Jeff Behrman

Biography

Jeff Behrman, a 30-year veteran in the college football coaching ranks who won more than 72 percent of his games as a head coach at John Carroll and Union, was named the 28th Bob Odell Head Football Coach at Bucknell on Jan. 1, 2026. Behrman (pronounced BEAR-man) came to Bucknell from his alma mater, John Carroll, where he guided the Blue Streaks to a 29-7 record in his three seasons as head coach. Behrman was named the Division III Region 4 Coach of the Year this fall after his top-10 team finished 12-2, won the North Coast Athletic Conference title, and made a run to the NCAA semifinals. John Carroll beat three ranked teams along the way, including a double-overtime thriller over No. 2 Mount Union, which has won a record 13 Division III national championships. Behrman previously spent seven seasons as the head coach at Union. He inherited a team that had been 0-10 the year before his arrival, and by his fourth season the squad started 10-0, won the Liberty League crown, and reached the second round of the NCAA Division III playoffs. All told, Behrman has a 71-27 record as a head coach, including a 5-3 record in the NCAA Division III playoffs. Prior to his hiring at Union in 2016, Behrman was the offensive coordinator at Division I FCS Stony Brook for 10 seasons. He also had assistant coaching stops at Trinity, Hofstra, Blackburn, Glenville State, and Clarion. “Jeff Behrman has a three-decade track record as an impactful leader of student-athletes who have achieved tremendou