Tyrone Willingham
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| Date of birth | December 30, 1953 | |
|---|---|---|
| Place of birth | Jacksonville, North Carolina | |
| Sport | Football | |
| College | University of Washington | |
| Title | Head Coach | |
| Record with Team | 7-15 | |
| Overall Record | 72-67-1 | |
| Awards | 2002 Coach of the Year | |
| Coaching Stats | College Football DataWarehouse | |
| School as a player | ||
| 1975-77 | Michigan State | |
| Position | Quarterback | |
| Schools as a coach | ||
| 1995-2001 2002-04 2005-Present |
Stanford Notre Dame Washington |
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Lionel Tyrone Willingham, or Ty Willingham (b. December 30, 1953 in Kinston, North Carolina), is the head football coach at the University of Washington. A football player and graduate of Michigan State University, Willingham held assistant coaching stints at his alma mater, as well as at Central Michigan University, North Carolina State University, Rice University, and Stanford University. When Stanford Coach Dennis Green was hired as the Minnesota Vikings head coach in 1992, Willingham followed him as running backs coach. In 1994 Willingham returned to become the head coach at Stanford. In 2002 he was hired as head coach at the University of Notre Dame. He is notable as one of only a few African American head coaches in major college football.
He got off to an auspicious beginning in 2002 when he became the only first-year coach in Notre Dame history to win 10 games. For his efforts he was named the ESPN/Home Depot College Coach of the Year, the Scripps College Coach of the Year, the Black Coaches Association Male Coach of the Year and the George Munger Award College Coach of the Year by the Maxwell Football Club.
It was all downhill after that. The Irish finished 5-7 in 2003 and were beaten badly in four of those losses, getting shut out twice in one season for the first time since 1960. After Notre Dame posted a 6-5 record in the 2004 regular season, Willingham was fired on November 30, 2004. His overall record in South Bend was 21-15. Defensive coordinator Kent Baer served as acting head coach for the Insight.com Bowl, a 38-21 loss to Oregon State.
Shortly thereafter on December 13, 2004, Willingham was hired as the new head coach at the University of Washington. His first season at Washington ended with a 2-9 record; the team had returned 19 out of 22 starters from the previous season, in which they had gone 1-10.
His 2006 Washington team started September with a 4-1 record, with its most notable victory a stunning 29-19 upset over previously undefeated UCLA, before losing its next 6 games. The Huskies ended the season at 5-7, defeating state rivals Washington State University by 3 points. This win held WSU from defeating the Huskies for three years in a row, something the team has been unable to do in the history of the nearly century-long rivalry.
Willingham currently serves as a Vice-President on the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) Board of Trustees.
Willingham is married and has three children with his wife, Kim.
[edit] Coaching record
| Year | School | Record | Bowl |
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| 1995 | Stanford | 7-4-1 | Liberty Bowl |
| 1996 | Stanford | 7-5 | Sun |
| 1997 | Stanford | 5-6 | |
| 1998 | Stanford | 3-8 | |
| 1999 | Stanford | 8-4 | Rose |
| 2000 | Stanford | 5-6 | |
| 2001 | Stanford | 9-3 | Seattle |
| 2002 | Notre Dame | 10-3 | Gator |
| 2003 | Notre Dame | 5-7 | |
| 2004 | Notre Dame | 6-5 | Insight |
| 2005 | Washington | 2-9 | |
| 2006 | Washington | 5-7 | |
| Career | 72-67-1 |
| Preceded by Bill Walsh |
Stanford University Head Football Coach 1995–2001 |
Succeeded by Buddy Teevens |
| Preceded by George O'Leary |
University of Notre Dame Head Football Coach 2002–2004 |
Succeeded by Charlie Weis |
| Preceded by Keith Gilbertson |
University of Washington Head Football Coach 2005– |
Succeeded by Current |
| Stanford Cardinal Head Football Coaches |
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| Camp • Bliss • Camp • Cross • Brooke • Cross • Chamberlain • Yost • Fickert • Clemans • Lanagan • Presley • Brown • Wylie • Evans • Powell • Van Gent • Kerr • Warner • Thornhill • Shaughnessy • Schwarz • Taylor • Curtice • Ralston • Christiansen • Walsh • Dowhower • Wiggin • Elway • Green • Walsh • Willingham • Teevens • Harris |
| Notre Dame Fighting Irish Head Football Coaches |
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| Harper • Rockne • Anderson • Layden • Leahy • McKeever • Brennan • Devore • Kuharich • Parseghian • Devine • Faust • Holtz • Davie • O'Leary • Willingham • Weis |
| Washington Huskies Head Football Coaches |
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| Goodwin • Cobb • Nichols • Jeffs • Dodge • Wright • Knight • Cutts • Place • Dobie • Hunt • Savage • Allison • Bagshaw • Phelan • Welch • Odell • Cherberg • Royal • Owens • James • Lambright • Neuheisel • Gilbertson • Willingham |
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