John Bland (born c. 1967) is an American college football coach. He is an assistant coach for the Catholic High School for Boys, a position he has held since 2024. He served as the head football coach at Southern Arkansas University in 2000, the University of the Cumberlands in Williamsburg, Kentucky from 2005 to 2013 and Mississippi College from 2014 to 2023. Bland played football as a quarterback at the University of Arkansas from 1988 to 1991. He worked as the quarterbacks coach at Rice University from 2001 to 2005.[1]
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Assistant coach |
| Team | Catholic HS (AR) |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | c. 1967 (age 56–57) Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1988–1991 | Arkansas |
| Position(s) | Quarterback |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| c. 1993 | Columbia Central HS (TN) (assistant) |
| 1994–1999 | Southern Arkansas (assistant) |
| 2000 | Southern Arkansas |
| 2001–2005 | Rice (QB) |
| 2006–2013 | Cumberlands (KY) |
| 2014–2023 | Mississippi College |
| 2024–present | Catholic HS (AR) (assistant) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 101–92 |
| Tournaments | 5–6 (NAIA playoffs) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 3 MSC East Division (2008–2009, 2013) 3 MSC West Division (2010) | |
| Awards | |
| 5× MSC Coach of the Year GSC Coach of the Year (2019) | |
Head coaching record
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | NAIA# | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southern Arkansas Muleriders (Gulf South Conference) (2000) | |||||||||
| 2000 | Southern Arkansas | 5–5 | 4–5 | T–6th | |||||
| Southern Arkansas: | 5–5 | 4–5 | |||||||
| Cumberlands Patriots (Mid-South Conference) (2006–2013) | |||||||||
| 2006 | Cumberlands | 6–4 | 3–2 | 3rd (East) | |||||
| 2007 | Cumberlands | 8–3 | 4–1 | 2nd (East) | L NAIA First Round | ||||
| 2008 | Cumberlands | 10–2 | 6–0 | 1st (East) | L NAIA Quarterfinal | 6 | |||
| 2009 | Cumberlands | 9–2 | 5–1 | 1st (East) | L NAIA First Round | 11 | |||
| 2010 | Cumberlands | 7–4 | 5–1 | 1st (West) | L NAIA First Round | 19 | |||
| 2011 | Cumberlands | 7–3 | 4–2 | T–2nd (West) | 24 | ||||
| 2012 | Cumberlands | 10–2 | 4–1 | 2nd (East) | L NAIA Quarterfinal | 7 | |||
| 2013 | Cumberlands | 13–1 | 6–0 | 1st (East) | L NAIA Championship | 2 | |||
| Cumberlands: | 70–21 | 37–8 | |||||||
| Mississippi College Choctaws (Gulf South Conference) (2014–2023) | |||||||||
| 2014 | Mississippi College | 1–9 | 0–7 | 8th | |||||
| 2015 | Mississippi College | 2–8 | 0–7 | 8th | |||||
| 2016 | Mississippi College | 3–7 | 1–7 | 8th | |||||
| 2017 | Mississippi College | 1–9 | 1–7 | 8th | |||||
| 2018 | Mississippi College | 3–7 | 1–6 | 8th | |||||
| 2019 | Mississippi College | 5–5 | 4–4 | T–4th | |||||
| 2020–21 | Mississippi College | 0–1 | 0–0 | N/A | |||||
| 2021 | Mississippi College | 4–6 | 2–5 | T–6th | |||||
| 2022 | Mississippi College | 4–7 | 3–4 | T–4th | |||||
| 2023 | Mississippi College | 3–7 | 2–6 | 7th | |||||
| Mississippi College: | 26–66 | 14–53 | |||||||
| Total: | 101–92 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||