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Bobby Bentley has coached 6 Shrine Bowl/North South Quarterbacks. He is the only coach in South Carolina history to have 2 quarterbacks pass for over 10,000 career yards. Since 1993 in every year except two the quarterback that he has coached led their respective conference in passing yards and passing completions. His QBs own numerous national and state records in passing. He is one of only 3 coaches all time to win 4 consecutive State Titles and one of only 15 to win a total of 4 state championships.
Six of his high school quarterbacks have earned collegiate scholarships. He has coached 19 receivers who have earned collegiate scholarships.
As the head coach at Presbyterian College, the success continued with Quarterbacks. PC finished its first year in NCAA FCS under Bentley with a record of 6-5 and ranked third nationally in both passing yards and total offense. They set a school record for passing yards in a win over North Greenville when Tim Webb passed for 648 yards. The 648 yards passing by Webb in the Blue Hose victory over the Crusaders garnered the Lugoff, S.C. native national recognition. The passing yards would have been the FCS record, but due to PC’s transition into NCAA Division I the mark will only go down in the Blue Hose record books. Nevertheless, Webb’s performance was featured in USA Today, SI.com, ESPN.com and The New York Times. Webb, who finished the year with the best completion percentage in PC history at 73 percent, also passed for a school record seven touchdowns in the NGU game. The team totaled a program-high 795 yards in the win over Pikeville in September.
PC ended the year passing for an average of 347 yards per contest, while also racking up an average of 481.91 total yards of offense. As team, PC ended 2007 in the NCAA top 15 in four major offensive statistical categories. The Blue Hose were 11th in scoring in the nation at 36.80 points per game and 15th in the country in passing efficiency with a rating of 149.18. The Blue Hose broke three PC team game records, two PC team season records, three PC individual game records and two PC individual season records in 2007. PC finished the year with 5,290 yards of total offense to become the first team in school history to claim more than 5,000 total yards in a season. The Blue Hose also scored the most points in school history in 2007, netting 404 points in its 11 games.
Wide Receiver Terrance Butler was named an Honorable Mention All-American by the SportsNetwork after hauling in 59 receptions.
His teams compiled a 107- 52 record during 12 years as head coach. His team tied a South Carolina record by winning four consecutive Class AAAA Division II state football championships from 2002 through 2005. Overall, Bentley guided Byrned to a record of 68-4 from 2002-2006. Following the team’s fourth state title, Bentley was awarded Nike’s national Coach of the Year. He also was named as the South Carolina Football Coaches Association Coach of the Year in 2006. The Rebels’ 2006 season included a nationally televised victory over Glades (Fla.) High School and a win over Moeller High School of Cincinnati in the Ohio vs. USA Kirk Herbstreit Challenge. Byrnes was ranked as high as second nationally in 2006 by USA Today and finished with an 11-2 record.
He is the Spartanburg County School District Five Athletic Director
and offensive coordinator for Byrnes High School. The 2010 team won theSC 4A Div I State Championship. The team was led by Quarterback Zach Blair who passed for 3,105 yards and 26 TDs.
Bentley and his wife, the former Paulette West, are the parents of five children: Chas, 18; Shuler, 14; Jacob, 12; and 6-year-old twins Brooks and Emily.
EDUCATION
High School: Byrnes High School (Duncan, S.C.), ‘86
College: Presbyterian College, ‘90
Graduate: Converse College, M.Ed, ‘95
COACHING EXPERIENCE
Byrnes - Assistant Coach (1990-1994)
Byrnes - Head Coach (1995-2006)
Presbyterian College - Head Coach (2007-2008)
Byrnes – District Athletic Director (2009 – present) |
