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Cortney Braswell joined the Cincinnati staff in 2023. The 2025 season is his third with the program and his first as the co-defensive coordinator and linebackers coach. Prior to that, Braswell served as the Bearcats’ inside linebackers coach.
Regarded as one of the top recruiters in the country, Braswell is a former high school head coach who was named to the AFCA 35 under 35 Coaches Leadership Institute, a prestigious program aimed at identifying and developing premier and future leaders in the coaching profession.
Braswell’s linebacker corps was a strength for Cincinnati’s defense in 2024. New additions Jake Golday and Jared Bartlett both earned All-Big 12 Honorable Mention honors in their first season with the team. Golday was rated among the Top 10 linebackers in the country according to Pro Football Focus and Bartlett ranked among the conference leaders in sacks (7.5) and tackles for loss (11.5)
In addition, freshman Simeon Coleman was one of the top freshman linebackers in the country. He received several freshman All-America accolades after logging 32 tackles, 4.5 TFL, and two QB hurries while registering 238 defensive snaps, more than any other true freshman linebacker in the Big 12.
In his first season in 2023, UC inside linebackers Dorian Jones (56 tackles) and Jack Dingle (53) ranked among the Bearcats’ top five in tackles, while redshirt sophomore Jonathan Thompson was highly productive as a part-time starter, totaling 31 stops, four TFLs and ranking second on the team with five QB hurries.
Prior to joining the Bearcats, Braswell spent two seasons coaching inside linebackers at Army following a year coaching outside linebackers at Appalachian State. He was also a defensive quality control coach on Scott Satterfield’s first Louisville team that improved by six wins.
While at Army, Braswell helped lead the Black Knights to a 15-10 mark over two seasons. In 2021, he mentored linebacker Arik Smith, who posted 86 tackles and 10.5 tackles for loss en route to the Defender of the Nation Award given to the top defensive player on a service academy in the nation. Smith also was named to the Phil Steele 2021 All-Independent First Team. Another Braswell pupil, Leo Lowin, collected the 2022 All-Independent Second Team following his 100-tackle season.
In 2020, Braswell coached outside linebackers for the Mountaineers, helping lead the defensive unit to a No. 18 ranking nationally and a 9-3 mark. App State also won the Myrtle Beach Bowl.
He was the head coach at Ridgeland High School in his hometown of Rossville, Ga., in 2018, following a two-year stint as the head coach at Chattanooga Central High School in 2016 and 2017. He led each of his teams to the state playoffs.
Braswell began his coaching career in 2009 and was a two-time all-state running back at the Baylor School in Chattanooga, Tenn.
Regarded as one of the top recruiters in the country, Braswell is a former high school head coach who was named to the AFCA 35 under 35 Coaches Leadership Institute, a prestigious program aimed at identifying and developing premier and future leaders in the coaching profession.
Braswell’s linebacker corps was a strength for Cincinnati’s defense in 2024. New additions Jake Golday and Jared Bartlett both earned All-Big 12 Honorable Mention honors in their first season with the team. Golday was rated among the Top 10 linebackers in the country according to Pro Football Focus and Bartlett ranked among the conference leaders in sacks (7.5) and tackles for loss (11.5)
In addition, freshman Simeon Coleman was one of the top freshman linebackers in the country. He received several freshman All-America accolades after logging 32 tackles, 4.5 TFL, and two QB hurries while registering 238 defensive snaps, more than any other true freshman linebacker in the Big 12.
In his first season in 2023, UC inside linebackers Dorian Jones (56 tackles) and Jack Dingle (53) ranked among the Bearcats’ top five in tackles, while redshirt sophomore Jonathan Thompson was highly productive as a part-time starter, totaling 31 stops, four TFLs and ranking second on the team with five QB hurries.
Prior to joining the Bearcats, Braswell spent two seasons coaching inside linebackers at Army following a year coaching outside linebackers at Appalachian State. He was also a defensive quality control coach on Scott Satterfield’s first Louisville team that improved by six wins.
While at Army, Braswell helped lead the Black Knights to a 15-10 mark over two seasons. In 2021, he mentored linebacker Arik Smith, who posted 86 tackles and 10.5 tackles for loss en route to the Defender of the Nation Award given to the top defensive player on a service academy in the nation. Smith also was named to the Phil Steele 2021 All-Independent First Team. Another Braswell pupil, Leo Lowin, collected the 2022 All-Independent Second Team following his 100-tackle season.
In 2020, Braswell coached outside linebackers for the Mountaineers, helping lead the defensive unit to a No. 18 ranking nationally and a 9-3 mark. App State also won the Myrtle Beach Bowl.
He was the head coach at Ridgeland High School in his hometown of Rossville, Ga., in 2018, following a two-year stint as the head coach at Chattanooga Central High School in 2016 and 2017. He led each of his teams to the state playoffs.
Braswell began his coaching career in 2009 and was a two-time all-state running back at the Baylor School in Chattanooga, Tenn.