Bakari Guice

Title

Asst. Football Coach - Safeties
Email

guice@ulm.edu
Phone

318-342-7006

Monroe native Bakari Guice, a graduate of Wossman High School and former assistant football coach at West Monroe High School,started in 2018 as Safeties Coach at ULM.

In 2018, Guice tutored Jabari Johnson and Austin Hawley, who tied for fourth on the team in tackles while combining for 102 total. Johnson, who finished with 51 stops, averaged 7.0 tackles per game while starting the last seven games at weak safety. Hawley, who started nine games at free safety, recorded a career-high 51 tackles.

Guice, who spent three-plus years in various roles at the University of Georgia, officially joined the Warhawk coaching staff on July 1, 2018.

Guice originally joined the Georgia staff in February 2015, as a strength and conditioning intern. Six months later, he became a quality control assistant for the defense, and in 2015, the Bulldogs finished seventh in the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision in total defense, allowing 305.9 yards per game. In January 2016, Guice was named assistant director of player development under head coach Kirby Smart. In 2017, Georgia (13-2) won the Southeastern Conference title and finished runner-up to National Champion Alabama.

Prior to his arrival in Athens, Guice spent five years as an assistant coach at West Monroe High School where he worked primarily with the cornerbacks and safeties. During his tenure, the Rebels won the 2011 Class 5A state championship, finished runner-up in 2010 and advanced to the state semifinals in 2012 and 2014.

A two-year starter (2004 and 2006) at cornerback for Grambling State, Guice recorded two interceptions as a senior, returning one 54 yards for a touchdown against Jackson State. Early in his career, he saw action on both sides of the football for the Tigers, playing both wide receiver and cornerback. Guice earned a bachelor’s degree in marketing from Grambling State in 2014.

His wife Kandice is a Monroe native, who attended Neville High School, graduated from ULM and Southern University Law Center. Bakari and Kandice have two children, Dillon Nash and Kyrie.