Chennis Berry
American football coach (born 1973)
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Chennis Berry Jr. (born April 16, 1973) is an American college football coach. He is the head football coach for South Carolina State University, a position he has held since December 2023.[1][2][3][4][5] He was previously the head football coach for Benedict College from 2020 to 2023.[6]
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| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | South Carolina State |
| Conference | MEAC |
| Record | 19–6 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | April 16, 1973 Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1991–1994 | Savannah State |
| Position | Offensive tackle |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1996 | Morris Brown (assistant) |
| 1997–2000 | Kentucky State (OL/TE) |
| 2001–2002 | Fort Valley State (OL/TE) |
| 2003–2005 | North Carolina A&T (OL) |
| 2006–2008 | Morgan State (OC) |
| 2009–2010 | North Carolina A&T (AHC/OC/OL) |
| 2011–2012 | Howard (co-OC/OL) |
| 2013–2015 | Southern (OC/OL) |
| 2016–2019 | Southern (AHC/OC/OL) |
| 2020–2023 | Benedict |
| 2024–present | South Carolina State |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 46–13 |
| Bowls | 1–1 |
| Tournaments | 0–2 (NCAA D-II playoffs) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 1 black college national (2025) 2 NCAA D-II black college national (2022–2023) 2 SIAC (2022–2023) SIAC East Division (2022) 2 MEAC (2024–2025) | |
| Awards | |
| First Team All-SIAC (1994) Division II Region Two Coach of the Year (2022 & 2023) Division I FCS Region Two Coach of the Year (2024) | |
Berry also coached for Morris Brown,[7] Kentucky State,[7] Fort Valley State,[7] North Carolina A&T,[8] Morgan State,[7] Howard,[9] and Southern.[10] He played college football for Savannah State as an offensive tackle.[11]
Head coaching record
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | AFCA/STATS# | D2/Coaches'° | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benedict Tigers (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (2020–2023) | |||||||||
| 2020–21 | No team—COVID-19 | ||||||||
| 2021 | Benedict | 5–5 | 2–4 | 5th (East) | |||||
| 2022 | Benedict | 11–1 | 7–0 | 1st (East) | L NCAA Division II Second Round | 12 | |||
| 2023 | Benedict | 11–1 | 8–0 | 1st | L NCAA Division II Second Round | 12 | 14 | ||
| Benedict: | 27–7 | 17–4 | |||||||
| South Carolina State Bulldogs (Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference) (2024–present) | |||||||||
| 2024 | South Carolina State | 9–3 | 5–0 | 1st | L Celebration | 24 | 20 | ||
| 2025 | South Carolina State | 10–3 | 5–0 | 1st | W Celebration | 21 | 25 | ||
| South Carolina State: | 19–6 | 10–0 | |||||||
| Total: | 46–13 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
