Samford University Athletics

C.J. Bennett enters his fourth season on the Samford football coaching staff, and his second as the team's running backs coach. He spent his first two seasons on staff as an offensive assistant, working with the quarterbacks and wide receivers.

In 2018, Bennett tutored a young group of running backs that showed improvement throughout the season.
 
In his first season at Samford in 2016, Bennett worked with Southern Conference Offensive Player of the Year quarterback Devlin Hodges. He assisted with an offense that ranked third in the nation in passing offense (349.4 ypg.), sixth in red zone offense (.902), 11^th in team pass efficiency (155.24), 12^th in scoring offense (35.1 ppg.) and 14^th in total offense (446.2 ypg.).
 
Bennett also assists with passing and situation game planning. He is also responsible for recruiting the South Florida area, and he handles the self-scout breakdown and tendency report.
 
Prior to coming to Samford, Bennett served as an offensive quality control coach at Maryland (2015), quality control coach and defensive backs assistant at Florida Atlantic (Spring 2015) and a student assistant at Murray State (Spring 2014).
 
Bennett played three seasons as a quarterback at South Alabama, and then spent one season playing under current Samford head coach Chris Hatcher at Murray State. As a senior at MSU, Bennett was named a team captain.