Al Kincaid (born July 26, 1947) is a former
American football
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player and coach. He served as the head football coach at the
University of Wyoming
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from 1981 to 1985 and at
Arkansas State University
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from 1990 to 1991, compiling a career
college football
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Unlike most ...
record of 33–46–1.
Playing career
Kincaid is a native of
Alabama
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and was the star
quarterback
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at
Virginia Tech
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. He was the starter for the 1967 and 1968 seasons, and in 1968, he took the team to a 7-4 record, including a Liberty Bowl appearance against Mississippi. However, he lost the starting job in the second game of the 1969 season, after playing well in the season opener against Alabama. His career record was 122 completions in 261 attempts for 1,202 yards and five touchdowns. He was intercepted 13 times. He also rushed for 499 yards and two touchdowns.
Coaching career
High school and college assistant coaching
Kincaid and his family relocated to
St. Petersburg, Florida
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after he completed his college degree. He had planned to go into business there, but his offer to help coach a local
high school football
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team soon earned him a full-time job instead. The couple moved to
Virginia
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, where he coached a rural high school team in the
Appalachian Mountains
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.
Kincaid moved on to coaching positions at the
University of Alabama
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under
Bear Bryant
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and at
East Carolina University
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Founded on March 8, 1907, as a Normal school, teacher training school, East ...
.
Wyoming
Kincaid became
offensive coordinator
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at Wyoming under
Pat Dye
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, and succeeded him as head coach after the 1980 season. He signed a three-year contract at $45,000 per year, agreeing to have 20% of the salary withheld in interest-bearing escrow and forfeited if he broke his contract. In 1983, he was courted by
Memphis State University
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after head coach
Rex Dockery
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died in a plane crash, but he withdrew his name from consideration, deciding to remain at Wyoming.
In his five years leading Wyoming, he compiled a record of 29–29. Following a 3–8 season in 1985, he was fired and was succeeded by
Dennis Erickson
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.
Arkansas State
Kincaid went on to be the 22nd head coach at
Arkansas State University
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for the 1990 and 1991 seasons. He accumulated a record of 4–17–1.
College Football Data Warehouse
Arkansas State University head coaching records
Personal life
Kincaid worked as a sports consultant in Decatur, Alabama
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, and then returned to Tuscaloosa and coaching, again serving as an assistant at the University of Alabama. From there, he went on to become head coach at Arkansas State.
In 1992, Kincaid's 23-year marriage ended in divorce. His ex-wife, Nanci Kincaid
Nanci Pierce Kincaid (born September 5, 1950) is an American novelist who wrote a short story collection titled ''Pretending the Bed Is a Raft'' (1997), as well as novels ''Crossing Blood'' (1991), ''Balls'' (1999), ''Verbena'' (2002), and ''As Hot ...
, married Arizona
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head coach Dick Tomey
Richard Hastings Tomey (June 20, 1938 – May 10, 2019) was an American football coach and player. Tomey served as the head football coach at the University of Hawaii at Manoa (1977–1986), University of Arizona (1987–2000), and San Jose State ...
in 1997. However, the couple remained close, and as a writer in North Carolina, she still was assisting him in player recruiting in 1998 when he was an assistant head football coach and offensive coordinator at Temple University
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.
Head coaching record
College
References
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1947 births
Living people
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Wyoming Cowboys football coaches
High school football coaches in Virginia
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