Rick Minter

Career highlights and awards
	As assistant coach CFP national champion (2023); As head coach C-USA champion (2002);
Head coaching record
Career:	NCAA: 54–63–1 (.462)

Rick Minter
Los Angeles Chargers
Position:	Senior defensive analyst
Personal information
Born:	October 4, 1954 (age 70); Nash, Texas, U.S.
Career information
High school:	Texas (Texarkana, Texas)
College:	Henderson State
Career history
As a coach:
	Henderson State (1977); Graduate assistant; Arkansas (1978); Graduate assistant; Louisiana Tech (1979–1980); Defensive ends coach; North Carolina State (1980–1982); Defensive ends coach; New Mexico State (1984); Linebackers coach; Ball State (1985–1991); Defensive coordinator; Notre Dame (1992–1993); Defensive coordinator; Cincinnati (1994–2003); Head coach; South Carolina (2004); Defensive coordinator; Notre Dame (2005–2007); Defensive coordinator; Marshall (2008–2009); Defensive coordinator; Marshall (2009); Interim head coach; Indiana State (2010); Linebackers coach; Kentucky (2011–2012); Defensive coordinator; Philadelphia Eagles (2013–2015); Linebackers coach; Georgia State (2016); Defensive line coach; Florida Tech (2017–2018); Defensive coordinator; Birmingham Iron (2019); Defensive coordinator; Southern Miss (2020); Defensive analyst; Michigan (2022); Defensive analyst; Michigan (2023); Interim linebackers coach; Los Angeles Chargers (2024–present); Senior defensive analyst;
Career:	Richard Minter (born October 4, 1954) is an American football coach who is the senior defensive analyst for the Los Angeles Chargers of the National Football League (NFL). He previously served as the linebackers coach for the Michigan Wolverines and as a defensive coordinator for the Birmingham Iron in the Alliance of American Football (AAF). Minter has previously served as the head football coach at the University of Cincinnati from 1994 to 2003 and as the interim head coach for Marshall University in the 2009 Little Caesars Pizza Bowl, compiling a career college football record of 54–63–1.Contents Early life and education ; Coaching career ; Personal life ; Head coaching record ; References ; External links ; Early life and education Minter was born on October 4, 1954, in Nash, Texas, and raised in Texarkana, Texas. He graduated from Texas High School in Texarkana. He then attended Henderson State University where he earned his undergraduate degree and a master's degree. He is also a member of the Phi Sigma Epsilon.Coaching career Minter started his career as a graduate assistant coach at Henderson State University in 1977. In 1978, he was a graduate assistant coach at the University of Arkansas where the Razorbacks finished the season 9–2–1. In 1979, he became the defensive ends coach at Louisiana Tech. From 1980 to 1982, he was the linebackers coach at North Carolina State. In 1984, he was the linebackers coach at New Mexico State. From 1985 to 1991, Minter was the assistant head coach and defensive coordinator at Ball State. From 1992 to 1993, he served as the defensive coordinator for the University of Notre Dame, where he led the Irish to a #2 national ranking. From 1994 to 2003, he was the head football coach at the University of Cincinnati, where he compiled a 53–63–1 record. Among Cincinnati's head coaches, Rick Minter has both the record for second most career wins and the record for most career losses. He was fired at the end of the 2003 season shortly after the school accepted an invite to Big East Conference. The Bearcats played in four bowl games during his tenure.Personal life Minter's son, Jesse, is the defensive coordinator for the Los Angeles Chargers.Head coaching recordRelated Research Articles Richard Gerald Neuheisel Jr. is an American football analyst, coach, and former player. He served as the head football coach at the University of Colorado Boulder from 1995 to 1999, at the University of Washington from 1999 to 2002, and at his alma mater, the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), from 2008 to 2011, compiling a career college football coaching record of 87–59. From 2005 to 2007, Neuheisel was an assistant coach with the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League (NFL), as quarterbacks coach for two seasons and offensive coordinator for one. He formerly served as head coach for the Arizona Hotshots of the Alliance of American Football (AAF) before the collapse of the league. Before coaching, Neuheisel played quarterback for the UCLA Bruins from 1980 to 1983, then spent two seasons with the San Antonio Gunslingers of the United States Football League (USFL) before splitting the 1987 NFL season between the San Diego Chargers and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. William J. Lewis is a former American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of Wyoming (1977–1979), and East Carolina University (1989–1991). He also coached at the Georgia Institute of Technology (1992–1994), compiling a career college football record of 45–52–2. Lewis was a defensive assistant at many schools and most notably served as an assistant to Vince Dooley at the University of Georgia, helping win a National Championship in 1980. Nicholas Holt V is an American football coach who is currently the assistant head coach and co-defensive coordinator at Abilene Christian. He was previously head coach of Skorpions Varese of the Federazione Italiana di American Football in 2020 and an offensive analyst for Texas Tech in 2021. Previously he was co-defensive coordinator and linebackers coach at Purdue University for three seasons from 2017 to 2019. Before that he was the defensive coordinator at Western Kentucky from 2013 to 2016. Earlier in his career, Holt was defensive coordinator and assistant head coach of the Washington Huskies, defensive coordinator and defensive line coach of the USC Trojans, and head coach of the Idaho Vandals from 2004 to 2005. Patrick Regan Narduzzi is an American football coach and former player. Since 2015, he has been the head coach of the University of Pittsburgh. He was formerly the defensive coordinator at Michigan State. He attended Youngstown State University and the University of Rhode Island. He earned his master's degree from Miami University. Joe Barry is an American football coach who is the linebackers coach and run game coordinator for the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League (NFL). His career includes having served as the assistant head coach and linebackers coach for the Los Angeles Rams, as well as serving as the defensive coordinator for the Washington Redskins, Detroit Lions, and Green Bay Packers. Barry also previously served as an assistant coach for the San Diego Chargers, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the San Francisco 49ers. Barry is the son of former coach Mike Barry. Eric Charles Henderson is an American football coach who is the co-defensive coordinator, defensive line coach, and run game coordinator for the USC Trojans of the Big Ten Conference (NCAA). He previously served as an assistant coach for the Los Angeles Rams. Raheem Morris is an American football coach who is the head coach for the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League (NFL). He previously served as head coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers from 2009 to 2011 and interim head coach of the Falcons in 2020. Morris also was an assistant coach for the Kansas State Wildcats, Washington Redskins, and Los Angeles Rams. James T. Reid is an American college football coach and former player. He is an analyst for the University of Massachusetts Amherst, a position he held since 2023. Reid served as head football coach at the University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass) from 1986 to 1991, University of Richmond from 1995 through 2003, and Virginia Military Institute (VMI) from 2006 until 2007, compiling an overall college football record of 87–101–3. Teryl Austin is an American football coach who is the defensive coordinator for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL). He was previously the defensive coordinator for the Detroit Lions from 2014 to 2017 and the Cincinnati Bengals in 2018. John Lovett is an American football coach. He was the defensive backs coach for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League (NFL) from 2013–2014. He was the defensive coordinator for Maine in 1994, Auburn from 1999–2001, Clemson from 2002–2004, Bowling Green from 2005–2006, and Miami from 2009–2010. Art Kaufman is an American former college football coach. He was the defensive coordinator for the California Golden Bears. He had been employed as the defensive coordinator for the North Carolina Tar Heels and the Texas Tech Red Raiders. Anthony Ray "D'Anton" Lynn II is an American football coach who is the defensive coordinator for the USC Trojans of the Big Ten Conference (NCAA). He was previously the defensive coordinator for the UCLA Bruins. Mark Criner is an American football coach. He currently serves as the outside linebackers coach for the Southern Miss Golden Eagles football team. At the college football level, he served defensive coordinator for six seasons at the University of Idaho, and also held the same position at Middle Tennessee, Cincinnati, Portland State, the original XFL's Las Vegas Outlaws, and CSU–Pueblo. He has also worked as a defensive assistant at Minnesota, Eastern Michigan, Utah State, Lamar, LSU, the Alliance of American Football's Atlanta Legends, and Tulane. He was also the linebackers coach and assistant special teams coach for the Seattle Dragons. Tim Banks, is an American college football coach and former player. He is the defensive coordinator and safeties coach for the University of Tennessee, a position he has held since 2021. He played college football for Central Michigan. Mike Elston is an American football coach and former player who is currently the defensive line coach for the Los Angeles Chargers of the National Football League (NFL). Elston was the defensive line coach for the University of Michigan. Brandon John Staley is an American football coach who is the assistant head coach for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League (NFL). He previously served as the head coach of the Los Angeles Chargers from 2021 to 2023, defensive coordinator for the Los Angeles Rams in 2020, and also served as an assistant coach for the Denver Broncos and Chicago Bears. Robert Parks Brown is an American football coach who was most recently the quarterbacks coach for the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League (NFL). Prior to that, he was a special assistant to the head coach and the senior offensive analyst at West Virginia University. Chris Shula is an American football coach who is the defensive coordinator for the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football as a linebacker at Miami University and previously served as an assistant coach at Ball State University, Indiana University, John Carroll University and for the San Diego Chargers. He is the son of Dave Shula, grandson of Don Shula, and nephew of Mike Shula. Marquice O'Brien Williams is an American football coach who is the special teams coordinator for the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League (NFL). He previously served as an assistant coach for the Detroit Lions, Houston Texans and Chicago Bears. Jesse Minter is an American football coach who is the defensive coordinator for the Los Angeles Chargers of the National Football League (NFL). He previously served as the defensive coordinator at the University of Michigan from 2022 to 2023.References ↑ "MCommunity".; ↑ "Cincinnati fires FB coach Rick Minter". UPI. December 1, 2003. Retrieved March 22, 2024.; External links Indiana State Sycamores profile ; Georgia State Panthers profile ; Los Angeles Chargers profile ; This page is based on this Wikipedia article ; Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.; Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.
Career highlights and awards
	As assistant coach CFP national champion (2023); As head coach C-USA champion (2002);
Head coaching record
Career:	NCAA: 54–63–1 (.462)
	Cincinnati Bearcats (NCAA Division I-A independent)(1994–1995)
	Cincinnati Bearcats (Conference USA)(1996–2003)
	Marshall Thundering Herd (Conference USA)(2009)
	National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth
v ; t ; e ; Cincinnati Bearcats head football coaches
	No coach (1885–1893); W. Durant Berry (1894–1895); William Ayres Reynolds (1896); Tom Fennell (1897); Frank Cavanaugh (1898); Daniel A. Reed (1899–1900); Henry S. Pratt (1901); Anthony Chez (1902–1903); Amos Foster (1904–1905); William Foley (1906); No team (1907); Ralph Inott (1908); Robert Burch (1909–1911); Lowell Dana (1912–1913); George Little (1914–1915); Ion Cortright (1916); Frank Marty (1917); Boyd Chambers (1918–1921); George McLaren (1922–1926); George Babcock (1927–1930); Dana M. King (1931–1934); Russ Cohen (1935–1937); Wade Woodworth # (1937); Joseph A. Meyer (1938–1942); No team (1943–1944); Ray Nolting (1945–1948); Sid Gillman (1949–1954); George Blackburn (1955–1960); Chuck Studley (1961–1966); Homer Rice (1967–1968); Ray Callahan (1969–1972); Tony Mason (1973–1976); Ralph Staub (1977–1980); Mike Gottfried (1981–1982); Watson Brown (1983); Dave Currey (1984–1988); Tim Murphy (1989–1993); Rick Minter (1994–2003); Mark Dantonio (2004–2006); Brian Kelly (2006–2009); Jeff Quinn # (2009); Butch Jones (2010–2012); Steve Stripling # (2012); Tommy Tuberville (2013–2016); Luke Fickell (2017–2022) ; Kerry Coombs # (2022); Scott Satterfield (2023– ); # denotes interim head coach
v ; t ; e ; Marshall Thundering Herd head football coaches
	No coach (1895); No team (1896); No coach (1897–1902); George Ford (1903–1904); Alfred McCray (1905); Pearl Rardin (1906–1907); William G. Vinal (1908); Boyd Chambers (1909–1916); Burton Shipley (1917); No team (1918); Arch Reilly (1919); Herbert Cramer (1920); Skeeter Shelton (1921–1922); Harrison Briggs (1923); Russ Meredith (1924); Charles Tallman (1925–1928); John Maulbetsch (1929–1930); Tom Dandelet (1931–1934); Cam Henderson (1935–1942); No team (1943–1945); Cam Henderson (1946–1949); Pete Pederson (1950–1952); Herb Royer (1953–1958); Charlie Snyder (1959–1967); Perry Moss (1968); Rick Tolley (1969–1970); Jack Lengyel (1971–1974); Frank Ellwood (1975–1978); Sonny Randle (1979–1983); Stan Parrish (1984–1985); George Chaump (1986–1989); Jim Donnan (1990–1995); Bob Pruett (1996–2004); Mark Snyder (2005–2009); Rick Minter # (2009); Doc Holliday (2010–2020); Charles Huff (2021–2024); Tony Gibson (2025– ); # denotes interim head coach
v ; t ; e ; 2023 Michigan Wolverines football—consensus national champions
	AJ Barner ; Karsen Barnhart ; Michael Barrett ; Rayshaun Benny ; Zeke Berry ; Max Bredeson ; Cole Cabana ; Cameron Calhoun ; Darrius Clemons ; Junior Colson ; Blake Corum ; Donovan Edwards ; Mason Graham ; Kenneth Grant ; TJ Guy ; Jaylen Harrell ; Ernest Hausmann ; LaDarius Henderson ; Jyaire Hill ; Myles Hinton ; Kris Jenkins ; Cornelius Johnson ; Quinten Johnson ; Will Johnson ; Trente Jones ; Trevor Keegan ; Marlin Klein ; Colston Loveland ; J. J. McCarthy ; Braiden McGregor ; Derrick Moore ; Fredrick Moore ; Rod Moore ; Semaj Morgan ; Tyler Morris ; Kalel Mullings ; Drake Nugent ; Alex Orji ; Makari Paige ; Keon Sabb ; Mike Sainristil ; Josaiah Stewart ; James Turner ; Jack Tuttle ; Josh Wallace ; Davis Warren ; Roman Wilson ; Zak Zinter ; Head coach: Jim Harbaugh ; Assistant coaches: Ronald Bellamy ; Kirk Campbell ; Steve Clinkscale ; Mike Elston ; Jack Harbaugh ; Jay Harbaugh ; Mike Hart ; Bret Ingalls ; LaTroy Lewis ; Doug Mallory ; Sherrone Moore ; Jesse Minter ; Rick Minter ; Grant Newsome ; Chris Partridge ; Denard Robinson ;

Last updated February 02, 2025

[1] "MCommunity".

[2] "Cincinnati fires FB coach Rick Minter". UPI. December 1, 2003. Retrieved March 22, 2024.

[1]

[2]

Rick Minter

Contents

Early life and education

Coaching career

Personal life

Head coaching record

Related Research Articles

References

External links