Football
- Title:
- Special Teams Analyst
- Email:
- bdodd@athletics.pitt.edu
Bobby Dodd is in his first season with the Pitt football program as a special teams analyst.
Prior to Pitt, he spent two seasons (2021-22) as a special teams quality control coach before being promoted to senior special teams analyst for the 2023 and 2024 seasons.
In 2023, Utah State’s special teams blocked three kicks, which ranked 10th nationally, and had two players earn all-Mountain West honors in kick returner Terrell Vaughn (second team) and punt returner Micah Davis (honorable mention). In 2022, Utah State blocked four kicks to rank 10th in the nation. Utah State also ranked second in the MW and 33rd in the nation in punt return defense, allowing 5.4 yards per return, and was also third in the MW in both punt returns (8.9 ypr) and net punting (38.9 ypp).
Prior to Utah State, Dodd spent the 2019 and 2020 seasons at Arkansas State working as a special teams quality control coach. He also spent two seasons at Lamar, serving as the tight ends coach in 2018 and as a quality control coach in 2017.
Dodd arrived at Lamar from Jonesboro, Ark., where he spent three seasons (2014-16) working with the Arkansas State quarterbacks and special teams. During his time with the Red Wolves, he helped produce the nation’s fourth-ranked kickoff unit. He was also a member of a coaching staff that won Sun Belt Conference titles in 2015 and 2016.
He started his career as the head student equipment manager at New Mexico for three seasons from 2011-13, as well as in a volunteer role with the Tulane University athletic department’s equipment office.
Dodd earned his bachelor’s degree in interdisciplinary studies from Arkansas State in 2016.
