| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Chattanooga |
| Conference | SoCon |
| Record | 37–29 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | Aiken, South Carolina, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1992–1995 | Chattanooga |
| Position(s) | Tight end |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1996–2002 | Chattanooga (assistant) |
| 2004 | Butler (DC) |
| 2005–2008 | Miami (OH) (assistant) |
| 2009 | Gardner–Webb (DL) |
| 2010 | Furman (LB) |
| 2011–2012 | Reinhardt (DC) |
| 2013–2016 | Chattanooga (LB/ST) |
| 2017–2018 | Georgia State (ILB/ST/RC) |
| 2019–present | Chattanooga |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 37–29 |
| Tournaments | 1-1 (NCAA Division I) |
Rusty Wright is an American football coach. He is the head football coach at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, position he has held since 2019. [1] Wright replaced Tom Arth, [2] who left to be the head football coach at the University of Akron. Before being named the head coach at Chattanooga, Wright was a player and assistant coach at Chattanooga and was an assistant at Miami University, Butler University, Gardner–Webb University, Furman University, Reinhardt University, and Georgia State University. [3] [4]
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | Coaches# | STATS° | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chattanooga Mocs (Southern Conference)(2019–present) | |||||||||
| 2019 | Chattanooga | 6–6 | 5–3 | 3rd | |||||
| 2020–21 | Chattanooga | 3–2 | 3–1 | 3rd | |||||
| 2021 | Chattanooga | 6–5 | 5–3 | 3rd | |||||
| 2022 | Chattanooga | 7–4 | 5–3 | T–3rd | 24 | 23 | |||
| 2023 | Chattanooga | 8–5 | 6–2 | T–2nd | L NCAA Division I Second Round | ||||
| 2024 | Chattanooga | 7–5 | 5–3 | T-3rd | |||||
| 2025 | Chattanooga | 0–2 | 0–0 | ||||||
| Chattanooga: | 37–29 | 29–15 | |||||||
| Total: | 37–29 | ||||||||