Matt Rhule
| Sport(s) | Football |
|---|---|
| Current position | |
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Baylor |
| Conference | Big 12 |
| Record | 0–0 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
January 31, 1975 New York, New York |
| Playing career | |
| 1994–1997 | Penn State |
| Position(s) | Linebacker |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1998 | Albright (LB) |
| 1999 | Buffalo (asst. DL) |
| 2000 | Buffalo (DL) |
| 2001 | UCLA (asst. DL) |
| 2002 | Western Carolina (LB/ST) |
| 2003–2004 | Western Carolina (AHC/LB/ST) |
| 2005 | Western Carolina (AHC/RGC/OL/ST) |
| 2006 | Temple (DL) |
| 2007 | Temple (QB/RC) |
| 2008–2010 | Temple (OC/QB) |
| 2011 | Temple (asst. OC/TE/RC) |
| 2012 | New York Giants (asst. OL) |
| 2013–2016 | Temple |
| 2017–present | Baylor |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 28–23 |
| Bowls | 0–1 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 1 American Athletic Conference (2016) | |
Matthew Kenneth Rhule (born January 31, 1975) is an American football coach and former player. He is currently the head football coach at Baylor University. He was previously the coach of Temple University where he led them to back-to-back 10-win seasons for the first time in school history.
Rhule grew up in New York City before his family moved to State College, Pennsylvania as a teenager. Rhule played linebacker at State College Area High School before walking on as a linebacker to Penn State. At Penn State, Rhule played four years underneath Joe Paterno and was a three-time Penn State Scholar-Athlete and an Academic All-Big Ten honoree in 1997. While at Penn State, Rhule received his Bachelor's of Arts in Political Science.
Following the end of his playing career, Rhule was hired as the linebackers coach for Albright College. After one year at Albright, Rhule had stops at Buffalo, UCLA and Western Carolina before being hired at Temple as a defensive line coach in 2006. Rhule would switch to quarterbacks coach in 2007 before being named Temple's offensive coordinator in 2008.
After six years at Temple, Rhule joined Tom Coughlin's New York Giants as the assistant offensive line coach. With the Giants, Rhule coached Super Bowl champions like David Diehl, Kevin Boothe, and Chris Snee.
On December 17, 2012, Rhule was named the 26th head football coach at Temple, succeeding Steve Addazio who left to become the head coach at Boston College.
In July 2015, Rhule signed a four-year extension with Temple that extended him through the 2021 season. After a tremendous third year with the Owls, this deal was re-negotiated to keep Rhule at the university. He was the target of Mizzou and Syracuse, but chose to remain at Temple.
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