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Rick Comegy (born September 24, 1953) is an American football coach and former player. On January 21, 2014, Comegy was introduced as the head coach at Mississippi Valley State. He previously served as the head football coach at Jackson State University in Jackson, Mississippi from 2006 to 2013. He was named JSU head coach on December 9, 2005 after ten years as head coach of Tuskegee University, where he compiled a 90–26 record. He has also served as head coach of Cheyney University and Central State University, where he won the NAIA national football championship in 1995. He served as an assistant coach at Central State University under former Cheyney/Central State/Florida A&M coach Billy Joe in the80s and 90s.
Comegy was the 15th head coach atTuskegee University in Tuskegee, Alabama and he held that position for ten seasons, from 1996 until 2005.His coaching record at Tuskegee was 90–26.
Comegy is a 1976 graduate of Millersville University and has held coaching positions at Millersville and Colgate University, where he also coached track and baseball.
Head coaching record
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheyney Wolves (Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference) | |||||||||
| 1990 | Cheyney | 0–11 | 0–5 | 6th | |||||
| 1991 | Cheyney | 0–11 | 0–6 | 7th | |||||
| Cheyney: | 0–22 | 0–11 | |||||||
| Central State Marauders (NAIA Division I football independent) | |||||||||
| 1994 | Central State | 8–2 | L NAIA Division I Quarterfinal | ||||||
| 1995 | Central State | 10–1 | W NAIA Division I Championship | ||||||
| Central State: | 18–3 | ||||||||
| Tuskegee Golden Tigers (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) | |||||||||
| 1996 | Tuskegee | 5–6 | 2–4 | ||||||
| 1997 | Tuskegee | 7–4 | 3–3 | ||||||
| 1998 | Tuskegee | 10–2 | 6–0 | 1st | W Pioneer | ||||
| 1999 | Tuskegee | 9–3 | 5–1 | T–1st | L Pioneer | ||||
| 2000 | Tuskegee | 12–0 | 7–0 | 1st | W Pioneer | ||||
| 2001 | Tuskegee | 11–1 | 6–1 | T–1st | W Pioneer | ||||
| 2002 | Tuskegee | 10–1 | 7–1 | 1st | |||||
| 2003 | Tuskegee | 5–6 | 4–4 | T–5th | |||||
| 2004 | Tuskegee | 10–2 | 7–1 | 2nd | L Pioneer | ||||
| 2005 | Tuskegee | 11–1 | 8–1 | T–1st | W Pioneer | ||||
| Tuskegee: | 90–26 | 55–16 | |||||||
| Jackson State Tigers (Southwestern Athletic Conference) | |||||||||
| 2006 | Jackson State | 6–5 | 5–4 | T–2nd | |||||
| 2007 | Jackson State | 8–4 | 7–2 | 1st | |||||
| 2008 | Jackson State | 7–5 | 6–1 | 1st | |||||
| 2009 | Jackson State | 3–7 | 3–4 | T–2nd | |||||
| 2010 | Jackson State | 8–3 | 6–3 | T–1st | |||||
| 2011 | Jackson State | 9–2 | 7–2 | T–1st | |||||
| 2012 | Jackson State | 7–5 | 7–2 | T–1st | |||||
| 2013 | Jackson State | 8–4 | 8–1 | 1st | |||||
| Jackson State: | 55–35 | 49–19 | |||||||
| Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils (Southwestern Athletic Conference) | |||||||||
| 2014 | Mississippi Valley State | 2–9 | 1–8 | 5th | |||||
| 2015 | Mississippi Valley State | 1–10 | 1–8 | 5th | |||||
| 2016 | Mississippi Valley State | 1–10 | 1–8 | 5th | |||||
| 2017 | Mississippi Valley State | 2–9 | 1–6 | 5th | |||||
| Mississippi Valley State: | 6–38 | 4–30 | |||||||
| Total: | 169–124 | ||||||||