Current position | |
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Title | Offensive coordinator, quarterbacks coach |
Team | Arkansas |
Conference | SEC |
Biographical details | |
Born | Lewistown, Montana, U.S. | March 10, 1961
Playing career | |
1980–1982 | Carroll (MT) |
Position(s) | Quarterback |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1983 | Carroll (MT) (GA) |
1984 | Weber State (GA) |
1985–1986 | Carroll (MT) (OC) |
1987–1988 | Weber State (WR/TE) |
1989 | Idaho (QB) |
1990–1991 | Idaho (OC) |
1992–1993 | Arizona State (QB) |
1994 | Nevada (OC/QB) |
1995–1997 | Utah State (OC) |
1998 | Louisville (OC/QB) |
1999–2000 | Jacksonville Jaguars (QB) |
2001 | Jacksonville Jaguars (OC) |
2002 | Auburn (OC) |
2003–2006 | Louisville |
2007 | Atlanta Falcons |
2008–2011 | Arkansas |
2013 | Western Kentucky |
2014–2018 | Louisville |
2020–2022 | Missouri State |
2023 | UNLV (OC) |
2023 | Texas A&M (OC/QB) |
2024–present | Arkansas (OC/QB) |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 137–71 (college) 3–10 (NFL) |
Bowls | 5–6 |
Tournaments | 0–2 (NCAA D-I playoffs) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
1 C-USA (2004) 1 Big East (2006) 1 MVFC (2020) 1 ACC Atlantic Division (2016) | |
Awards | |
C-USA Coach of the Year (2004) MVFC Coach of the Year (2020) | |
Robert Patrick Petrino (born March 10, 1961)[1] is an American college football coach who is the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at the University of Arkansas. He served as the head football coach at Missouri State from 2020 to 2022. Petrino previously served as the head coach at the University of Louisville from 2014 until being fired during the 2018 season. He also held the post from 2003 to 2006. From 2008 to 2011, Petrino was the head coach at the University of Arkansas. He was dismissed from that position in the spring of 2012 for covering up an extramarital affair with an athletic department staffer.[2] Petrino also coached the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League (NFL) for the first 13 games of the 2007 season. He spent the 2013 season as head football coach at Western Kentucky. He also was the offensive coordinator at Texas A&M in 2023.
Petrino has directed his college teams to nine bowl games, including the first Bowl Championship Series (BCS) bowl games for both the Louisville Cardinals and the Arkansas Razorbacks in their programs' histories. His teams have achieved four 10-win seasons along with six AP top-25 finishes.