| Bob Pruett | ||
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| Title | Defensive coordinator | |
| College | Virginia | |
| Sport | Football | |
| Born | 1943 | |
| Place of birth | Beckley, West Virginia | |
| Career highlights | ||
| Overall | 94-23-0 | |
| Bowls | 5-2-0 | |
| Coaching stats | ||
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| Championships | ||
| 1 Southern Conference title (1996) 1 Division I-AA National title (1996) 5 Mid-American Conference titles (1997-2000, 2002) 3 Motor City Bowl titles (1998-2000) 2 GMAC Bowl titles (2001, 2002) |
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| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | ||
| 1996-2004 2008 |
Marshall Virginia (DC) |
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Bob Pruett is best known as the former head football coach of the Marshall University Thundering Herd for nine seasons from 1996 to 2004. During his tenure at Marshall, the Thundering Herd compiled a record of 94-23 (.803 winning percentage), featured two undefeated seasons, won six conference championships, won 5 of 7 bowl games, and captured the I-AA National Championship in 1996.
In 2008, Pruett came out of retirement to become the defensive coordinator for Virginia. After the 2008 season, Pruett retired again.[1]
Coaching record
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl Game | Bowl Opponent | Outcome | Rank# | |
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| Marshall Thundering Herd (Southern Conference) (1996 — 1996) | |||||||||
| 1996 | Marshall | 15-0 | 8-0 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Marshall Thundering Herd (Mid-American Conference) (1997 — 2004) | |||||||||
| 1997 | Marshall | 10-3 | 8-1 | 1 | Motor City Bowl | Mississippi | L, 31-34 | ||
| 1998 | Marshall | 12-1 | 8-1 | 1 | Motor City Bowl | Louisville | W, 48-29 | ||
| 1999 | Marshall | 13-0 | 9-0 | 1 | Motor City Bowl | #25 BYU | W, 21-3 | 10 | |
| 2000 | Marshall | 8-5 | 6-3 | 1 | Motor City Bowl | Cincinnati | W, 25-14 | ||
| 2001 | Marshall | 11-2 | 8-1 | 2 | GMAC Bowl | East Carolina | W, 64-61 | 21 | |
| 2002 | Marshall | 11-2 | 8-1 | 1 | GMAC Bowl | Louisville | W, 38-15 | 19 | |
| 2003 | Marshall | 8-4 | 6-2 | 3 | |||||
| 2004 | Marshall | 6-6 | 6-2 | 3 | Fort Worth Bowl | Cincinnati | L, 14-32 | ||
| Total: | 94-23-0 | ||||||||
| National Championship Conference Title Conference Division Title | |||||||||
| †Indicates BCS bowl game. #Rankings from final Coaches Poll of the season. | |||||||||
References
- ^ ESPN. "Pruett decides to retire". ESPN. Archived from the original on 2009-06-06. http://www.webcitation.org/5hLKHTdIG. Retrieved on 2009-06-01.
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