Rich Wright
Sport(s) | Football |
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Current position | |
Title | Head coach |
Team | Northwest Missouri State |
Conference | MIAA |
Record | 0–0 |
Biographical details | |
Born | Hamilton, New York |
Alma mater | Dana College (1995) |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1991–1992 | Cortland State GA) |
1993–1994 | Dana Vikings (GA) |
1995–1996 | Northwest Missouri State (GA) |
1997 | Dakota State (DC) |
1998 | Central Methodist (assist.) |
1999 | William Penn (assist.) |
2000–2003 | St. Ambrose (assist.) |
2004–2016 | Northwest Missouri State (DC) |
2017–present | Northwest Missouri State |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 0–0 |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Awards | |
2× Defensive Coordinator of the Year (2014–15) |
Rich Wright is an American football coach. Wright is currently the head football coach at Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville, Missouri, a position he has held since December 2016.[1] From 1991 to 1994, Wright held several assistant coaching jobs in Nebraska and New York.[2] In 1995, Wright became a graduate assistant for Northwest Missouri State, where he was earning his master's degree, for two seaosn. In 1997, Wright moved to South Dakota for an assistant coaching job.[1] Following South Dakota, Wright spent time in Missouri and Iowa, before returning to Missouri in 2004. In 2004, Wright became the defensive line coach and coordinator of special teams at Northwest Missouri State, and eventually moved to defesnive coordinator and assistant head coach in 2011.[3] In December 2016 after winning the National Championship – Wright's fourth – Wright was named the program's 20th head football coach.[4]
Head coaching record
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | AFCA# | |||
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Northwest Missouri State (Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association) (2017–present) | |||||||||
2017 | Northwest Missouri State | 0–0 | 0–0 | ||||||
Northwest Missouri State: | 0–0 | 0–0 | |||||||
Total: | 0–0 | ||||||||
National championship Conference title Conference division title | |||||||||
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References
- 1 2 "Northwest Missouri State University - Wright proves perfect fit for Northwest". Bearcatsports.com. 2016-12-20. Retrieved 2017-03-23.
- ↑ "Wright to take over as Northwest head football coach | Sports". Maryville Daily Forum. 2016-12-19. Retrieved 2017-03-23.
- ↑ "Northwest Missouri State University - 2017 Football Coaching Staff". Bearcatsports.com. 2016-12-19. Retrieved 2017-03-23.
- ↑ "Northwest Missouri State University - Wright introduced as Northwest head coach". Bearcatsports.com. 2016-12-19. Retrieved 2017-03-23.