Bobby Petrino

Bobby Petrino
Petrino at the Arkansas Razorback Football spring game in 2010
Current position
TitleOffensive coordinator, quarterbacks coach
TeamArkansas
ConferenceSEC
Biographical details
Born (1961-03-10) March 10, 1961 (age 63)
Lewistown, Montana, U.S.
Playing career
1980–1982Carroll (MT)
Position(s)Quarterback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1983Carroll (MT) (GA)
1984Weber State (GA)
1985–1986Carroll (MT) (OC)
1987–1988Weber State (WR/TE)
1989Idaho (QB)
1990–1991Idaho (OC)
1992–1993Arizona State (QB)
1994Nevada (OC/QB)
1995–1997Utah State (OC)
1998Louisville (OC/QB)
1999–2000Jacksonville Jaguars (QB)
2001Jacksonville Jaguars (OC)
2002Auburn (OC)
2003–2006Louisville
2007Atlanta Falcons
2008–2011Arkansas
2013Western Kentucky
2014–2018Louisville
2020–2022Missouri State
2023Texas A&M (OC/QB)
2024–presentArkansas (OC/QB)
Head coaching record
Overall137–71 (college)
3–10 (NFL)
Bowls5–6
Tournaments0–2 (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. He is the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for the Arkansas Razorbacks. He is the former head coach for the Missouri State Bears. Previously, he served as the head coach of the Louisville Cardinals football team from 2014 until being fired during the 2018 season. He previously held the post from 2003 to 2006. From 2008 to 2011, Petrino was the head football 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 of the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers and 2020–2022 seasons as the head coach of the Missouri State Bears. He also was the offensive coordinator for the Texas A&M Aggies football 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.

  1. ^ Bobby Petrino Archived December 10, 2007, at the Wayback Machine University of Louisville, accessed January 16, 2008
  2. ^ "Arkansas fires Bobby Petrino". ESPN. April 11, 2012.