Josh Conklin
American football player and coach (born 1979)
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Josh Conklin (born June 19, 1979) is an American college football coach who is currently a senior defensive analyst for the Virginia Tech Hokies. He served as head football coach of Wofford College in Spartanburg, South Carolina from 2018 until midway through the 2022 season.[1] Conklin served as the defensive coordinator at the University of Pittsburgh from 2015 to 2017.[2] He played college football at Dakota State College in Madison, South Dakota.[3]
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Senior defensive analyst |
| Team | Virginia Tech |
| Conference | ACC |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | June 19, 1979 |
| Playing career | |
| 1998–2001 | Dakota State |
| Position | Linebacker |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2003–2004 | South Dakota State (GA) |
| 2005–2006 | South Dakota State (DB/ST) |
| 2007–2009 | Wofford (DB) |
| 2010–2011 | The Citadel (DC) |
| 2012 | Tennessee (S) |
| 2013–2014 | FIU (DC) |
| 2015–2017 | Pittsburgh (DC) |
| 2018–2022 | Wofford |
| 2023–2024 | Arkansas State (STC/S) |
| 2025 | Colorado (DA) |
| 2026–present | Virginia Tech (DA) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 19–23 |
| Tournaments | 1–1 (NCAA D-I playoffs) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 2 SoCon (2018–2019) | |
Conklin and Wofford parted ways five games in to the 2022 season after the Terriers got off to an 0–5 start.[4][5]
Head coaching record
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | FCS# | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wofford Terriers (Southern Conference) (2018–2022) | |||||||||
| 2018 | Wofford | 9–4 | 6–2 | T–1st | L NCAA Division I Second Round | 12 | |||
| 2019 | Wofford | 8–5 | 7–1 | 1st | L NCAA Division I First Round | 17 | |||
| 2020–21 | Wofford | 1–4 | 1–4 | 7th | |||||
| 2021 | Wofford | 1–10 | 0–8 | 9th | |||||
| 2022 | Wofford | 0–5[a] | 0–2 | ||||||
| Wofford: | 19–28 | 14–17 | |||||||
| Total: | 19–28 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
- Wofford parted ways with Conklin after 5 games.
