| Homer Rice | |
| Sport(s) | Football |
|---|---|
| Biographical details | |
| Born | 1926/1927 (age 97–98)[1] Bellevue, Kentucky |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1967-1968 1976-1977 1978-1979 | Cincinnati Rice Cincinnati Bengals |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 8-19 (NFL) 12-28-1 (college) |
| Statistics College Football Data Warehouse | |
Homer Rice was a college athletic director and football coach. From 1967 to 1968, he served as the head football coach at Cincinnati, where he compiled an 8-10-1 record. From 1976 to 1977, he coached at Rice, where he compiled a 4-18 record. He has also served as Offensive Coordinator at Oklahoma (1966), and Assistant Coach at Kentucky.
| TEAMS | AWARDS | MEDIA | BOOKS | STATS | TRADING CARDS | IMAGES |
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.[citation needed]
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- "Statement by Dr. G. Wayne Clough, President, Georgia Institute of Technology". Georgia Institute of Technology. http://smartech.gatech.edu/dspace/bitstream/1853/11349/1/clough_079.pdf. Retrieved 2007-05-21.
- "Homer Rice Retires". Tech Topics (Georgia Tech Alumni Association). Fall 1997. http://gtalumni.org/Publications/techtopics/fall97/rice.html. Retrieved 2007-05-21.
- Arey, Norman (Summer 1997). "Father of Champions". Tech Topics (Georgia Tech Alumni Association). Archived from the original on 2007-10-20. http://web.archive.org/web/20071020184347/http://gtalumni.org/news/magazine/sum97/rice.html. Retrieved 2007-05-21.
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