Brayden Berezowitz - Football Coach - Troy University Athletics

Brayden Berezowitz

Title:
Director of Player Personnel
Email:
jmorgan@Troy.edu
Phone:
3682

Brayden Berezowitz begins his second season at Troy and first as defensive analyst and director of defensive recruiting after spending 2022 as Troy's director of player personnel. He joined the Troy staff following three seasons as a graduate assistant at Kentucky, where he worked with Troy head coach Jon Sumrall and the inside linebackers. While at Kentucky, Berezowitz appeared in six straight bowl games – three as a player and three on the coaching staff.

In 2022, Berezowitz and the Trojans finished the season ranked in a major poll for the first time in program history, checking in at No. 19 in the AP Top 25 and No. 20 in the USA Today/Coaches Poll. Additionally, Troy's appearance in the Coaches Poll and College Football Playoff Poll after its Sun Belt Championship Game victory were also firsts for the program.

Troy hosted and appeared in the Sun Belt Championship Game for the first time, reached the 12-win mark at the FBS level for the first time and hosted Army in front of a Veterans Memorial Stadium record crowd of more than 31,000 fans.

The 2021 Wildcats posted a 10-3 record, including a victory over Iowa in the Citrus Bowl and a final No. 15 ranking in the AFCA Coaches Poll. Kentucky finished second in the SEC East, marking the first time since the league split into divisions in 1992 that UK ended the season in sole possession of second place in the East. The Wildcats allowed 17 or fewer points in eight of its 13 games in 2021 and held No. 1 Georgia to its third-lowest offensive output of the season.

In Berezowitz's first season as a graduate assistant, UK's defense helped keep every opponent at or below 30 points, the first time the Wildcats have done that since 1979. UK ended the season with a thrilling win over Virginia Tech in the Belk Bowl, UK's fourth straight bowl appearance.

In 2020, Jamin Davis ranked fourth in the SEC in tackles per game (10.2) and was first team All-SEC by Pro Football Focus and second team All-SEC by Phil Steele. Additionally, he was a first round draft pick by the Washington Football Team in the 2021 NFL Draft.

Kentucky capped the most unusual of seasons with an impressive victory in the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl, the program's third consecutive bowl victory, tying the school record set from 2006-08. The 23-21 victory over No. 24 NC State also marked the second win over a ranked team in the 2020 season. UK also defeated No. 18 Tennessee.

Berezowitz spent three years on the Kentucky football team before transitioning to the coaching staff. He received his bachelor's degree in business finance and management from Kentucky in 2019 and his master's degree from Kentucky in sport leadership in 2021.