Cortney Braswell - Football Coach - University of Louisville Athletic

Cortney Braswell

Title:
Quality Control Coach
Email:
cortneyb@GoCards.com

Cortney Braswell was hired as a quality control coach in January of 2019 after a stint as the head coach at Ridgeland High.

Braswell led the Panthers to an 8-4 overall record in 2018, a Region 6-AAAA runner-up finish and a 34-14 state playoff victory over Flowery Branch before a second-round loss at Cartersville, the eventual state runner-up. Ridgeland also scored a big regular-season road win at Sandy Creek.

Braswell, a standout at Rossville Middle School, came to Ridgeland after a two-year stint at Chattanooga Central, which saw the Purple Pounders advance to the TSSAA state playoffs twice.

Braswell was a two-time All-State running back at Baylor in Chattanooga and a Mr. Football finalist for the Red Raiders as a senior in 2004. He graduated from Baylor as the school's single-game and career rushing and scoring leader and later played college football at Liberty University.

He began his coaching career in 2009 as he coached defensive backs at Ringgold. He went on to be defensive coordinator at Soddy-Daisy, East Ridge, North Murray, Chattanooga Central and Bradley Central and was the 2014 District Assistant Coach of the Year in 2014 during his first stint with the Purple Pounders.

As the offensive coordinator at Chattanooga Notre Dame in 2012, Braswell's offense was one of the best in the state, where the Irish averaged over 34 points a game.

Braswell returned to Harrison in 2016 when he was hired to be the head coach at Chattanooga Central. He guided the Pounders to the TSSAA state playoffs for two straight seasons.