Coaches
Rusty Wright
His career from Wikipedia, each job checked against the team-season pages (✓ = a second source agrees, ≠ = they disagree)
Rusty Wright
Played at Chattanooga 1992-1995
Source: Wikipedia, read 2026-10-28
| Years | Team | Role | Title | Head coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996-2002 | Chattanooga | Other | assistant | not known |
| 2004 | Butler | DC | DC | not known |
| 2005-2008 | Miami (OH) | Other | assistant | Shane Montgomery |
| 2009 | Gardner-Webb | Position | DL | not known |
| 2010 | Furman | Position | LB | not known |
| 2011-2012 | Reinhardt | DC | DC | not known |
| 2013-2016 | Chattanooga | ST coord. | LB/ST | not known |
| 2017-2018 | Georgia State | ST coord. | ILB/ST/RC | Shawn Elliott |
| 2019- | Chattanooga | Head coach | Head coach✓ | himself |
Record
Confirmed coordinator seasons since 2005. FBS rankings
| Season | Team | Job | EPA/play | Points/poss. | Success | Year before | Teams |
|---|
| Season | Head coach at | Record | AP before → after | Off EPA/play | Def EPA/play | SP+ | Team year before | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Chattanooga (FCS) | 6-6 | - → - | - | - | - | 55% wins | - |
| 2020 | Chattanooga (FCS) | 0-1 | - → - | - | - | - | 50% wins | - |
| 2021 | Chattanooga (FCS) | 6-5 | - → - | 13 | 17 | - | 0% wins | 128 |
| 2022 | Chattanooga (FCS) | 7-4 | - → - | 22 | 40 | - | 55% wins | 130 |
| 2023 | Chattanooga (FCS) | 8-5 | - → - | 36 | 62 | - | 64% wins | 128 |
| 2024 | Chattanooga (FCS) | 7-5 | - → - | 72 | 32 | - | 62% wins | 129 |
| 2025 | Chattanooga (FCS) | 5-7 | - → - | 54 | 108 | - | 58% wins | 129 |
| 2026 | Chattanooga (FCS) | 6-4 | - → - | 80 | 5 | - | 42% wins | 128 |
Worked under
- Shane Montgomery · Miami (OH) 2005-2008 (Other)
- Shawn Elliott · Georgia State 2017-2018 (Other, Position, ST coord.)
His tree
Coaches who were on his staffs
No one on his staffs among the coaches we hold.
Coached together
- Buddy Green · Chattanooga 1996-1999 · him Other, them Head coach
- Lorenzo Ward · Chattanooga 1996-2024 · him Head coach, Other, them DC, Position
- Shane Montgomery · Chattanooga 1996-2000 · him Other, them Position
- Donnie Kirkpatrick · Chattanooga 1998-2002 · him Other, them Head coach, OC
- Marcus Satterfield · Chattanooga 1999-2001 · him Other, them GA, Position
- Mike Bath · Miami (OH) 2005-2008 · him Other, them GA, Position
- Shane Montgomery · Miami (OH) 2005-2008 · him Other, them Head coach
- Taver Johnson · Miami (OH) 2005-2006 · him Other, them DC
- Jay Hood · Miami (OH) 2007 · him Other, them DC
- Drew Cronic · Furman 2010 · him Position, them Other, Position
- Robert Livingston · Furman 2010 · him Position, them Position
- Tony Elliott* · Furman 2010 · him Position, them Position
- Alex Atkins · Chattanooga 2013 · him Position, ST coord., them Position
- Marcus West · Chattanooga 2013-2015 · him Position, ST coord., them Position
- Russ Huesman · Chattanooga 2013-2016 · him Position, ST coord., them Head coach
- Will Healy · Chattanooga 2013-2015 · him Position, ST coord., them Position
- Rob Spence · Chattanooga 2016 · him Position, ST coord., them Position
- Nate Fuqua · Georgia State 2017-2018 · him Other, Position, ST coord., them DC
- Sam Shade · Georgia State 2017 · him Other, Position, ST coord., them Position
- Shawn Elliott · Georgia State 2017-2018 · him Other, Position, ST coord., them Head coach
- Travis Trickett · Georgia State 2017-2018 · him Other, Position, ST coord., them OC, Position
- Blake Gideon · Georgia State 2018 · him Other, Position, ST coord., them Position
- Jacob Huesman · Georgia State 2018 · him Other, Position, ST coord., them GA
- Jacob Huesman · Chattanooga 2019-2022 · him Head coach, them Position
- Mike Yeager · Chattanooga 2019-2026 · him Head coach, them DC, Position, ST coord.
- Joe Pizzo · Chattanooga 2021-2026 · him Head coach, them OC