Timothy J. Rebowe (born February 25, 1963) is an

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coach. He is head football coach at

Nicholls State University Nicholls State University is a public university in Thibodaux, Louisiana. Founded in 1948, Nicholls is part of the University of Louisiana System. Originally named Francis T. Nicholls Junior College, the university is named for Francis T. Nicholl ...

, a position he has held since the 2015 season.

Early life and playing career

Rebowe from

Norco, Louisiana Norco is a census-designated place (CDP) in St. Charles Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 2,984 at the 2020 census. The community is home to a major Shell petroleum refinery. The CDP's name is derived from the New Orleans Refin ...

is an alumnus of

Louisiana State University Louisiana State University (officially Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, commonly referred to as LSU) is a public land-grant research university in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The university was founded in 1860 nea ...

(LSU), having received a bachelor of science in physical education in 1987. Rebowe played

baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding. The game occurs over the course of several plays, with each play generally beginning when a player on the fielding tea ...

Southeastern Louisiana University Southeastern Louisiana University (Southeastern) is a public university in Hammond, Louisiana. It was founded in 1925 by Linus A. Sims as Hammond Junior College. Sims succeeded in getting the campus moved to north Hammond in 1928, when it becam ...

in 1982. He attended high school at

Destrehan High School Destrehan High School is a public high school located in Destrehan, Louisiana, United States and is approximately twenty-five miles west of New Orleans. It is part of the St. Charles Parish Public School System and serves all students on the eas ...

Destrehan, Louisiana Destrehan is a census-designated place (CDP) in St. Charles Parish, Louisiana, United States. At the 2020 census, its population was 11,340. Etymology The community is named after Jean Noël Destréhan (1754–1823), who was twice President ...

. Rebowe's brother, Rusty Rebowe, was an All-American linebacker at

and played for the

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Coaching career

High school coach

Destrehan High School

Rebowe was head football coach and assistant coach at

from 1988 to 1994. As head coach from 1992 to 1994, Rebowe's teams compiled a 26–11 record and he led Destrehan to the 1993

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(LHSAA) Class 5A State Championship game with a 12–3 record. At Destrehan, Rebowe coached future

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(NFL) players Rondell Mealey and

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College assistant coach

Nicholls State

Rebowe was hired as an assistant football coach at Nicholls State in March 1995. He was

defensive backs In gridiron football, defensive backs (DBs), also called the secondary, are the players on the defensive side of the ball who play farthest back from the line of scrimmage. They are distinguished from the other two sets of defensive players, the ...

coach and

special teams coordinator In American football, the specific role that a player takes on the field is referred to as their "position". Under the modern rules of American football, both teams are allowed 11 players on the field at one time and have "unlimited free substitu ...

for Nicholls State from 1995 to 1998. In 1996, Rebowe helped lead Nicholls State to its first NCAA Division I-AA playoff appearance in a decade and completed one of the greatest one-year turnarounds in

NCAA Division I-AA The NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS), formerly known as Division I-AA, is the second-highest level of college football in the United States, after the Football Bowl Subdivision. Sponsored by the National Collegiate Athleti ...

history. That year as defensive backs coach, Rebowe helped lead the Colonels defense to a number seven national ranking in passing efficiency defense in NCAA Division I-AA. On February 1, 1999, Rebowe was named acting head coach after head coach Darren Barbier left to accept another position. For the 1999 season under head coach Daryl Daye, Rebowe remained defensive backs coach and became recruiting coordinator while relinquishing the role of special teams coordinator. In 2000, Rebowe was wide receivers coach and recruiting coordinator. Rebowe resigned his position at Nicholls State in January 2001.

Louisiana–Monroe

Rebowe coached

cornerbacks A cornerback (CB) is a member of the defensive backfield or secondary in gridiron football. Cornerbacks cover receivers most of the time, but also blitz and defend against such offensive running plays as sweeps and reverses. They create turnov ...

at the

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from 2001 to 2003 and served as interim head coach following the 2003 season. During his time at Louisiana–Monroe, Rebowe coached Chris Harris who was a 2010 Pro Bowl selection with the

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Louisiana–Lafayette

In April 2003, Rebowe was hired as an assistant coach at the

University of Louisiana at Lafayette The University of Louisiana at Lafayette (UL Lafayette, University of Louisiana, ULL, or UL) is a public research university in Lafayette, Louisiana. It has the largest enrollment within the nine-campus University of Louisiana System and the s ...

and coached

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from 2004 to 2007. In 2004, Rebowe coached the Ragin Cajuns' pass defense to a number 11 national ranking in passing yards allowed in

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football. Both safeties he coached on the team moved on to the NFL. Strong safety C. C. Brown was drafted by the

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and free safety

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signed with the

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and played for the

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. In 2005, the Ragin Cajuns' pass defense was ranked 23rd nationally, allowing only 190 yards per game. As

linebackers Linebacker (LB) is a playing position in gridiron football. Linebackers are members of the defensive team, and line up three to five yards behind the line of scrimmage and the defensive linemen. They are the "middle ground" of defenders, p ...

coach from 2008 to 2010, Rebowe coached players led the team in tackles for three years straight. In both 2008 and 2009, Antwyne Zanders and Grant Fleming were named All-

Sun Belt Conference The Sun Belt Conference (SBC) is a collegiate athletic conference that has been affiliated with the NCAA's Division I since 1976. Originally a non-football conference, the Sun Belt began sponsoring football in 2001. Its football teams participa ...

. Rebowe returned to coaching safeties starting in 2011 and remained in that role through 2014. Louisiana–Lafayette head coach

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said in a November 2011 news article, "Tim Rebowe, I think, is the best recruiter in the state of Louisiana." Rebowe left Louisiana–Lafayette to become Nicholls State head coach on November 21, 2014.

College head coach

Nicholls

On November 21, 2014, Nicholls State named Rebowe their 11th head football coach. In his first season as head coach in 2015, he compiled an overall record of 3–8. In his second season in 2016, Rebowe had a record of 5–6 and had a winning conference record of 5–4 in the

Southland Conference The Southland Conference, abbreviated as SLC, is a collegiate athletic conference which operates in the South Central United States (specifically Texas and Louisiana). It participates in the NCAA's Division I for all sports; for football, it pa ...

. During the 2017 season, Rebowe compiled his first overall winning record at Nicholls State with a record of 8–4 and had a 7–2 record in conference play. The team made the 2017 Division I FCS playoffs. In 2018, Rebowe led Nicholls to a Southland Conference championship. The team earned an automatic bid to the 2018 Division I FCS playoffs by owning a tie breaker in conference play. This was the second year in a row Nicholls qualified for the playoffs making it the first time that had occurred in school history. In 2019, Rebowe again led Nicholls to a Southland Conference championship. The team earned an automatic bid to the 2019 Division I FCS playoffs by owning a tie breaker in conference play against Central Arkansas. It was the first time in school history Nicholls won consecutive football conference championships.

Head coaching record

College

References

External links

Nicholls profile
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