Rhett Lashlee

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Rhett Lashlee
Current position
Title Head coach
Team SMU
Conference ACC
Record23–10
Biographical details
Born (1983-06-09) June 9, 1983 (age 41)
Springdale, Arkansas, U.S.
Playing career
2002–2004 Arkansas
Position(s) Quarterback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2004–2005 Springdale HS (AR) (QB)
2006 Arkansas (GA)
2009–2010 Auburn (GA)
2011 Samford (OC/QB)
2012 Arkansas State (OC/QB)
2013–2016Auburn (OC/QB)
2017 UConn (OC/QB)
2018–2019 SMU (OC/QB)
2020–2021 Miami (FL) (OC/QB)
2022–presentSMU
Head coaching record
Overall23–10
Bowls0–2
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
AAC (2023)

Rhett Lashlee (born June 9, 1983) is an American college football coach who is the head coach at Southern Methodist University. He previously served as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Auburn University from 2013 to 2016 and offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at the University of Miami from 2020 to 2021.

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Lashlee played college football at the University of Arkansas as a quarterback from 2002 to 2004. Prior to his tenure at SMU, he held various assistant coaching positions at Springdale High School in Springdale, Arkansas, the University of Arkansas, Auburn University, Samford University, Arkansas State University, University of Connecticut, SMU, and the University of Miami.

Playing career

High school

Lashlee attended Shiloh Christian School in Springdale, Arkansas, [1] where he played quarterback under head coach Gus Malzahn. Lashlee posted a state-record 40 career wins (40–3–2 as a starter) and he led his team to three straight state championship games, winning two titles. [2]

Lashlee holds a number of Arkansas high school records. [3]

Regarded as a three-star recruit by Rivals.com, Lashlee was ranked as the No. 19 pro-style quarterback in a 2002 class that also featured Ben Olson, Trent Edwards, Drew Stanton, and Matt Moore. [4]

College

Lashlee played college football for the Arkansas Razorbacks. Lashlee was a backup quarterback to Matt Jones, from 2002 to 2004 for the Razorbacks. A shoulder injury ended his playing career. [5] Lashlee graduated from the University of Arkansas in 2006. [6]

Coaching career

Early career

Prior to 2017, Lashlee is from Gus Malzahn coaching tree and worked under him for his entire career with the exception of his one year at Samford University.

From 2004 to 2005, Lashlee worked with the quarterbacks at Springdale High School. [2] Following the announcement of Malzahn's hire as Arkansas Razorbacks offensive coordinator in 2006, Lashlee was hired as an offensive graduate assistant. [2] Following this season, Malzahn left to become the offensive coordinator of the Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team. Although invited to join Malzahn's staff at Tulsa, Lashlee left coaching and remained in Northwest Arkansas. Instead, Lashlee and his brother-in-law wrote, published, and marketed High School Sports The Magazine (later renamed Vype), a publication based on high school sports in Arkansas. During the two years Lashlee was involved in the business, he made relationships with high school coaches throughout Arkansas and marketed his magazine to distributors. Lashlee volunteered as quarterbacks coach at Har-Ber High School when his schedule would allow. [7] Malzahn was hired as the offensive coordinator at Auburn for the 2009 season. Following this announcement, Malzahn offered Lashlee to join his staff as a graduate assistant, returning Lashlee to coaching. [2]

Samford

In 2011, Lashlee joined Samford University as their offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach. During his first and only season at Samford, Lashlee improved the team's offense in points per game (17 to 26), total offense (57 to 46 ranking nationally), and improved their record from 4–6 to 6–5 through the installation of a high tempo offense. [2]

Arkansas State

In 2012, Lashlee was hired by Arkansas State University as their offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach following head coach Gus Malzahn after his departure from Auburn. [2]

Auburn

On December 6, 2012, Lashlee was hired at Auburn University as their offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach following Gus Malzahn after his return to Auburn after one year at Arkansas State. [5] [8] [9] In 2013, Lashlee was a finalist for the Broyles Award, given annually to the nation's top college football assistant coach.

UConn

In 2017, Lashlee joined the University of Connecticut as their offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach.

SMU

On January 4, 2018, Lashlee was hired as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Southern Methodist University (SMU). [10]

Miami

On January 3, 2020, Lashlee was hired as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at the University of Miami under head coach Manny Diaz.

SMU (second stint)

On November 30, 2021, Lashlee was named head coach at Southern Methodist University (SMU), replacing Sonny Dykes after his departure to become the head coach at Texas Christian University (TCU). [11]

Personal life

Lashlee is a Christian. [12] He is married to Lauren Lashlee (née Lee), and they have four children together: twin sons, Thomas and Hudson, and twin daughters, Rowyn and Scarlet.

Head coaching record

YearTeamOverallConferenceStandingBowl/playoffs Coaches#AP°
SMU Mustangs (American Athletic Conference)(2022–2023)
2022 SMU 7–65–3T–4thL New Mexico
2023 SMU 11–38–0T–1stL Fenway 2422
SMU Mustangs (Atlantic Coast Conference)(2024–present)
2024 SMU 5–12–0
SMU:23–1015–3
Total:23–10
      National championship        Conference title        Conference division title or championship game berth

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References

  1. ↑ "Rhett Lashlee High School Player Profile". Scout.com. Retrieved December 10, 2012.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Rhett Lashlee Arkansas State Bio". Arkansas State Athletics. Retrieved December 10, 2012.
  3. ↑ "National Federation of State High School Associations". National Federation of State High School Associations. Archived from the original on December 7, 2012. Retrieved December 12, 2012.
  4. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on November 18, 2015. Retrieved November 15, 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. 1 2 "Rhett Lashlee Bio". Auburn Athletics. Retrieved December 10, 2012.
  6. ↑ Hall, Ray (December 14, 2012). "Auburn names Rhett Lashlee as new offensive coordinator". Raycom Group. Retrieved May 24, 2015.
  7. ↑ Thamel, Pete (January 6, 2014). "Rhett Lashlee's path from running a magazine to Auburn's offense". Sports Illustrated . Retrieved May 24, 2015.
  8. ↑ Goldberg, Charles (December 6, 2012). "Auburn hires Rhett Lashlee as offensive coordinator". AL.com. Retrieved December 10, 2012.
  9. ↑ Erickson, Joel E. (December 7, 2012). "Despite his youth, Auburn offensive coordinator Rhett Lashlee has earned Gus Malzahn's trust". AL.com. Retrieved May 24, 2015.
  10. ↑ "SMU hires Rhett Lashlee as offensive coordinator".
  11. ↑ "Lashlee Named SMU Head Football Coach" (Press release).
  12. ↑ Romano, Jason. "NEW PODCAST: Rhett Lashlee - Miami Hurricanes Offensive Coordinator". Sports Spectrum. Retrieved December 7, 2023.
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