Chris Thurmond
Thurmond signs an autograph for Kentucky Army National Guard servicemembers in 2010.
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| Sport(s) | Football |
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| Current position | |
| Title | Defensive Coordinator |
| Team | Rice |
| Conference | Conference USA |
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
February 25, 1953 Tulsa, Oklahoma |
| Alma mater | Tulsa |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1975–1976 | McAlester (OK) HS (DB) |
| 1977–1979 | Charles Page (OK) HS (DB) |
| 1980 | Claremore (OK) HS (DC) |
| 1981–1982 | Charles Page (OK) HS |
| 1983–1991 | Tulsa (DB) |
| 1992–1993 | East Carolina (DB) |
| 1994 | Tulsa (DB) |
| 1995 | TCU (DB) |
| 1996–1997 | Oklahoma (DB) |
| 1998–2000 | TCU (DB) |
| 2001–2002 | Alabama (CB) |
| 2003–2005 | Texas A&M (CB) |
| 2006–2007 | Houston (CB/RC) |
| 2007 | Houston (interim HC) |
| 2008–2010 | Kentucky (DB) |
| 2011 | Rice (CB) |
| 2012–present | Rice (DC/CB) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 0–1 |
| Bowls | 0–1 |
David Christopher "Chris" Thurmond (born February 25, 1953) is an American football coach who is currently defensive coordinator and cornerbacks coach at Rice University.
Born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Thurmond grew up in Sand Springs, Oklahoma. Thurmond was a quarterback on the Charles Page High School football team and graduated in 1971. Thurmond then earned a bachelor's degree in education from the University of Tulsa in 1975.
From 1975 to 1976, Thurmond was defensive backs coach at McAlester High School in McAlester, Oklahoma. He returned to his alma mater Charles Page High School to be defensive backs coach from 1977 to 1979. In 1980, Thurmond was defensive coordinator at Claremore High School in Claremore, Oklahoma before returning to Page to be head coach 1983.
Moving to the college ranks, from 1983 to 1991, Thurmond coached cornerbacks and defensive backs at Tulsa. During this period, Tulsa had four different head coaches: John Cooper (1983–1984), Don Morton (1985–1986), George Henshaw (1987), and David Rader (1988–1991). Tulsa appeared in the 1989 Independence Bowl and won the 1991 Freedom Bowl. Thurmond then became the defensive backs coach at East Carolina from 1992 to 1993, Tulsa in 1994, TCU in 1995, Oklahoma from 1996 to 1997, and again at TCU from 1998 to 2000. In Thurmond's second stint at TCU, TCU won the 1998 Sun Bowl and 1999 Mobile Alabama Bowl and lost the 2000 Mobile Alabama Bowl.
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