| Tim Kish | |
|---|---|
| Sport(s) | Football |
| Current position | |
| Title | Defensive coordinator |
| Team | Arizona Wildcats |
| Conference | Pac-12 |
| Record | 3–3 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | July 1, 1954 |
| Place of birth | Westerville, Ohio |
| Playing career | |
| 1973–1976 | Otterbein |
| Position(s) | DB |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1976–1977 1978 1979–1981 1982 1983 1984–1991 1992–1996 1997–2000 2001 2002–2003 2004–2006 2007–2009 2010 2011 2011 |
Mariemont HS (Assistant) Bowling Green (GA) Purdue (Asst. DB) Ball State (QB) Ball State (DL) Army (DE/OLB) Northwestern (DE/LB) Illinois (DC/LB) Ohio (DC/LB) Indiana (DC/LB) Arizona (LB) Arizona (Assistant/LB) Arizona (Co-DC/LB) Arizona (DC/LB) Arizona (Interim HC/DC/LB) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 3–3 |
| Bowls | 0–0 |
Tim Kish (born July 1, 1954) is an American football coach currently serving as the defensive coordinator of the Arizona Wildcats. Kish previously served as the Wildcats' defensive coordinator and linebackers coach before being promoted to interim head coach upon the firing of head coach Mike Stoops on October 10, 2011. He was succeeded as Arizona's head coach by Rich Rodriguez.
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Kish was hired as Arizona's linebackers coach when Stoops was made head coach. He served in that capacity for three seasons until being promoted to assistant coach. In 2010, he was made co-defensive coordinator with Greg Brown and was made the sole defensive coordinator in 2011 when Brown left to take the same position at Colorado. After a 1-5 start to the season which extended Arizona's losing streak against FBS programs to ten games (the one win came against FCS Northern Arizona) Stoops was fired and Kish was promoted to interim head coach.[1] In his first game as interim head coach, the Wildcats defeated UCLA 48-12, 355 days after their last win over an FBS opponent, which also came against UCLA.[2] Kish would lose the next three games on the schedule but closed out the conference slate by defeating the rival Arizona State Sun Devils in Tempe, reclaiming the Territorial Cup in the 85th Duel in the Desert. Two days later, Rich Rodriguez was named Arizona's new full-time head coach. Kish would finish the season with a 45-37 victory over Louisiana-Lafayette in his final game as head coach.
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | Coaches# | AP° | ||
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| Arizona Wildcats (Pacific-12 Conference) (2011–present) | |||||||||
| 2011 | Arizona | 3–3[n 1] | 2–3[n 1] | T–5th(South) | |||||
| Arizona: | 3–3 | 2–3 | |||||||
| Total: | 3–3 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title | |||||||||
| #Rankings from final Coaches' Poll. °Rankings from final AP Poll. |
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