Matthew Kenneth Rhule was born on January 31,1975 and is an American football coach and former player who is the head coach of the Nebraska Cornhuskers.
18 Facts About Matt Rhule
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Matt Rhule previously served as head coach of Temple and Baylor, as well as the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League.
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Matt Rhule was born and raised in New York City before moving to State College, Pennsylvania, where he joined Penn State's football team as a walk-on under Joe Paterno.
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Matt Rhule was hired as Baylor's head coach following Temple's victory in the 2016 American Athletic Conference Championship Game.
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Matt Rhule returned to the NFL in 2020 as head coach of the Carolina Panthers.
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Matt Rhule was born in New York City on January 31,1975 to parents Dennis and Gloria.
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When he was a teenager, Matt Rhule's family moved to State College, Pennsylvania, where he played linebacker at State College Area High School before walking on at Penn State under head coach Joe Paterno.
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Matt Rhule played for the Nittany Lions for four years and became a three-time Penn State Scholar-Athlete and a 1997 Academic All-Big Ten honoree.
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Matt Rhule earned a bachelor's degree in political science from Penn State in 1997 and a master's degree in educational psychology from the University at Buffalo in 2003.
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Matt Rhule became the Owls' quarterbacks coach the following year, his first offensive coaching role, and was named offensive coordinator in 2008.
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When Golden left for Miami in 2010, Matt Rhule interviewed for Temple's vacant head coaching job, which was instead given to Steve Addazio.
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Matt Rhule was reportedly a target of Missouri and Syracuse during the 2015 season; a four-year contract extension he had signed in July was re-negotiated to keep him at Temple.
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Matt Rhule accepted the head coaching job at Baylor prior to the 2016 Military Bowl; special teams coordinator Ed Foley served as interim head coach in Temple's upset loss to Wake Forest.
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When Matt Rhule was introduced as Baylor's twenty-sixth head coach on December 7,2016, the program was in a state of significant transition.
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Shortly after the beginning of the 2019 season, Matt Rhule signed a four-year contract extension which tied him to the school through 2027.
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On January 7,2020, Matt Rhule signed a seven-year, $62-million contract to become the fifth head coach of the Carolina Panthers, replacing longtime coach Ron Rivera.
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Matt Rhule, who was in the third year of a seven-year contract, received forty million dollars as part of his buyout.
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On November 26,2022, Matt Rhule signed an eight-year, $74-million contract to become the thirty-first head coach of the Nebraska Cornhuskers.