| Bob DeBesse | |
| Birth Date: | 30 September 1959 |
| Birth Place: | Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Player Years1: | 1978–1980 |
| Player Team1: | Southwest Texas State |
| Coach Years1: | 1981–1982 |
| Coach Team1: | Southwest Texas State (GA) |
| Coach Years2: | 1983–1989 |
| Coach Team2: | TCU (RB/QB) |
| Coach Years3: | 1990–1991 |
| Coach Team3: | TCU (OC) |
| Coach Years4: | 1992–1996 |
| Coach Team4: | Minnesota (OC) |
| Coach Years5: | 1997–2002 |
| Coach Team5: | Southwest Texas State |
| Coach Years6: | 2003–2005 |
| Coach Team6: | Purdue (WR) |
| Coach Years7: | 2006–2007 |
| Coach Team7: | Texas A&M (WR) |
| Coach Years8: | 2008–2009 |
| Coach Team8: | A&M Consolidated HS (TX) (assistant) |
| Coach Years9: | 2010–2011 |
| Coach Team9: | Sam Houston State (OC) |
| Coach Years10: | 2012–2017 |
| Coach Team10: | New Mexico (OC/QB) |
| Coach Years11: | 2018–2020 |
| Coach Team11: | Georgia Southern (OC/QB) |
| Overall Record: | 27–39 |
Robert Damien DeBesse aka uncle Bob (born September 30, 1959) is an American football coach. He was most recently the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach of the Georgia Southern Eagles.[1] He was relieved of his duties by Head Coach Chad Lunsford during the 2020 season.[2]
DeBesse attended Stratford High School in Houston, Texas and earned his Bachelor of Science in education at the Southwest Texas State University in 1982.[3]
He began his coaching career as a graduate assistant at Southwest Texas State,[4] before being hired as an offensive assistant to Jim Wacker at Texas Christian University. In 1990 he was appointed offensive coordinator. DeBesse followed Wacker to Minnesota in 1992.[3] He succeeded Jim Bob Helduser as head coach at his alma mater in 1997.[3] After mediocre success, DeBesse was replaced by Manny Matsakis in 2003.[3] He joined Joe Tiller's staff at Purdue as wide receivers coach.[5]
From 2006 to 2007, he coached the same position under Dennis Franchione at Texas A&M.[3] Coach Dennis Franchione resigned from Texas A&M University at the end of the 2007. Bob Debesse wasn't retained by the newly hired head coach of Texas A&M University and has since been hired to coach the defensive backs at A&M Consolidated High School located in College Station, Texas. In January 2010 DeBesse was hired as the offensive coordinator at Sam Houston State University. Following his time at SHSU, he spent five years as OC at New Mexico. Debesse then became Offensive Coordinator at Georgia Southern.[6]