Kirk Bryant joined the Midwestern State coaching staff in 2025 after working three seasons as a senior offensive analyst at Texas Tech. Bryant assisted offensive coordinator Zach Kittley with the quarterbacks as well as scouting the opponent for the Red Raiders.
Bryant was the inside receivers coach and recruiting coach at Austin Peay for two seasons before joining the staff at Texas Tech.
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Bryant also spent four years at Baylor. He was an offensive graduate assistant with the running backs and wide receiver groups for the 2017-18 seasons before moving to a quality control role with the Bears' quarterbacks for the 2019-20 campaigns.
East Texas Baptist featured the top-ranked scoring offense in Division III while Bryant was there for a season. As the wide receivers coach and operations director, Bryant worked with a pair of All-American Southwest Conference selections in Chase Sojka (first team) and Richard Johnson (second team). The duo combined for almost 2,000 receiving yards that season with Sojka leading the team with 83 receptions for 1,074 yards, while Johnson posted 911 yards through the air on 52 catches.
Bryant began his coaching career as the wide receivers coach for his alma mater, Mississippi College, in 2015.Â
Bryant earned a master’s degree in sports management from Baylor in 2019.
Bryant’s father retired as the superintendent of Lubbock-Cooper ISD at the end of June 2025.
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