Rayford Petty

Rayford Petty
Current position
Sport(s)	Football
Title	Defensive coordinator
Team	Howard
Conference	MEAC
Biographical details
Alma mater	Elon University
Playing career
1975–1976	Chowan JC
1977–1978	Elon
Position(s)	Linebacker
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1982–1987	North Carolina A&T (DB)
1988	Southern (DB)
1989	Southern (LB)
1990–1991	Forestville HS (MD)
1992–1999	Howard (assistant)
2000–2001	Norfolk State (DC/DB)
2002–2006	Howard
2007–2010	Delaware State (DC)
2011–	Howard (DC)
2013	Howard (interim)
Head coaching record
Overall	31–36 (college)
Statistics College Football Data Warehouse

Rayford Tilman Petty is an American college football coach and former player. He is currently the defensive coordinator at Howard University, a position he has held since the 2011 season. Petty served as head coach at Howard from 2002 to 2006, and again in an interim capacity in 2013, compiling an overall record of 31 wins and 36 losses. His career also includes positions as an assistant coach at North Carolina A&T University, Southern University, Norfolk State University and Delaware State University. A graduate of Elon University, Petty played as a linebacker for the Phoenix during the late 1970s.

Head coaching record

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Howard Bison (Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference) (2002–2006)
2002	Howard	6–5	4–4	T–5th
2003	Howard	4–7	2–5	6th
2004	Howard	6–5	3–4	T–5th
2005	Howard	4–7	1–7	T–8th
2006	Howard	5–6	4–4	T–5th
Howard Bison (Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference) (2013)
2013	Howard ^{[n 1]}	6–6	4–4	T–5th
Howard:		31–36	18–28
Total:		31–36

Notes

↑ Petty served as interim head coach after Gary Harrell took a personal leave of absence for the 2013 season.^[1]

References

↑ Associated Press (March 11, 2013). "Gary Harrell, Howard football coach, to miss 2013 season". Washington Times. Retrieved December 9, 2013.

External links

Howard profile

Howard Bison head football coaches

Unknown (1882)
Charles Cook (1893–1895)
No team (1896)
Charles Cook (1897)
No team (1898)
Charles Cook (1899–1900)
Cap Washington (1901–1906)
Heine Bullock (1907)
Merton Robinson (1908)
Ernest Marshall (1909–1916)
W. H. Beckett (1917)
Merton Robinson (1918–1919)
Edward Morrison (1920–1922)
Louis Watson (1923)
Edward Morrison (1924)
Louis Watson (1925–1927)
Edward Morrison (1928)
Tom Verdell (1929–1933)
Charles West (1934–1935)
Harry Payne (1936–1940)
James Rowland (1941–1942)
No team (1943)
Ted Chambers (1944)
Unknown (1945)
Edward Jackson (1946–1952)
Thomas Johnson (1953–1956)
Robert White (1957–1961)
Tillman Season (1962–1968)
Jogn Organ (1969)
Tillman Sease (1970–1972)
Ed Wyche (1973)
Doug Porter (1974–1978)
Floyd Keith (1979–1982)
Joe Taylor (1983)
Willie Jeffries (1984–1988)
Steve Wilson (1989–2001)
Rayford Petty (2002–2006)
Carey Bailey (2007–2010)
Gary Harrell (2011–2012)
Rayford Petty # (2013)
Gary Harrell (2014– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

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