BUIES CREEK, N.C. – Campbell Athletics will formally introduce its recently announced head football coach, Braxton Harris, on Thursday, January 11 at 3:00 p.m. in the lobby of the John W. Pope Jr. Convocation Center.

Media members, as well as the campus community are invited to attend, hearing from University President Dr. J. Bradley Creed and Director of Athletics Hannah Bazemore in addition to Harris.

Harris will also be in attendance at the next two Campbell men's basketball home dates, including Thursday's CAA home opener against Delaware (7:00 p.m.), making an on-court appearance at halftime in addition to joining the Fighting Camel Club suite.

The new Campbell head coach will then join the Hoop Room on Saturday, January 13 prior to another home CAA matchup for the Camels against Hofstra (2:00 p.m.). The Hoop Room will be open from noon until 2:00 p.m. Tickets for both basketball games, as well as Hoop Room access, are available at GoCamels.com/Tickets.

Harris was announced as the third head coach in CU's modern football history (since 2008) on January 2.

The Mexia, Texas, native previously spent the 2021 and 2022 seasons on staff at Campbell, returns to Buies Creek after spending 2023 as head coach at FCS Southland Conference member Houston Christian.

At HCU, Harris coached the Huskies to their first winning season in program history in 2023, going 6-5 overall after inheriting a program that had won more than two games once in the previous six years. HCU also fashioned its first winning record in conference play, going 4-3 in the SLC and finishing fourth in the league after being picked last in the preseason poll.

In his first stop at CU, Harris served as associate head coach and linebackers coach in addition to recruiting coordinator duties under Mike Minter, who resigned in December 2023 after 11 seasons.

Under Harris' guidance, the Camels hauled in the top signing classes in the FCS in back-to-back seasons, a feat he matched in his first year at HCU, making him responsible for the subdivision's top recruiting class for three consecutive years. In fact, in December 2021, Harris and the Camels signed three of the FCS' top-10 recruits.

In his first season at Campbell in 2021, Harris helped the Camels rank fourth in the FCS in takeaways (25) and defensive touchdowns (4). Linebacker CJ Tillman earned Freshman All-America honors and was a finalist for the Jerry Rice Award, given to the top freshman in the FCS.

Campbell also placed a program-record 12 student-athletes on All-Big South teams in 2022, including Tillman, while safety Myles Rowser was named to The Bluebloods Freshman All-America Team.

Prior to his initial tenure at Campbell, Harris was the head coach at Howard Payne in Brownwood, Texas, from 2017-19, also making stops at Texas Lutheran, Waco High School, and at his alma mater, the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, in Belton, Texas, where he played quarterback.

The Camels will kick off the 2024 season on the road at Liberty on August 31.

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