Homer Rice was a college athletic director and football coach. From 1967 to 1968, he served as the head football coach at Cincinnati

University of Cincinnati

The University of Cincinnati is a comprehensive public research university in Cincinnati, Ohio, and a part of the University System of Ohio....

, where he compiled an 8-10-1 record. From 1976 to 1977, he coached at Rice

Rice University

William Marsh Rice University, commonly referred to as Rice University or Rice, is a private research university located on a heavily wooded campus in Houston, Texas, United States...

, where he compiled a 4-18 record. He has also served as Offensive Coordinator at Oklahoma

University of Oklahoma

The University of Oklahoma is a coeducational public research university located in Norman, Oklahoma. Founded in 1890, it existed in Oklahoma Territory near Indian Territory for 17 years before the two became the state of Oklahoma. the university had 29,931 students enrolled, most located at its...

 (1966), and Assistant Coach at Kentucky

University of Kentucky

The University of Kentucky, also known as UK, is a public co-educational university and is one of the state's two land-grant universities, located in Lexington, Kentucky...

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From 1969 to 1975, he served as the athletic director at North Carolina, and from 1976 to 1977, he served as the athletic director at Rice. His longest tenure as an athletic director though, came at Georgia Tech, where he served from 1980 to 1997. During that tenure, the Yellow Jackets accomplished more than they ever had, giving rise to several top athletic programs.

As a high school coach, Homer Rice won nine Coach of the Year Awards. He earned 1976's "Master of the Passing Game" award.

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