Robert Lewis Pruett was born on June 20,1943 and is a former American college football coach.
15 Facts About Bob Pruett
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Bob Pruett served as the head football coach Marshall University for nine seasons, from 1996 to 2004.
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Bob Pruett has coached many high-profile National Football League players, including Randy Moss, Chad Pennington, and Byron Leftwich.
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Bob Pruett is a native of Beckley, West Virginia and was a star football player, wrestler, and sprinter at Woodrow Wilson High School.
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Bob Pruett attended Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia where he originally played halfback on the football team, but moved to tight end his last two years, catching 24 passes for 442 yards and four touchdowns.
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Bob Pruett was an assistant football coach, head wrestling coach and head golf coach at Falls Church High School and Hayfield Secondary School.
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Bob Pruett was portrayed in the movie Remember the Titans when the 1971 Groveton vs TC Williams game was featured.
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Bob Pruett then moved to Gar-Field Senior High School in Woodbridge, Virginia, serving as head football coach from 1973 to 1978.
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Bob Pruett earned his first collegiate coaching job in 1979 as the defensive line coach for his alma mater, Marshall University.
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Bob Pruett remained the defensive backs coach until 1985, when he took on the role of defensive coordinator.
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Bob Pruett, known for his diverse defensive coverages, gained high respect in the NCAA, and as a result, would coach as a defensive coordinator or head coach for the rest of his coaching career.
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Bob Pruett, who had aspired to coach at the University of Florida for quite some time, applied and was employed by Steve Spurrier's staff for the 1994 and 1995 seasons as defensive coordinator.
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Pruett immediately applied for the position, later Marshall President J Wade Gilley called Pruett and informed him that the job was his.
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In 2003, Bob Pruett served as the head coach of the Blue squad in what turned out to be the final Blue-Gray Football Classic.
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In 2008, Bob Pruett came out of retirement to become the defensive coordinator for Virginia.