Tom Rossley
| Sport(s) | Football |
|---|---|
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
August 9, 1946 Painesville, Ohio |
| Playing career | |
| 1967–1968 | Cincinnati |
| Position(s) | Wide receiver |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1977 | Cincinnati (WR) |
| 1978–1981 | Rice (QB) |
| 1982–1984 | Montreal Concordes (RB/WR) |
| 1985 | San Antonio Gunslingers (OC) |
| 1986–1987 | Holy Cross (OC/QB) |
| 1988–1989 | SMU (OC/QB) |
| 1990 | Atlanta Falcons (QB) |
| 1991–1996 | SMU |
| 1997–1998 | Chicago Bears (WR/TE) |
| 1999 | Kansas City Chiefs (QB) |
| 2000–2005 | Green Bay Packers (OC) |
| 2008–2011 | Texas A&M (QB) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 15–48–3 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Awards | |
| Southwest Conference Co-Coach of the Year (1992) | |
Tom Rossley (born August 9, 1946) is a former American football coach and player. He was the head football coach at Southern Methodist University from 1991 to 1996, compiling a record of 15–48–3.
Rossley started his coaching career in 1969 at the high school level. After serving as a graduate assistant coach at the University of Arkansas in 1972, Rossley worked as an offensive assistant coach at one high school and several colleges. These coaching jobs were at Lake Worth High School, the University of Cincinnati (his alma mater), Rice University, Holy Cross, and Southern Methodist University, respectively. He also spent time coaching in the Canadian Football League, Arena Football League, and the now defunct United States Football League.
While at Holy Cross, Rossley worked with future Green Bay Packers head coach Mike Sherman, where the two became friends and established a successful working relationship. Rossley's job at Southern Methodist led to the head coaching position, after a one-year foray into the NFL, where he worked as a quarterbacks coach for the Atlanta Falcons in 1990.
Rossley was the head coach at Southern Methodist University from 1991 to 1996, where he inherited a team only two seasons back from the "Death Penalty" punishment by the NCAA, where the entire 1987 and 1988 football seasons were canceled. Rossley inherited a team that was 3–19 in the two seasons since the football program was reinstated, but quickly earned Southwest Conference Co-Coach of the Year for impressively turning around the 1–10 Mustangs with a respectable 5–6 record in 1992.
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