Trent Bray

Biography

A veteran of the Pac-12 Conference and former head coach at Oregon State University, Trent Bray has been named to Head Coach Kirby Moore’s Cougar staff as the program’s defensive coordinator. Bray is a native of Pullman, as his father Craig served as the secondary coach on both Dennis Erickson’s (1987-88) and Mike Price’s (1994-99) staffs. Bray brings more than 10 years of experience in the conference, including the previous two seasons as head coach at Oregon State (2024-25), also serving as defensive coordinator for the 2025 campaign. It marked Bray’s second stint with the Beavers, previous working as graduate assistant/linebackers coach from 2012-14, before returning to Corvallis in 2018 to coach linebackers. Bray, a 2022 Broyles Award nominee for the nation’s top assistant coach, completed his sixth season during his second stint with the Beavers in 2023. He came back to Oregon State in 2018 as the team’s linebackers coach and was promoted to defensive coordinator in November 2021. The OSU defense immediately became of the top units in the Pac-12 under his guidance. Oregon State gave up six fewer points per game in 2022 compared to 2021, while also allowing 55 fewer yards. The Beavers also posted a Pac-12-best 71 pass breakups. In addition, Oregon State led the conference in red zone defense, while allowing the fewest plays of 10 or more yards. The Beavers’ 2023 defense was stout, allowing 340 yards and 21.3 points per game under his tutelage, both of which ranked among t