13 Facts About Rich Ellerson

Richard Emmet Ellerson was born on January 1,1953 and is a former American football coach.

Rich Ellerson was the head football coach at Southern Utah University in 1996, at California Polytechnic State University from 2001 to 2008, and the United States Military Academy from 2009 to 2013.

Rich Ellerson subsequently attended the University of Hawaii between 1974 and 1977, when he played for the Hawaii Warriors football team as a center and linebacker.

Rich Ellerson worked with special teams, and helped mentor placekicker Steve McLaughlin to a Lou Groza Award-winning season in 1994.

Rich Ellerson returned to Arizona from 1997 to 2000 as the defensive coordinator and kickers coach.

In 2001, Rich Ellerson took over as the head coach at California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, California.

In 2003, Rich Ellerson was named NCAA Division I-AA Coach of the Year.

Rich Ellerson led Cal Poly to secure the Great West championship.

In 2008 Rich Ellerson was speculated to be a candidate to replace Washington's head coach, Tyrone Willingham.

Rich Ellerson instead accepted an offer to become Army's head coach in December 2008.

Rich Ellerson's brother, John, was a captain of the Army football team while at West Point from 1960 to 1963.

Rich Ellerson referred offhandedly to Navy, in comparing the type of offensive scheme he plans on bringing to Army.

In January 2016, Rich Ellerson was hired as Jacksonville University's defensive coordinator under head coach Ian Shields, who was Rich Ellerson's offensive coordinator at Army.