12 Facts About Rick Rhoades

Rick Rhoades was born on January 16,1947 and is an American football coach who has worked at the high school, college, and professional levels.

Rick Rhoades served as head football coach at the collegiate level at Troy State University from 1985 to 1987, Southern Illinois University Carbondale in 1988, Nicholls State University from 1993 to 1994 and Delta State University from 2002 to 2006.

From 2015 to 2016, Rhoades was defensive coordinator at Kate Duncan Smith DAR School in Grant, Alabama under his son and head coach, Bobby Rhoades.

Rick Rhoades was Gulf South Conference coach of the year in 1986 and 1987.

In 1989, Rick Rhoades took his first Division I-A coaching position at the University of Alabama as the offensive line coach under Bill Curry.

In 1990, Curry left for the head coaching position at the University of Kentucky and Rick Rhoades moved with him to be his offensive coordinator, a position he held through the 1992 season.

Rick Rhoades returned to college coaching in 2002 after spending time in the high school and professional ranks.

Rick Rhoades was head coach at Delta State University from 2002 to 2006 and had a record of 38 wins and 20 losses.

From 2007 to 2011, Rick Rhoades was head coach of the Graz Giants in the Austrian Football League.

In 2013, Rick Rhoades was named head coach of the La Courneuve Flash in France and remained in that role until April 2014.

In 2016, Rick Rhoades returned to the Wroclaw Panthers as an assistant coach and served in that role through 2018.

In 2019, Rick Rhoades became the defensive coordinator for the Salzburg Ducks in Austria.