Tracy Buckhannon joined the Alabama State staff after a successful stint as the defensive coordinator at Enterprise (Ala.) High School in 2019, and will begin his third year with the Hornets.
This past year, he helped the Hornets defense hold opponents to 140.8 yards rushing and 184.8 yards passing, while also helping a defense hold opponents to 17 points or less twice in just five games.
During the 2019 season, Alabama State was among the league leaders in points per game – averaging 27.4 points per game allowed. They also held opponents to just 167.2 yards through the air, and pitched a shutout over Mississippi Valley State.
Prior to his time at Enterprise, he was the defensive coordinator for a year at Faulkner University where he was responsible for the day-to-day operations and aspects of defensive planning, as well as day-to-day recruiting in Alabama, South Georgia and Mississippi junior colleges. He spent a year as the linebacker coach at Alabama A&M under current defensive coordinator Travis Pearson, helping with the day-to-day planning of the defense.
He also spent time at South Alabama as the linebacker coach in 2015, after serving two years at Colquitt County (Ga.) High School as the defensive coordinator. While at Colquitt County, he helped lead the team to the 2014 7A state championship and was named the Georgia Assistant Coach of the Year. He was also a defensive assistant at the school for a year before being promoted to defensive coordinator.
Prior to those roles,
Buckhannon got his start in coaching at Elmore County. He served on two different occasions, with the first being a volunteer role in the late 90s before joining the staff full time as the linebacker coach in August 2011. He was promoted to defensive coordinator in August 2005 and served in that role for six season where he was named the 2008
ALFCA Class 4A Assistant Coach of the Year. During the 2007 season, his defense allowed just 13.7 points per game and he helped lead Elmore County (Ala.) to five playoff appearances.
Buckhannon earned five letters for playing football at Elmore County High School, before earning his Bachelor of Science degree from Auburn University in Applied Discrete Mathematics.
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