Rick Comegy (born September 24, 1953) is an American football coach and former player. On January 21, 2014, Comegy was introduced as the new head coach for the Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils.[1] He previously served as the head football coach for the Jackson State Tigers from 2006 to 2013.[2] He was named JSU head coach on December 9, 2005 after ten years as head coach for the Tuskegee Golden Tigers, where he compiled a 90–26 record. He has also served as head coach of Cheyney University and Central State University, where he won the NAIA national football championship in 1995. He served as an assistant coach at Central State University under former Cheyney/Central State/Florida A&M coach Billy Joe in the 80s and 90s.
Comegy was the 15th head coach for Tuskegee, and he held that position for ten seasons, from 1996 until 2005. His coaching record at Tuskegee was 90 wins, 26 losses, and 0 ties.[3] As of the conclusion of the 2007 season, this ranks him second at Tuskegee in both total wins and winning percentage (.776).
Comegy is a 1976 graduate of Millersville University and has held coaching positions at Millersville and Colgate University, where he also coached track and baseball
Head coaching record[]
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheyney Wolves (Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference) (1990–1991) | |||||||||
| 1990 | Cheyney | 0–11 | 0–5 | 6th (Eastern) | |||||
| 1991 | Cheyney | 0–11 | 0–6 | 7th (Eastern) | |||||
| Cheyney: | 0–22 | 0–11 | |||||||
| Central State (OH) Marauders (Independent) (1994–1995) | |||||||||
| 1994 | Central State | 8–2 | L NAIA Division I Quarterfinal | ||||||
| 1995 | Central State | 10–1 | W NAIA Division I Championship | ||||||
| Central State: | 18–3 | ||||||||
| Tuskegee Golden Tigers (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1996–2005) | |||||||||
| 1996 | Tuskegee | 5–6 | 2–4 | T–8th | |||||
| 1997 | Tuskegee | 7–4 | 3–3 | T–5th | |||||
| 1998 | Tuskegee | 10–2 | 6–0 | 1st | W Pioneer | ||||
| 1999 | Tuskegee | 9–3 | 5–1 | T–1st | L Pioneer | ||||
| 2000 | Tuskegee | 12–0 | 7–0 | 1st | W Pioneer | ||||
| 2001 | Tuskegee | 11–1 | 6–1 | T–1st | W Pioneer | ||||
| 2002 | Tuskegee | 10–1 | 7–1 | 1st | |||||
| 2003 | Tuskegee | 5–6 | 4–4 | T–5th | |||||
| 2004 | Tuskegee | 10–2 | 7–1 | 2nd | L Pioneer | ||||
| 2005 | Tuskegee | 11–1 | 8–1 | T–1st | W Pioneer | ||||
| Tuskegee: | 90–26 | 55–16 | |||||||
| Jackson State (Southwestern Athletic Conference) (2006–2013) | |||||||||
| 2006 | Jackson State | 6–5 | 5–4 | T–2nd (East) | |||||
| 2007 | Jackson State | 8–4 | 7–2 | 1st (East) | |||||
| 2008 | Jackson State | 7–5 | 6–1 | 1st (East) | |||||
| 2009 | Jackson State | 3–7 | 3–4 | T–2nd (East) | |||||
| 2010 | Jackson State | 8–3 | 6–3 | T–1st (East) | |||||
| 2011 | Jackson State | 9–2 | 7–2 | T–1st (East) | |||||
| 2012 | Jackson State | 7–5 | 7–2 | T–1st (East) | |||||
| 2013 | Jackson State | 8–4 | 8–1 | 1st (East) | |||||
| Jackson State: | 55–35 | 49–19 | |||||||
| Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils (Southwestern Athletic Conference) (2014–2017) | |||||||||
| 2014 | Mississippi Valley State | 2–9 | 1–8 | 5th (East) | |||||
| 2015 | Mississippi Valley State | 1–10 | 1–8 | 5th (East) | |||||
| 2016 | Mississippi Valley State | 1–10 | 1–8 | 5th (East) | |||||
| 2017 | Mississippi Valley State | 2–9 | 1–6 | 5th (East) | |||||
| Mississippi Valley State: | 6–38 | 4–30 | |||||||
| Total: | 169–124 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title | |||||||||
| †Indicates BCS bowl game. | |||||||||
References[]
- ↑ "Delta Devils hire Rick Comegy", ESPN.com, January 21, 2014. Retrieved on January 21, 2014.
- ↑ "Jackson State fires Rick Comegy", ESPN.com, December 18, 2013.
- ↑ Tuskegee University#Sports coaching records Archived May 16, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
External links[]
- Rick Comegy article at Wikipedia
