Brad Wright (born July 10, 1959) is an
American football coach. He served as head football coach at Texas State University–San Marcos—now known as
Texas State University—from 2007 to 2010.
Wright is a 1981 graduate of Texas State—then known as Southwest Texas State University—and was a member of the 1980
Bobcats team that won a
Lone Star Conference championship. He originally
walked-on as a
wide receiver, played a season at
running back, and then moved to the other side of the ball where he became a defensive leader at
free safety
Safety is a position in gridiron football on the defense. The safeties are defensive backs who line up ten to fifteen yards from the line of scrimmage. There are two variations of the position: the free safety and the strong safety. Their dut ...
.
Wright went on to become a successful
high school football coach. In 2004, Wright was hired by Texas State as an assistant to head coach
David Bailiff. Bailiff and Wright were teammates at Southwest Texas State from 1978 to 1980. When Bailiff left for
Rice University in 2007, Wright took over as head coach and held the job until he was fired on November 23,
Head coaching record
College
References
1959 births
Living people
American football running backs
American football safeties
Texas State Bobcats football coaches
Texas State Bobcats football players
High school football coaches in Texas
People from Pearsall, Texas
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