Rick Minter
{{Short description|American football coach (born 1954)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox NFL biography
| name = Rick Minter
| image =
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| current_team = Los Angeles Chargers
| position = Senior defensive analyst
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1954|10|4|mf=y}}
| birth_place = Nash, Texas, U.S.
| death_date =
| death_place =
| high_school = Texas (Texarkana, Texas)
| college = Henderson State
| pastcoaching =
- Henderson State (1977)
Graduate assistant - Arkansas (1978)
Graduate assistant - Louisiana Tech (1979–1980)
Defensive ends coach - North Carolina State (1980–1982)
Defensive ends coach - New Mexico State (1984)
Linebackers coach - Ball State (1985–1991)
Defensive coordinator - Notre Dame (1992–1993)
Defensive coordinator - Cincinnati (1994–2003)
Head coach - South Carolina (2004)
Defensive coordinator - Notre Dame (2005–2007)
Defensive coordinator - Marshall (2008–2009)
Defensive coordinator - Marshall (2009)
Interim head coach - Indiana State (2010)
Linebackers coach - Kentucky (2011–2012)
Defensive coordinator - Philadelphia Eagles ({{nfly|2013}}–{{nfly|2015}})
Linebackers coach - Georgia State (2016)
Defensive line coach - Florida Tech (2017–2018)
Defensive coordinator - Birmingham Iron (2019)
Defensive coordinator - Southern Miss (2020)
Defensive analyst - Michigan (2022)
Defensive analyst - Michigan (2023)
Interim linebackers coach - Los Angeles Chargers ({{nfly|2024}}–present)
Senior defensive analyst
| highlights =
;As assistant coach
;As head coach
- C-USA champion (2002)
| coachregrecord =
| coachplayoffrecord =
| coachrecord = NCAA: 54–63–1 (.462)
}}
Richard Minter{{cite web | url=https://mcommunity.umich.edu/person/richarm | title=MCommunity }} (born October 4, 1954) is an American football coach who is the senior defensive analyst for the Los Angeles Chargers of the National Football League (NFL). He previously served as the linebackers coach for the Michigan Wolverines and as a defensive coordinator for the Birmingham Iron in the Alliance of American Football (AAF). Minter has previously served as the head football coach at the University of Cincinnati from 1994 to 2003 and as the interim head coach for Marshall University in the 2009 Little Caesars Pizza Bowl, compiling a career college football record of 54–63–1.
Early life and education
Minter was born on October 4, 1954, in Nash, Texas, and raised in Texarkana, Texas. He graduated from Texas High School in Texarkana. He then attended Henderson State University where he earned his undergraduate degree and a master's degree. He is also a member of the Phi Sigma Epsilon.
Coaching career
Minter started his career as a graduate assistant coach at Henderson State University in 1977. In 1978, he was a graduate assistant coach at the University of Arkansas where the Razorbacks finished the season 9–2–1. In 1979, he became the defensive ends coach at Louisiana Tech. From 1980 to 1982, he was the linebackers coach at North Carolina State. In 1984, he was the linebackers coach at New Mexico State.
From 1985 to 1991, Minter was the assistant head coach and defensive coordinator at Ball State. From 1992 to 1993, he served as the defensive coordinator for the University of Notre Dame, where he led the Irish to a #2 national ranking. From 1994 to 2003, he was the head football coach at the University of Cincinnati, where he compiled a 53–63–1 record. Among Cincinnati's head coaches, Rick Minter has both the record for second most career wins and the record for most career losses.{{Cite web |date=December 1, 2003 |title=Cincinnati fires FB coach Rick Minter |url=https://www.upi.com/Sports_News/2003/12/01/Cincinnati-fires-FB-coach-Rick-Minter/13151070317567/ |access-date=March 22, 2024 |website=UPI |language=en}} He was fired at the end of the 2003 season shortly after the school accepted an invite to Big East Conference. The Bearcats played in four bowl games during his tenure.
Personal life
Minter's son, Jesse, is the defensive coordinator for the Los Angeles Chargers.
Head coaching record
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Cincinnati Bearcats
| conf = NCAA Division I-A independent
| startyear = 1994
| endyear = 1995
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1994
| name = Cincinnati
| overall = 2–8–1
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1995
| name = Cincinnati
| overall = 6–5
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Cincinnati Bearcats
| conf = Conference USA
| startyear = 1996
| endyear = 2003
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1996
| name = Cincinnati
| overall = 6–5
| conference = 2–3
| confstanding = T–3rd
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1997
| name = Cincinnati
| overall = 8–4
| conference = 2–4
| confstanding = T–4th
| bowlname = Humanitarian
| bowloutcome = W
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1998
| name = Cincinnati
| overall = 2–9
| conference = 1–5
| confstanding = T–7th
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1999
| name = Cincinnati
| overall = 3–8
| conference = 0–6
| confstanding = 9th
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2000
| name = Cincinnati
| overall = 7–5
| conference = 5–2
| confstanding = T–2nd
| bowlname = Motor City
| bowloutcome = L
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2001
| name = Cincinnati
| overall = 7–5
| conference = 5–2
| confstanding = T–2nd
| bowlname = Motor City
| bowloutcome = L
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 2002
| name = Cincinnati
| overall = 7–7
| conference = 6–2
| confstanding = T–1st
| bowlname = New Orleans
| bowloutcome = L
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2003
| name = Cincinnati
| overall = 5–7
| conference = 2–6
| confstanding = 9th
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| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Cincinnati
| overall = 53–63–1
| confrecord = 23–30
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Marshall Thundering Herd
| conf = Conference USA
| startyear = 2009
| endyear = single
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2009
| name = Marshall
| overall = 1–0
| conference =
| confstanding =
| bowlname = Little Caesars
| bowloutcome = W
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Marshall
| overall = 1–0
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{{CFB Yearly Record End
| overall = 54–63–1
| bowls = no
| poll = no
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References
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External links
- [https://gosycamores.com/sports/football/roster/coaches/rick-minter/129 Indiana State Sycamores profile]
- [https://georgiastatesports.com/sports/football/roster/coaches/rick-minter/784 Georgia State Panthers profile]
- [https://www.chargers.com/team/coaches-roster/rick-minter Los Angeles Chargers profile]
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