Charlie Strong
Strong at the LBJ Presidential Library in 2014
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| Sport(s) | Football |
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| Current position | |
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | South Florida |
| Conference | The American |
| Record | 0–0 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
August 2, 1960 Batesville, Arkansas |
| Alma mater | University of Central Arkansas |
| Playing career | |
| 1980–1983 | Central Arkansas |
| Position(s) | Defensive back |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1983–1984 | Florida (GA) |
| 1985 | Texas A&M (GA) |
| 1986–1987 | Southern Illinois (WR) |
| 1988–1989 | Florida (OLB) |
| 1990 | Ole Miss (WR) |
| 1991–1993 | Florida (DE) |
| 1994 | Florida (AHC/DT) |
| 1995–1998 | Notre Dame (DL) |
| 1999–2002 | South Carolina (DC) |
| 2003–2004 | Florida (DC/DE) |
| 2004 | Florida (interim HC) |
| 2005–2007 | Florida (AHC/Co-DC/LB) |
| 2008–2009 | Florida (DC/LB) |
| 2010–2013 | Louisville |
| 2014–2016 | Texas |
| 2017–present | South Florida |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 53–37 |
| Bowls | 3–3 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 2 Big East (2011, 2012) | |
| Awards | |
| 2× Big East Coach of the Year (2010, 2012) | |
Charles Rene Strong (born August 2, 1960) is an American football coach and former player. Strong is currently the head coach at the University of South Florida. Strong held numerous assistant coaching positions before becoming a head coach at the University of Louisville in 2010. During his four-year stint at Louisville, he led the Cardinals to a 37–15 record and reached a bowl game each season, including the 2013 Sugar Bowl. After the 2013 season he left Louisville to become the head coach at the University of Texas. He was fired by Texas after the 2016 season with a 16–21 record in three seasons. One month after leaving Texas, Strong was hired at South Florida.
Charles Rene Strong was born in Batesville, Arkansas, one of six children of mother Delois Ramsey. Strong's father, also named Charles Strong, was a teacher and coach in Luxora, Arkansas and never married Ramsey. The younger Strong grew up in a blended household with his aunt and aunt's six children. After lettering for four years (1980–1983) as a defensive back at the University of Central Arkansas, Strong joined the University of Florida coaching staff as a graduate assistant in 1983. He later served as a graduate assistant at Texas A&M in 1985. He received a master's degree from Henderson State University and also received a master's degree and education specialist degree from the University of Florida. He is a member of Phi Beta Sigma fraternity.
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