Current position | |
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Title | Head coach |
Team | Whitley County HS (KY) |
Biographical details | |
Born | c. 1985 (age 38–39) Harlan, Kentucky, U.S. |
Alma mater | University of the Cumberlands (2007, 2012) |
Playing career | |
2003–2006 | Cumberlands (KY) |
Position(s) | Linebacker |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
2007–2008 | Cumberlands (KY) (GA) |
2009–2011 | Cumberlands (KY) (DL) |
2012 | Oneida HS (TN) (OL/DB) |
2013 | South Laurel HS (KY) |
2014–2021 | Cumberlands (KY) |
2022 (spring) | Tennessee HS (TN) |
2022 | Whitley County HS (KY) (DC) |
2023–present | Whitley County HS (KY) |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 50–31 (college) 10–15 (high school) |
Tournaments | 1–2 (NAIA playoffs) |
Matt Rhymer (born c. 1985) is an American football coach. He is the head football coach for Whitley County High School, a position he has held since 2023.[1][2] He was the head football coach for South Laurel High School in 2013,[3][4] the University of the Cumberlands from 2014 to 2021,[5][6] and Tennessee High School in the spring of 2022.[7][8] He also coached for Oneida High School. He played college football for Cumberlands (KY) as a linebacker.
Head coaching record
College
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | NAIA# | |||
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Cumberlands Patriots (Mid-South Conference) (2014–2021) | |||||||||
2014 | Cumberlands | 3–7 | 2–4 | T–4th (East) | |||||
2015 | Cumberlands | 7–3 | 4–1 | 2nd (East) | |||||
2016 | Cumberlands | 4–6 | 3–3 | T–4th (East) | |||||
2017 | Cumberlands | 6–4 | 3–3 | T–3rd (Appalachian) | |||||
2018 | Cumberlands | 10–2 | 5–1 | 2nd (Appalachian) | L NAIA First Round | 12 | |||
2019 | Cumberlands | 10–2 | 6–1 | 2nd (Bluegrass) | L NAIA Quarterfinal | 7 | |||
2020–21 | Cumberlands | 4–3 | 4–3 | 3rd (Bluegrass) | |||||
2021 | Cumberlands | 6–4 | 3–4 | 5th (Bluegrass) | |||||
Cumberlands: | 50–31 | 30–20 | |||||||
Total: | 50–31 |
High school
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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South Laurel Cardinals () (2013) | |||||||||
2013 | South Laurel | 3–7 | 0–5 | 6th | |||||
South Laurel: | 3–7 | 0–5 | |||||||
Whitley County Colonels () (2023–present) | |||||||||
2023 | Whitley County | 5–6 | 1–2 | 3rd | |||||
2024 | Whitley County | 2–2 | 0–0 | ||||||
Whitley County: | 7–8 | 1–2 | |||||||
Total: | 10–15 |
References
- ^ Brewer, Courtney Layne (January 27, 2023). "Matt Rhymer named head football coach at Whitley County". Mountain News. Retrieved September 15, 2024.
- ^ Sherman, Trevor (January 27, 2023). "Matt Rhymer named head coach of Whitley County football program". News Journal. Retrieved September 15, 2024.
- ^ Dixon, Les (January 9, 2013). "Matt Rhymer named new football coach at South Laurel". The Times-Tribune. Retrieved September 15, 2024.
- ^ "Rhymer leaves South to take over at Cumberlands". The Sentinel-Echo. January 13, 2014. Retrieved September 15, 2024.
- ^ "Matt Rhymer Resigns As Patriots Head Football Coach". University of the Cumberlands. December 17, 2021. Retrieved September 15, 2024.
- ^ Samuels, Doug (December 17, 2021). "Matt Rhymer has stepped down at Cumberlands". Footballscoop. Retrieved September 15, 2024.
- ^ "Matt Rhymer is new head football coach at Tennessee High". Bristol Herald Courier. January 21, 2022. Retrieved September 15, 2024.
- ^ Goetz, Casey (March 7, 2022). "Matt Rhymer resigns less than two months after taking Tennessee High job". News WCYS 5. Retrieved September 15, 2024.
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