Rick Comegy | |
Birth Date: | 24 September 1953 |
Birth Place: | Chester, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Player Years1: | 1970s |
Player Team1: | Millersville |
Player Positions: | Defensive back |
Coach Sport1: | Football |
Coach Years2: | 1975–1977 |
Coach Team2: | Millersville (assistant) |
Coach Years3: | 1978–1984 |
Coach Team3: | Colgate (assistant) |
Coach Years4: | 1985–1989 |
Coach Team4: | Central State (OH) (assistant) |
Coach Years5: | 1990–1991 |
Coach Team5: | Cheyney |
Coach Years6: | 1992–1993 |
Coach Team6: | Central State (OH) (assistant) |
Coach Years7: | 1994–1995 |
Coach Team7: | Central State (OH) |
Coach Years8: | 1996–2005 |
Coach Team8: | Tuskegee |
Coach Years9: | 2006–2013 |
Coach Team9: | Jackson State |
Coach Years10: | 2014–2017 |
Coach Team10: | Mississippi Valley State |
Coach Sport11: | Baseball |
Coach Years12: | 1980–1984 |
Coach Team12: | Colgate |
Overall Record: | 169–124 (football) 33–90 (baseball) |
Bowl Record: | 3–1 |
Tournament Record: | 3–2 (NAIA D-I playoffs) |
Championships: | 1 NAIA Division I (1995) 1 black college national (2000) 6 SIAC (1998–2002, 2005) 1 SWAC (2007) 6 SWAC East Division (2007–2008, 2010–2013) |
Awards: | NAIA Division I Coach of the Year (1995) |
Rick Comegy (born September 24, 1953) is an American former college football and college baseball coach. On January 21, 2014, Comegy was introduced as the head coach at Mississippi Valley State.[1] He previously served as the head football coach at Jackson State University in Jackson, Mississippi from 2006 to 2013.[2] He was named JSU head coach on December 9, 2005 after ten years as head coach of Tuskegee University, where he compiled a 90–26 record. He has also served as head coach of Cheyney University and Central State University, where he won the NAIA national football championship in 1995. He served as an assistant coach at Central State under former Billy Joe in the 80s and 90s.
Comegy was the 15th head coach at Tuskegee University in Tuskegee, Alabama and he held that position for ten seasons, from 1996 until 2005. His coaching record at Tuskegee was 90–26.[3]
Comegy is a 1976 graduate of Millersville University and has held coaching positions at Millersville and Colgate University, where he also coached track and baseball.