, 1982 Flagstaff, Arizona |
| Alma mater | Oregon State |
| Playing career | |
| 2002–2005 | Oregon State |
| 2007 | Hamburg Sea Devils |
| Position(s) | Linebacker |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2008 | Arizona State (GA) |
| 2009 | California Redwoods (LB) |
| 2010–2011 | Arizona State (LB) |
| 2012–2014 | Oregon State (GA/LB) |
| 2015–2017 | Nebraska (LB) |
| 2017 | Nebraska (Interim HC) |
| 2018–2021 | Oregon State (LB) |
| 2022–present | Oregon State (DC/LB) |
Playing career
Bray was a standout linebacker for the Oregon State Beavers from 2002 to 2005, starting 34 of 49 career games. As a junior in 2004, he collected 122 tackles and was named Second-Team All-Pac-10. He also earned Insight Bowl Defensive MVP honors by making an Oregon State-bowl record 10 tackles in a victory over Notre Dame. He was selected a co-captain of the Beaver football team as a senior, and he backed it up with another terrific season, recording 116 tackles and earning First-Team All-Pac-10 honors. Bray finished his collegiate career with 337 tackles, the sixth-highest total in Oregon State history, 29.0 tackles for loss and 10.5 sacks while making 33 consecutive starts over his final three seasons in Corvallis.
Coaching career
Bray began his coaching career as a graduate assistant for Dennis Erickson at Arizona State in 2008.
He spent 2009 as linebackers coach for the California Redwoods of the United Football League (UFL).[1]
Bray was named interim head coach at Nebraska following the firing of Mike Riley on November 25, 2017.[2] He was relieved of interim duties at Nebraska after they hired Head Coach Scott Frost on December 2, 2017.[3]
Bray was hired in 2018 as the linebackers coach at Oregon State. Midway through the 2021 season he was promoted to interim defensive coordinator after the firing of Tim Tibesar. The interim title was removed after the regular season.[4][5]
References
- "United Football League Announces Coaching Staffs For Its Franchises". Reuters. May 19, 2009. Archived from the original on February 1, 2013. Retrieved November 16, 2012.
- "Nebraska updates coaching web site with Trent Bray as interim head coach, no other assistants listed". Omaha World-Herald. Retrieved October 8, 2018.
- Chavez, Chris (December 2, 2017). "Nebraska hiring Scott Frost as new head coach". Sports Illustrated.
- Sowa, Jesse (November 10, 2021). "OSU football: Bray focused on defense's improvement in new role". Albany Democrat-Herald. Retrieved November 12, 2021.
- Daschel, Nick (December 2021). "Oregon State's Trent Bray promoted to DC as his connection to players, leadership wins over Jonathan Smith". OregonLive.com. Retrieved December 15, 2021.