Rick Rhoades

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Rick Rhoades
Sport(s)	Football
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1981-1982 1983-1984 1985-1987 1988 1989 1990-1992 1993-1994 1995 2001 2002-2006 2007-2011 2012 2013-Present	North Alabama (OC) Troy (DC) Troy Southern Illinois Alabama (OL) Kentucky (OC) Nicholls State Stephen F. Austin (LB) Birmingham Thunderbolts (OL) (XFL) Delta State Graz Giants (Austria) Carlstad Crusaders (Sweden) La Courneuve Flash (France)
Head coaching record
Overall	78-48-1
Statistics College Football Data Warehouse

Rick Rhoades is the former head football coach at Troy University from 1985 to 1987. There he coached the Trojans to the 1987 NCAA Division II National Championship.^[1] In 1988, he became the 16th head football coach for the Southern Illinois Salukis in Carbondale, Illinois and held that position for one season. His overall coaching record at SIU was 4 wins, 7 losses, and 0 ties. This ranks him 13th at SIU in terms of total wins and 12th at SIU in terms of winning percentage.

In 1993, Rhoades became head coach at Nicholls State University. In his first year at Nicholls State, the team went 3-8. In his second year, the team improved to 5-6 for an overall record of 8-14 at the school. While at Nicholls State, Rhoades installed the "Stack-I" offense. It accounted for 11 school records the first season and the Colonels were ranked ninth in the nation in rushing the second year using the system.^[2] Rhoades next collegiate head coaching job was at Delta State University in Cleveland, Mississippi. He held the position from 2002-2006 and had a record of 38-20. In his final season, he led Delta State to the Division II national semifinals.^[3]

Between head coaching positions at SIU and Nicholls State, Rhoades served as quarterbacks coach at the University of Alabama in 1989 and offensive coordinator at the University of Kentucky from 1990-1992 under coach Bill Curry. He was also offensive coordinator at North Alabama (1981-1982) and defensive coordinator at Troy (1983-1984) with the 1984 team capturing the Division II National Championship. He also served one year as linebackers coach at Stephen F. Austin University (1995).

Rhoades has experience in professional football as the offensive line coach for the Birmingham Thunderbolts of the XFL in 2001.^[4] From 2007-2011, Rhoades was head coach of the Graz Giants in the Austrian Football League. Since 2007, the Giants have reached the Austrian Bowl every year winning it in 2008. That same year the Giants won the EFAF Cup. Under Rhoades guidance the Giants reached the Eurobowl semifinals four times.^[5] He was also the head coach of the Austrian national team for two years, guiding the team to a second place finish in the European championships in 2010 and a seventh place finish in the World Championships.

Rhoades also has experience coaching at the high school level. He was head football coach at Pelham (Ala.) High School where he posted a 41-19 record and five playoff appearances in five years (1996-2000). Other prep stops include Jeff Davis (Ala.) High School and Mountain Brook (Ala.) High School, where he guided the Mountain Brook Spartans to a 14-0 record and a state title in 1976.

He was the head coach of the La Courneuve Flash in France until late April 2013.

Head coaching record

Year	Team	Overall	Bowl/playoffs	Rank^#
Troy University (Gulf South Conference) (1985–1987)
1985	Troy University	6–4
1986	Troy University	10–2
1987	Troy University	12–1-1	Division II National Champion	1
Troy University:		28–7-1
Southern Illinois (Gateway Conference) (1988–1988)
1988	Southern Illinois	4–7
Southern Illinois:		4–7
Nicholls State (Southland Conference) (1993–1994)
1993	Nicholls State	3-8
1994	Nicholls State	5-6
Nicholls State:		8–14
Delta State University (Gulf South Conference) (2002–2006)
2002	Delta State	4–7
2003	Delta State	9–2
2004	Delta State	6–4
2005	Delta State	7–4
2006	Delta State	12–3	National Semifinals
Delta State:		38–20
Total:		78–48-1
National championship Conference title Conference division title
^#Rankings from final Sports Network poll.

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References

Troy Trojans head football coaches

Virgil McKinley (1909)
Dan Herren (1910)
George Penton (1911–1912)
No team (1913–1920)
J. W. Campbell (1921–1923)
Ross Ford (1924)
Otis Bynum (1925–1926)
Gladwin Gaumer (1927–1928)
No team (1929)
No coach (1930)
Albert Elmore (1931–1937)
Albert Choate (1938–1942)
No team (1943–1945)
Albert Choate (1946)
Fred McCollum (1947–1950)
Jim Grantham (1951–1954)
William Clipson (1955–1965)
Bill Atkins (1966–1971)
Tom Jones (1972–1973)
Byrd Whigham (1974–1975)
Charlie Bradshaw (1976–1982)
Chan Gailey (1983–1984)
Rick Rhoades (1985–1987)
Robert Maddox (1988–1991)
Larry Blakeney (1991– )

Southern Illinois Salukis head football coaches

William McAndrew (1913–1916)
Sam Patterson (1917)
William Lodge (1919)
William McAndrew (1921–1938)
Glenn Martin (1939–1949)
Bill Waller (1950–1951)
William O'Brien (1952–1954)
Albert Kawal (1955–1958)
Carmen Piccone (1959–1963)
Don Shroyer (1964–1965)
Ellis Rainsberger (1966)
Dick Towers (1967–1973)
Doug Weaver (1974–1975)
Rey Dempsey (1976–1983)
Ray Dorr (1984–1987)
Rick Rhoades (1988)
Bob Smith (1989–1993)
Shawn Watson (1994–1996)
Jan Quarless (1997–2000)
Jerry Kill (2001–2007)
Dale Lennon (2008– )

v t e Nicholls State Colonels head football coaches

Gary Kinchen (1972–1973) Bill Clements (1974–1980) Sonny Jackson (1981–1986) Phil Greco (1987–1992) Rick Rhoades (1993–1994) Darren Barbier (1995–1998) Daryl Daye (1999–2003) Jay Thomas (2004–2009) Charlie Stubbs (2010– )

Delta State Statesmen head football coaches

W. J. Parks (1926)
Paul West (1927)
Herman Zimoski (1928–1932)
Henry Allen (1933)
Herman Zimoski (1934–1935)
Alex Dickinson (1936–1941)
No team (1942–1945)
Forest Wyatt (1946–1947)
Gene Chadwick (1948–1960)
Horace McCool (1961–1973)
Robert McGraw (1974–1977)
Don Denning (1978)
Johnny Plummer (1979–1981)
Red Parker (1982–1987)
Don Skelton (1988–1992)
Todd Knight (1993–1998)
Steve Campbell (1999–2001)
Rick Rhoades (2002–2006)
Ron Roberts (2007–2011)
Jamey Chadwell (2012)
Todd Cooley (2013–)

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Name	Rhoades, Rick
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