Pete Hurt (born September 22, 1956) is an

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coach. He served as the head football coach at

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from 1994 to 2001, compiling a record of 42–39–1. Hurt has also been the head football coach at a number of high school in the state of

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: Clinton High School from 2002 to 2004, Center High School from 2007 to 2010,

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from 2011 to 2013, and

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in 2016.

Coaching career

After he graduated from

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, in 1978 Hurt began his coaching career. After he served as an assistant coach at Clinton High School from 1978 through 1981, Hurt landed his first college assistant position with

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for the 1981 season. Between 1981 and 1991, Hurt served as an assistant at Southeast Missouri State, Baylor, Lamar and

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. In 1992, Hunt joined the staff of the

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of the

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where he served as

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for both seasons the team was in existence. After the Fire folded, Hurt accepted an assistant coaching position at Nicholls State before quickly resigning to take the

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position at

under former Fire head coach

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. After a single season as defensive coordinator, Hurt was promoted to head coach for the 1994 season after Gailey left to take an assistant coaching position in the

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(NFL). Hurt was fired midseason during the 2001 campaign after a 1–4 start. During his eight seasons with the

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. After two years with the Falcons, Hunt returned to Mississippi to serve as head coach at Center Hill High School from 2007 through 2010 when he resigned to serve as head coach at

. In December 2013 Hurt resigned from

position of head football coach and athletic director after two losing seasons. His successor, Tyler Peterson, was named weeks later. Hurt coached two seasons with Olive Branch, we he went 0-10 and 1-9, was fired and now works at Kentucky Fried Chicken in Batesville.

Head coaching record

College

Notes

* ^ Hurt was fired after the Bulldogs lost to

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to open the 2001 season 1–4. He was replaced by Bill Gray who finished the season with an overall record of 4–1.

References

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