Rick Comegy

Rick Comegy
Current position
Sport(s)	Football, baseball
Title	Head coach
Team	Mississippi Valley State
Conference	SWAC
Record	4–29
Biographical details
Born	(1953-09-24) September 24, 1953 Chester, Pennsylvania
Playing career
1970s	Millersville
Position(s)	Defensive back
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1975–1977	Millersville (assistant)
1978–1984	Colgate (assistant)
1985–1989	Central State (assistant)
1990–1991	Cheyney
1993–1995	Central State
1996–2005	Tuskegee
2006–2013	Jackson State
2014–present	Mississippi Valley State
Baseball
1980–1984	Colgate
Head coaching record
Overall	177–115–2 (football) 33–90 (baseball)
Bowls	4–2
Tournaments	3–2 (NAIA D-I playoffs)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
1 NAIA D-I National (1995) 1 Black college national (2000) 5 SIAC (1998–2002) 1 SWAC (2007) 6 SWAC East Division (2007–2008, 2010–2013)

Rick Comegy (born September 24, 1953) is an American football coach and former player. On January 21, 2014, Comegy was introduced as the head coach at Mississippi Valley State.^[1] He previously served as the head football coach at Jackson State University in Jackson, Mississippi from 2006 to 2013.^[2] He was named JSU head coach on December 9, 2005 after ten years as head coach of Tuskegee University, where he compiled a 90–26 record. He has also served as head coach of Cheyney University and Central State University, where he won the NAIA national football championship in 1995. He served as an assistant coach at Central State University under former Cheyney/Central State/Florida A&M coach Billy Joe in the 80s and 90s.

Comegy was the 15th head coach for the Tuskegee University Golden Tigers located in Tuskegee, Alabama and he held that position for ten seasons, from 1996 until 2005. His coaching record at Tuskegee was 90 wins, 26 losses, and 0 ties. As of the conclusion of the 2007 season, this ranks him second at Tuskegee in total wins and second at Tuskegee in winning percentage (.776).^[3]

Comegy is a 1976 graduate of Millersville University and has held coaching positions at Millersville and Colgate University, where he also coached track and baseball.

Head coaching record

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Cheyney Wolves (Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference) (1990–1991)
1990	Cheyney	0–11	0–5	6th (Eastern)
1991	Cheyney	0–11	0–6	7th (Eastern)
Cheyney:		0–22	0–11
Central State Marauders (NAIA independent) (1993–1995)
1993	Central State	8–1–2			L NAIA Division I Semifinal
1994	Central State	8–2			L NAIA Division I Quarterfinal
1995	Central State	10–1			W NAIA Division I Championship
Central State:		26–4–2
Tuskegee Golden Tigers (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1996–2005)
1996	Tuskegee	5–6
1997	Tuskegee	7–4
1998	Tuskegee	10–2		1st	W Pioneer
1999	Tuskegee	9–3		T–1st	L Pioneer
2000	Tuskegee	12–0		1st	W Pioneer
2001	Tuskegee	11–1		T–1st	W Pioneer
2002	Tuskegee	10–1		1st
2003	Tuskegee	5–6
2004	Tuskegee	10–2			L Pioneer
2005	Tuskegee	11–1			W Pioneer
Tuskegee:		90–26
Jackson State Tigers (Southwestern Athletic Conference) (2006–2013)
2006	Jackson State	6–5	5–4	T–2nd (East)
2007	Jackson State	8–4	7–2	1st (East)
2008	Jackson State	7–5	6–1	1st (East)
2009	Jackson State	3–7	3–4	T–2nd (East)
2010	Jackson State	8–3	6–3	T–1st (East)
2011	Jackson State	9–2	7–2	T–1st (East)
2012	Jackson State	7–5	7–2	T–1st (East)
2013	Jackson State	8–4	8–1	1st (East)
Jackson State:		55–35
Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils (Southwestern Athletic Conference) (2014–present)
2014	Mississippi Valley State	2–9	1–8	5th (East)
2015	Mississippi Valley State	1–10	1–8	5th (East)
2016	Mississippi Valley State	1–10	1–8	(East)
Mississippi Valley State:		4–29	3–24
Total:		177–115–2
National championship Conference title Conference division title

References

↑ "Delta Devils hire Rick Comegy". ESPN.com. Associated Press. January 21, 2014. Retrieved January 21, 2014.
↑ "Jackson State fires Rick Comegy". ESPN.com. December 18, 2013. Retrieved December 18, 2013.
↑ Tuskegee University#Sports coaching records

External links

Cheyney Wolves head football coaches

James Stevenson (1958–1965)
Billy Joe (1972–1978)
Andy Hinson (1979–1984)
Michael Costa (1984–1989)
Rick Comegy (1990–1991)
Chris Roulhac (1992–1994)
Vincent Williams (1995–1997)
John Parker (1998–2001)
Lee Brown (2002–2004)
Tim Newsom (2005–2007)
Jeff Braxton (2008–2010)
Ken Lockard (2011–2013)
Anthony Johnson # (2014)
Chris Roulhac (2015– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim coach.

Central State Marauders head football coaches

Gaston F. Lewis (1947–1956) James J. Walker (1957–1964) Tom Stephenson (1965–1966) James J. Walker (1967–1973) James McKinley (1974–1976) Maurice Hunt (1977–1978) Joseph Redmond (1979–1980) Billy Joe (1981–1992) Rick Comegy (1993–1995) Jack Bush (1996) No team (1997–2004) Theo Lemon (2005) Al West (2006–2008) E. J. Junior (2009–2013) Cedric Pearl (2014– )

Tuskegee Golden Tigers head football coaches

William Clarence Matthews (1893)
No team (1894)
William Clarence Matthews (1895)
No team (1896)
Charles Winter Wood (1897)
No team (1898)
Charles Winter Wood (1899–1901)
Ernest T. Attwell (1902–1912)
Gordon Thomas (1913–1914)
Charles L. Lewis (1915–1916)
James Gayle (1917–1921)
Victor Turner (1922)
Cleveland Abbott (1923–1954)
Whitney L. Van Cleve (1955–1963)
LeRoy Smith (1964–1969)
Haywood Scissum (1970–1980)
Lonzo Bullie (1981–1983)
James Martin (1984–1992)
Haney Catchings (1993–1995)
Rick Comegy (1996–2005)
Willie J. Slater (2006– )

Jackson State Tigers head football coaches

John R. Pinkett (1911–1912)
Jubie Bragg (1913)
No team (1914–1919)
Earnest Richards (1920)
No team (1921–1922)
Earnest Richards (1923)
No team (1924)
Belford Lawson Jr. (1925–1926)
No team (1927)
Belford Lawson Jr. (1928)
Charles Clark (1929–1936)
John H. Young (1937–1939)
No team (1940–1945)
T. B. Ellis (1946–1951)
John Merritt (1952–1962)
Edward Clemons (1963)
Rod Paige (1964–1968)
Ulysses S. McPherson (1969–1970)
Robert Hill (1971–1976)
W. C. Gorden (1976–1991)
James Carson (1992–1998)
Robert Hughes (1999–2002)
James Bell (2003–2005)
Daryl Jones # (2005)
Rick Comegy (2006–2013)
Harold Jackson (2014–2015)
Derrick McCall # (2015)
Tony Hughes (2016– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils head football coaches

Cleophers Hatcher (1953)
Ulysses S. McPherson (1954–1957)
LeRoy Smith (1958)
John A. Bell (1959–1960)
Doug Porter (1961–1965)
Curtis Maddox (1966–1967)
William Glossom (1968–1969)
Davis Weathersby (1970–1977)
James T. Thomas (1978–1979)
Archie Cooley (1980–1986)
Kenneth Pettiford (1987–1989)
Larry Dorsey (1990–1998)
LaTraia Jones (1999–2001)
Willie Totten (2002–2009)
Karl Morgan (2010–2013)
Rick Comegy (2014– )

Current head football coaches of the Southwestern Athletic Conference

East Division	James Spady (Alabama A&M) Brian Jenkins (Alabama State) Fred McNair (Alcorn State) Tony Hughes (Jackson State) Rick Comegy (Mississippi Valley State)

West Division	Monte Coleman (Arkansas–Pine Bluff) Broderick Fobbs (Grambling State) Willie Simmons (Prairie View A&M) Dawson Odums (Southern) Michael Haywood (Texas Southern)

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