Matt Rhule is an American football coach. He is the head football coach at Baylor University.
Let’s dive into some trivia and facts about his life and career thus far!
- His full name is Matthew Kenneth Rhule
- He was born on January 31, 1975
- He is an American football coach and former player
- He is the head football coach at Baylor University
- He was previously the coach of Temple University
- There he led the Owls to back-to-back 10-win seasons for the only time in school history
- Rhule grew up in New York City
- Before his family moved to State College, Pennsylvania as a teenager
- Rhule played linebacker at State College Area High School
- Before walking on as a linebacker to Penn State
- At Penn State, Rhule played four years under Joe Paterno
- He was a three-time Penn State Scholar-Athlete and an Academic All-Big Ten honoree in 1997
- While at Penn State, Rhule received his Bachelor’s of Arts in Political Science
- He also holds a Master’s in Educational Psychology from the State University of New York at Buffalo
- Following the end of his playing career, Rhule was hired as the linebackers coach for Albright College
- After one year at Albright, Rhule had stops at Buffalo, UCLA and Western Carolina before being hired at Temple as a defensive line coach in 2006
- Rhule would switch to quarterbacks coach in 2007
- After that he was named Temple’s offensive coordinator in 2008
- After six years at Temple, Rhule joined Tom Coughlin’s New York Giants as the assistant offensive line coach
- With the Giants, Rhule coached Super Bowl champions like David Diehl, Kevin Boothe, and Chris Snee
- On December 17, 2012, Rhule was named the 26th head football coach at Temple
- Succeeding Steve Addazio who left to become the head coach at Boston College
- In July 2015, Rhule signed a four-year extension with Temple that extended him through the 2021 season
- After a tremendous third year with the Owls, this deal was re-negotiated to keep Rhule at the university
- He was the target of Mizzou and Syracuse
- He chose to remain at Temple
- On December 6, 2016, Rhule was named the head football coach at Baylor University
- Thus replacing interim head coach Jim Grobe
- Throughout his time as a head coach, Rhule has coached a number of players that would go on to play in the National Football League
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