Rick Comegy
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Rick Comegy is an American football
coach and former player. He is currently the head football coach at Jackson State University
in Jackson, Mississippi
, a position he has held since the 2006 season. 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).
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
.
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
coach and former player. He is currently the head football coach at Jackson State University
Jackson State University
Jackson State University is a historically black university founded in 1877 in Natchez, MS by the American Baptist Home Mission Society of New York. The Society moved the school to Jackson in 1882, renaming it Jackson College, and developed its present campus in 1902. It became a state supported...
in Jackson, Mississippi
Jackson, Mississippi
Jackson is the capital and the most populous city of the US state of Mississippi. It is one of two county seats of Hinds County ,. The population of the city declined from 184,256 at the 2000 census to 173,514 at the 2010 census...
, a position he has held since the 2006 season. He was named JSU head coach on December 9, 2005 after ten years as head coach of Tuskegee University
Tuskegee University
Tuskegee University is a private, historically black university located in Tuskegee, Alabama, United States. It is a member school of the Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund...
, where he compiled a 90–26 record. He has also served as head coach of Cheyney University and Central State University
Central State University
Central State University, commonly referred to as "C-State", is a historically black university located in Wilberforce, Ohio, United States. It is the only public HBCU in Ohio.-History:...
, where he won the NAIA national football championship
NAIA national football championship
The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics Football National Championship is decided by a post-season playoff system featuring the best NAIA college football teams in the United States. Under sponsorship of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, the championship game has...
in 1995. He served as an assistant coach at Central State University
Central State University
Central State University, commonly referred to as "C-State", is a historically black university located in Wilberforce, Ohio, United States. It is the only public HBCU in Ohio.-History:...
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
Tuskegee, Alabama
Tuskegee is a city in Macon County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 11,846 and is designated a Micropolitan Statistical Area. Tuskegee has been an important site in various stages of African American history....
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).
Comegy is a 1976 graduate of Millersville University and has held coaching positions at Millersville and Colgate University
Colgate University
Colgate University is a private liberal arts college in Hamilton, New York, USA. The school was founded in 1819 as a Baptist seminary and later became non-denominational. It is named for the Colgate family who greatly contributed to the university's endowment in the 19th century.Colgate has 52...
, where he also coached track
Track and field
Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...
and baseball
College baseball
College baseball is baseball that is played on the intercollegiate level at institutions of higher education. Compared to football and basketball, college competition in the United States plays a less significant contribution to cultivating professional players, as the minor leagues primarily...
.