Rick Rigsby

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Dr. Rick Rigsby

Rick Rigsby with Mike Summers (now of KCVU-TV) & his brother Jeff
Photo taken in 1984

Dr. Rick Rigsby is a professor at Texas A&M University and travels the country as a motivational speaker. He is a former television news reporter at KHSL-TV Channel 12, a CBS affiliate in Chico, California.

As President of Rick Rigsby Communications and founder of Rick Rigsby Ministries, Dr. Rigsby speaks to audiences as diverse as congregations in the remote jungles of Africa, to executives for America’s top corporations. The award-winning professor holds a faculty position in the Department of Communication at Texas A&M University. Additionally, he serves Coach Dennis Franchione as chaplain for the Texas A&M football team. Dr. Rigsby also holds appointments with the Center for Executive Development in the College of Business, and the Program in Presidential Rhetoric, affiliated with the George Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M.

A two-time winner of Texas A&M’s prestigious Distinguished Teaching Award, Dr. Rigsby earned his Master’s degree from California State University, Chico, and his Ph.D. from the University of Oregon. In 2000, his alma mater, California State University, Chico named him as its Distinguished Alumni of the Year.

In 2005, he appeared on a Billy Graham television special. And in March of 2006, he returned to his old stomping grounds to be a guest speaker at the Evangelical Free Church in Chico, California, after originally being invited to speak at Chico State University.

Rick Rigsby resides in College Station, Texas with his wife Janet and four sons, Jeremiah, Andrew, Zachary and Josh.