Rick Minter (born October 4, 1954) is an

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coach, most recently the defensive coordinator for the

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. He was the

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for the

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of the

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(NFL) from February 2013 to January 2016. Minter served as head football coach at the

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from 1994 to 2003 and as the interim head coach for

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in the

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, compiling a career college football record of 54–63–1.

Early life and education

Minter was born on October 4, 1954 in Nash, Texas, and raised in

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. He graduated from Texas High School in Texarkana, Texas. He then attended

Henderson State University Henderson State University (HSU) is a public university in Arkadelphia, Arkansas. Founded in 1890 as Arkadelphia Methodist College, it is Arkansas's only member of the Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges. Henderson has an undergraduate enrol ...

where he earned his undergraduate degree and a master's degree. He is also a member of the Phi Sigma Epsilon.

Coaching career

Minter started his career as a graduate assistant coach at

in 1977. In 1978, he was a graduate assistant coach at the

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where the Razorbacks finished the season 9–2–1. In 1979, he became the defensive ends coach at

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. From 1980 to 1982, he was the linebackers coach at

North Carolina State North Carolina State University (NC State) is a public land-grant research university in Raleigh, North Carolina. Founded in 1887 and part of the University of North Carolina system, it is the largest university in the Carolinas. The unive ...

. In 1984, he was the linebackers coach at

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. From 1985 to 1991, Minter was the assistant head coach and defensive coordinator at Ball State. From 1992 to 1993, he served as the defensive coordinator for the

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, where he led the Irish to a #2 national ranking. From 1994 to 2003, he was the head football coach at the

, where he compiled a 53–63–1 record. Among Cincinnati's head coaches, Rick Minter has both the record for second most career wins and the record for most career losses. He was fired at the end of the 2003 season shortly after the school accepted an invite to

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. The Bearcats played in four bowl games during his tenure.

Head coaching record

References

External links

Florida Tech profile
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