Bob Pruett
| Sport(s) | Football |
|---|---|
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
June 20, 1943 Beckley, West Virginia |
| Playing career | |
| 1962–1964 | Marshall |
| Position(s) | Halfback, tight end |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1965–1967 | Falls Church HS (VA) (assistant) |
| 1968–1969 | Hayfield SS (VA) (assistant) |
| 1970–1972 | Groveton HS (VA) |
| 1973–1978 | Gar-Field HS (VA) |
| 1979–1980 | Marshall (DL) |
| 1981–1982 | Marshall (DB/DC) |
| 1983–1984 | Wake Forest (DB) |
| 1985–1989 | Wake Forest (DC) |
| 1990–1991 | Ole Miss (DB) |
| 1992–1993 | Tulane (DC) |
| 1994–1995 | Florida (DC) |
| 1996–2004 | Marshall |
| 2008 | Virginia (DC) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 94–23 (college) |
| Bowls | 5–2 |
| Tournaments | 4–0 (NCAA D-I-AA playoffs) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 1 Division I-AA National (1996) 1 SoCon (1996) 5 MAC (1997–2000, 2002) 6 MAC East Division (1997–2002) |
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| Awards | |
| 2x MAC Coach of the Year (1997–1998) | |
Robert Lewis "Bob" Pruett (born June 20, 1943) is a former American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach Marshall University for nine seasons, from 1996 to 2004. During his tenure at Marshall, the Marshall Thundering Herd football team compiled a record of 94–23 (.803 winning percentage), completed two undefeated seasons, won six conference championships, won five of seven bowl games played, and captured the NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship in 1996. Pruett has coached many high-profile National Football League players, including Randy Moss, Chad Pennington, and Byron Leftwich. In 1999, he was inducted into the Marshall University Athletics Hall of Fame for his collegiate career in football, track and field, and wrestling.
Pruett is a native of Beckley, West Virginia and was a star football player, wrestler, and sprinter at Woodrow Wilson High School. He attended Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia where he originally played halfback on the football team, but moved to tight end his last two years, catching 24 passes for 442 yards and four touchdowns. After graduation in 1965 he signed as a free agent with the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League, and later played for five seasons with a semi-pro team in Virginia.
Pruetts' coaching career began with the school system of Fairfax County, Virginia in the Washington, D.C. suburbs. He was an assistant football coach, head wrestling coach and head golf coach at Falls Church High School (1965–1967) and Hayfield Secondary School (1968–1969). His first head coaching job was at Groveton High School from 1970 to 1972. He was portrayed in the movie Remember the Titans when the 1971 Groveton vs TC Williams game was featured. Pruett then moved to Gar-Field Senior High School in Woodbridge, Virginia, serving as head football coach from 1973 to 1978.
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