Rusty Wright
American football coach
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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]
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Chattanooga |
| Conference | SoCon |
| Record | 42–34 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | Aiken, South Carolina, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1992–1995 | Chattanooga |
| Position | 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 | 42–34 |
| Tournaments | 1-1 (NCAA Division I) |
Head coaching record
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | Coaches# | STATS° | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 7–5 | 5–3 | T-3rd | |||||
| 2025 | Chattanooga | 5–7 | 4–4 | T–5th | |||||
| Chattanooga: | 42–34 | 33–19 | |||||||
| Total: | 42–34 | ||||||||