:Scott Tinsley (American football coach)
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| player_years1 = 1981–1982
| player_team1 = Appalachian State
| player_positions = Quarterback
| coach_years1 = 1983–1988
| coach_team1 = Appalachian State (assistant)
| coach_years2 = 1989
| coach_team2 = West Virginia Tech (assistant)
| coach_years3 = 1990–1991
| coach_team3 = West Virginia State (assistant)
| coach_years4 = 1992–1994
| coach_team4 = West Virginia State
| coach_years5 = 1995–2007
| coach_team5 = Nitro HS (WV)
| coach_years6 = 2008–2011
| coach_team6 = West Virginia Tech
| coach_years7 = 2014–2015
| coach_team7 = Hurricane HS (WV) (volunteer assistant)
| coach_years8 = 2016–2017
| coach_team8 = Saint Albans HS (WV)
| overall_record = 17–56 (college)
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Scott Tinsley is an American football coach. He served as head football coach at West Virginia State University in Institute, West Virginia from 1992 through 1994 and at West Virginia University Institute of Technology from 2008 to 2011, compiling a career college football coaching record of 17–56.{{cite book |title=2009 West Virginia State Football Media Guide |year=2009 |publisher=West Virginia State University |location=Institute, West Virginia |url=http://issuu.com/wvsusid/docs/fb_mg_09 |accessdate=January 21, 2012 |page=53}}
After a successful 13-year stint as the head football coach at Nitro High School, Tinsley was named head football coach at West Virginia Tech in Montgomery, West Virginia. He served there from 2008 through the 2011 season, when the program was discontinued.{{cite news |title=West Virginia Tech football program discontinued |agency=Associated Press |newspaper=USA Today |url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/football/2011-11-15-3116076562_x.htm |date=November 15, 2011 |accessdate=January 21, 2012}} His coaching record at West Virginia Tech was 6–37.{{Cite web |last=DeLassus |first=David |title=West Virginia Tech Coaching Records |publisher=College Football Data Warehouse |url=http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/naia/msc/west_virginia_tech/coaching_records.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211209194626/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/naia/msc/west_virginia_tech/coaching_records.php |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 9, 2021 |accessdate=January 21, 2012 }}
Head coaching record
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = West Virginia State Yellow Jackets
| conf = West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
| startyear = 1992
| endyear = 1994
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1992
| name = West Virginia State
| overall = 6–4
| conference = 4–3
| confstanding = 4th
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1993
| name = West Virginia State
| overall = 1–9
| conference = 1–6
| confstanding = 7th
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1994
| name = West Virginia State
| overall = 4–6
| conference = 2–5
| confstanding = 8th
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| ranking = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = West Virginia State
| overall = 11–19
| confrecord = 7–14
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = West Virginia Tech Golden Bears
| conf = Mid-South Conference
| startyear = 2008
| endyear = 2011
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2008
| name = West Virginia Tech
| overall = 0–11
| conference = 0–6
| confstanding = 7th (East)
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2009
| name = West Virginia Tech
| overall = 3–8
| conference = 0–6
| confstanding = 7th (East)
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| year = 2010
| name = West Virginia Tech
| overall = 2–9
| conference = 1–5
| confstanding = 6th (East)
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| ranking = no
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| championship =
| year = 2011
| name = West Virginia Tech
| overall = 1–9
| conference = 0–6
| confstanding = 7th (East)
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = West Virginia Tech
| overall = 6–37
| confrecord = 1–23
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{{CFB Yearly Record End
| overall = 17–56
| bowls = no
| poll = no
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References
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{{West Virginia State Yellow Jackets football coach navbox}}
{{West Virginia Tech Golden Bears football coach navbox}}
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Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:Appalachian State Mountaineers football coaches
Category:Appalachian State Mountaineers football players
Category:West Virginia State Yellow Jackets football coaches
Category:West Virginia Tech Golden Bears football coaches
Category:High school football coaches in West Virginia
Category:People from St. Albans, West Virginia
Category:Sportspeople from Kanawha County, West Virginia
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