Rick Minter

Rick Minter

Sport(s)	Football
Current position
Title	Linebackers coach
Team	Philadelphia Eagles
Biographical details
Born	(1954-10-04) October 4, 1954 Nash, Texas
Alma mater	Henderson State
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1977	Henderson State (GA)
1978	Arkansas (GA)
1979–1980	Louisiana Tech (DE)
1980–1982	North Carolina State (DE)
1984	New Mexico State (LB)
1985–1991	Ball State (DC)
1992–1993	Notre Dame (DC)
1994–2003	Cincinnati
2004	South Carolina (DC)
2005–2007	Notre Dame (DC)
2008–2009	Marshall (DC)
2009	Marshall (interim HC)
2010	Indiana State (LB)
2011–2012	Kentucky (DC)
2013–present	Philadelphia Eagles (LB)
Head coaching record
Overall	54–63–1
Bowls	2–3
Statistics College Football Data Warehouse
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
1 C-USA (2002)

Rick Minter (born October 4, 1954) is an American football coach. He is currently the linebackers coach for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League (NFL), a position he has held since February 2013. Minter served as head football coach at the University of Cincinnati from 1994 to 2003 and as the interim head coach for Marshall University in the 2009 Little Caesars Pizza Bowl, 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 Texarkana, Texas. He graduated from Texas High School in Texarkana, Texas. He then attended Henderson State University 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 Henderson State University in 1977. In 1978, he was a graduate assistant coach at University of Arkansas where the Razorbacks finished the season 9–2–1. In 1979, he became the defensive ends coach at Louisiana Tech. From 1980 to 1982, he was the linebackers coach at North Carolina State. In 1984, he was the linebackers coach at New Mexico State.

From 1985 to 1991, he was the assistant head coach and defensive coordinator at Ball State. From 1992 to 1993, he served as the defensive coordinator for the University of Notre Dame, where he led the Irish to a #2 national ranking. From 1994 to 2003, he was the head football coach at the University of Cincinnati, where he compiled a 53–63–1 record. The Bearcats played in six bowl games during his tenure. In 2004, he served as the defensive coordinator at University of South Carolina.

Head coaching record

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Cincinnati Bearcats (NCAA Division I-A independent) (1994–1995)
1994	Cincinnati	2–8–1
1995	Cincinnati	6–5
Cincinnati Bearcats (Conference USA) (1996–2003)
1996	Cincinnati	6–5	2–3	T–3rd
1997	Cincinnati	8–4	2–4	T–4th	W Humanitarian
1998	Cincinnati	2–9	1–5	T–7th
1999	Cincinnati	3–8	0–6	9th
2000	Cincinnati	7–5	5–2	T–2nd	L Motor City
2001	Cincinnati	7–5	5–2	T–2nd	L Motor City
2002	Cincinnati	7–7	6–2	T–1st	L New Orleans
2003	Cincinnati	5–7	2–6	9th
Cincinnati:		53–63–1	23–30
Marshall Thundering Herd (Conference USA) (2009)
2009	Marshall	1–0			W Little Caesars
Marshall:		1–0
Total:		54–63–1
National championship         Conference title         Conference division title

External links

• Kentucky profile
• Marshall profile
• Notre Dame profile

Sporting positions
Preceded by Gary Darnell	Notre Dame Fighting Irish Defensive coordinator 1992–1993	Succeeded by Bob Davie
Preceded by Kent Baer	Notre Dame Fighting Irish Defensive coordinator 2005–2007	Succeeded by Corwin Brown