Rusty Wright

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]

Rusty Wright

Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Chattanooga
Conference	SoCon
Record	37–27
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	37–27
Tournaments	1-1 (NCAA Division I)

Head coaching record

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	0–0	0–0
Chattanooga:		37–27	29–15
Total:		37–27