Sport(s) | Football |
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Current position | |
Title | Defensive coordinator |
Team | Howard |
Conference | MEAC |
Biographical details | |
Alma mater | Elon University |
Playing career | |
1975–1976 | Chowan JC |
1977–1978 | Elon |
Position(s) | Linebacker |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1982–1987 | North Carolina A&T (DB) |
1988 | Southern (DB) |
1989 | Southern (LB) |
1990–1991 | Forestville HS (MD) |
1992–1999 | Howard (assistant) |
2000–2001 | Norfolk State (DC/DB) |
2002–2006 | Howard |
2007–2010 | Delaware State (DC) |
2011–2012 | Howard (DC) |
2013 | Howard (interim HC) |
2011–2012 | Howard (DC) |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 31–36 (college) |
Rayford Tilman Petty is an American college football coach and former player. He is currently the defensive coordinator at Howard University, a position he has held since the 2011 season. Petty served as head coach at Howard from 2002 to 2006, and again in an interim capacity in 2013, compiling an overall record of 31 wins and 36 losses. His career also includes positions as an assistant coach at North Carolina A&T University, Southern University, Norfolk State University and Delaware State University. A graduate of Elon University, Petty played as a linebacker for the Phoenix during the late 1970s.