Coach Fobbs Profile
Ever since Broderick Fobbs was a young boy, he would sit on his father’s knee and listen to the great football stories of his time. His father, Lee Fobbs, was an All-American running back at Grambling State University, and Fobbs always dreamed of following in his father’s footsteps. As the head football coach at Grambling State University, Fobbs has not only turned his dream into a reality, but he also gets to spend his days working with his father, who is the running backs coach at Grambling.
While growing up in his hometown of Monroe, La., Fobbs spent his high school days playing football, basketball and track. Even though he was recruited by five other colleges, Fobbs had his heart set on Grambling State University. He played as a running back and wide receiver from 1993 to 1996. During his college football career, he helped the team win three Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) championships, served as team captain, led the league in yards per carry with an average of 7.6 yards per carry, and was named Burger King Honor Student of the Week.
Fobbs graduated from Grambling in 1997 with a Bachelor of Science in Leisure Studies with an emphasis in Therapeutic Recreation. He got his start in coaching as a physical education teacher and football, basketball and track coach for junior high school students in Waco, Texas. Since then, he has coached college football at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Northwestern State University and the University of Southern Mississippi. Just before coming to Grambling, Fobbs worked as a tight ends coach at McNeese State University.
When Fobbs received the head football coach position in December 2013, he was overjoyed at the opportunity to return home to his alma mater, but he knew he was facing a challenge of rebuilding the school’s football program. After one year as Grambling’s head football coach, Fobbs led a team with only two wins in the past two years to a record of 7-5 for the 2014 season. He has since been honored as the 2014 SWAC Coach of the Year, the Louisiana Coach of the Year and the Sheridan Broadcasting Network (SBN) Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year.
Coach Fobbs is currently on a campaign to build relationships with alumni and raise money for the university. His travels during 2015 will take him to Shreveport, Dallas, Atlanta, Houston, Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., Monroe, New York City, New Orleans, Chicago and Detroit. His message to alumni is: “This is our school, and because it’s ours, we should support ours. When we support ours, we will see a positive return on our investment.”
Coach Fobbs is married to his wife, Kim. They have two daughters, Kyndal and Rylee. He is a member of the American Football Coaches Association and reading and cooking outdoors.