Rusty Wright
Appearance
Current position | |
---|---|
Title | Head coach |
Team | Chattanooga |
Conference | SoCon |
Record | 30–22 |
Biographical details | |
Born | Aiken, South Carolina, U.S. |
Playing career | |
1992–1995 | Chattanooga |
Position(s) | Tight end |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1996–2002 | Chattanooga (assistant) |
2004 | Butler (DC) |
2005–2008 | Miami (OH) (assistant) |
2009 | Gardner–Webb (DL) |
2010 | Furman (LB) |
2011–2012 | Reinhardt (DC) |
2013–2016 | Chattanooga (LB/ST) |
2017–2018 | Georgia State (ILB/ST/RC) |
2019–present | Chattanooga |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 30–22 |
Tournaments | 1-1 (NCAA Division I) |
Rusty Wright is an American football coach. He is the head football coach at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, position he has held since 2019.[1] Wright replaced Tom Arth,[2] who left to be the head football coach at the University of Akron. Before being named the head coach at Chattanooga, Wright was a player and assistant coach at Chattanooga and was an assistant at Miami University, Butler University, Gardner–Webb University, Furman University, Reinhardt University, and Georgia State University.[3][4]
Head coaching record
[edit]Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | Coaches# | STATS° | ||
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Chattanooga Mocs (Southern Conference) (2019–present) | |||||||||
2019 | Chattanooga | 6–6 | 5–3 | 3rd | |||||
2020–21 | Chattanooga | 3–2 | 3–1 | 3rd | |||||
2021 | Chattanooga | 6–5 | 5–3 | 3rd | |||||
2022 | Chattanooga | 7–4 | 5–3 | T–3rd | 24 | 23 | |||
2023 | Chattanooga | 8–5 | 6–2 | T–2nd | L NCAA Division I Second Round | ||||
2024 | Chattanooga | 0–0 | 0–0 | ||||||
Chattanooga: | 30–22 | 24–12 | |||||||
Total: | 30–22 |
References
[edit]- ^ "UPDATE: Rusty Wright named Chattanooga's next head football coach". www.wrcbtv.com. Retrieved April 21, 2019.
- ^ "New UTC football coach Rusty Wright a familiar face to many Mocs". timesfreepress.com. December 19, 2018. Retrieved April 21, 2019.
- ^ "New UTC football coach Rusty Wright: 'I'm home' [photos]". timesfreepress.com. December 22, 2018. Retrieved April 21, 2019.
- ^ "Chattanooga hires Georgia State assistant Rusty Wright". collegefootball.ap.org. Retrieved April 21, 2019.
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