The team's head coach is Byron Dawson and he assumed the role during their 2023 exhibition season.

The ban was implemented following significant losses to Louisiana State University in football, which led to the hospitalization of two Centenary players.

Full participation in intercollegiate athletics was restored when the school relocated to Shreveport in 1908[2] The 1927 team, coached by Homer H. Norton, is considered one of the school's best teams in its history,[3] achieving an undefeated 10–0 record that season.

The program was discontinued during World War II due to budget deficits and declining fan interest.

On March 30, 2022, a historic decision was made with the appointment of Shreveport native Byron Dawson, a former Evangel and LSU standout, as the Gents' new head coach.