Brian Landis is in his third season on the Georgia State staff as the inside linebackers coach after helping coach the Panthers to back-to-back bowl wins in his first two years in Atlanta.
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He joined the GSU staff in February 2020 after three seasons as the head coach at Frederick Douglass High School in Lexington, Ky. In addition, he previously served on the coaching staffs at Kentucky, Eastern Kentucky and Georgetown (Ky.) College.
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In his first two seasons at GSU, Landis has helped coach a Panther defense that has racked up 73 sacks and 167 tackles for loss while allowing less than 140 yards rushing per game (3.65 yards per attempt) and forcing 42 turnovers.Â
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Both of his starting inside linebackers, Blake Carroll and Jordan Veneziale, earned All-Sun Belt Conference honors in 2021. That duo helped GSU set school records with 38 sacks and 92 tackles for loss while holding opponents to 141.4 rushing yards per game, the third-lowest mark in school history.
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In 2020 in his first season in Atlanta, Landis helped coach a Georgia State defense that ranked in the Top 10 in FBS in sacks (No. 7 with a school-record 35) and turnovers forced (No. 8 with 21) while allowing a program-record 3.86 yards per rush. The Panthers’ average of 136.6 rushing yards allowed per game was the second-best mark in school history.
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Both of his starting inside linebackers earned All-Sun Belt Conference honors as junior Blake Carroll enjoyed a breakout season and senior Trajan Stephens-McQueen finished among the top tacklers in program history.
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Landis compiled a 35-5 record at Frederick Douglass after starting the program from scratch in 2017 at the newly-opened school. In 2019, he led the Broncos to a 14-1 record and a berth in the Class 5A state finals.
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His first team posted a 10-3 record and reached the 2017 state quarterfinals, and in 2018, Frederick Douglass went 11-1 and earned a No. 1 ranking in 6A.
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Landis went to Frederick Douglass after one season (2016) at Kentucky as a defensive quality control coach working with linebackers, and one year (2015) as the defensive backs and special teams coach at Eastern Kentucky.
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He spent a total of 12 seasons (2001, 2004-14) coaching at Georgetown, his alma mater, where he was part of NAIA national championships as a player (2000) and coach (2001).
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Landis coached the Georgetown defensive backs from 2006-14 and also served as the Tigers’ recruiting coordinator from 2010-14. During that time, he helped Georgetown to four conference titles and NAIA playoff appearances, including a No. 1 national ranking during the 2012 season.
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Landis enjoyed a standout playing career at Georgetown, culminating with a senior season in which he captained the Tigers’ to the 2000 NAIA title team and was named the Defensive Player of the Game for the championship. The following year he served as a graduate assistant coach as Georgetown won its second straight NAIA championship.
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He had a brief professional career in arena football before returning to Georgetown as assistant linebackers and special teams coach in 2004, when the Tigers reached the NAIA national semifinals.
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Landis graduated from Georgetown in 2001 with a B.S. degree in business administration, and he completed his master’s in special education in 2006.
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A native of Cincinnati, Ohio, Landis and his wife Ashley have two sons, Park, 12, and Jack, 9.
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