Tim Kish
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | July 1, 1954 Otterbein |
| Position(s) | Defensive back |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1976–1977 | Mariemont HS (OH) (assistant) |
| 1978 | Bowling Green (GA) |
| 1979–1981 | Purdue (assistant DB) |
| 1982 | Ball State (QB) |
| 1983 | Ball State (DL) |
| 1984–1991 | Army (DE/OLB) |
| 1992–1996 | Northwestern (DE/LB) |
| 1997–2000 | Illinois (DC/LB) |
| 2001 | Ohio (DC/LB) |
| 2002–2003 | Indiana (DC/LB) |
| 2004–2006 | Arizona (LB) |
| 2007–2009 | Arizona (assistant/LB) |
| 2010 | Arizona (co-DC/LB) |
| 2011 | Arizona (interim HC/DC/LB) |
| 2012–2018 | Oklahoma (ILB) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 3–3 |
| Bowls | 0–0 |
Tim Kish (born July 1, 1954) is a retired American football coach. Kish previously served as the defensive coordinator and linebackers coach at the University of Arizona before being promoted to interim head coach upon the firing of head coach Mike Stoops on October 10, 2011. He was succeeded as Arizona's head coach by Rich Rodriguez. Prior to his retirement at the end of the 2018 season, Kish served as linebackers coach for seven seasons at the University of Oklahoma.
Coaching career
Kish was hired as Arizona's linebackers coach when Stoops was made head coach. He served in that capacity for three seasons until being promoted to assistant coach. In 2010, he was made co-defensive coordinator with
Kish was not retained on Rodriguez' new staff and was succeeded as defensive coordinator and linebackers coach by Jeff Casteel.[3]
Head coaching record
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona Wildcats (Pac-12 Conference) (2011) | |||||||||
| 2011 | Arizona | 3–3[n 1] | 2–3[n 1] | T–5th (South) | |||||
| Arizona: | 3–3 | 2–3 | |||||||
| Total: | 3–3 | ||||||||
Notes
- ^ a b Kish served as interim head coach after the firing of Mike Stoops six games into the season.
References
- ^ "Arizona AD: Stoops is out as head coach". Arizona Daily Star. October 10, 2011.
- ^ Finley, Ryan (October 21, 2011). "Arizona 48, UCLA 12: The Kish of life". Arizona Daily Star.
- ^ "Arizona football: Cats land Casteel to run D, let go Kish". Arizona Daily Star. January 11, 2012.