Sport(s) Football 1982 Ball State (QB) Positions Defensive back 1973–1976 Otterbein Name Tim Kish Titles Linebacker | 1978 Bowling Green (GA) Education Otterbein University Conference Big 12 Conference 1979–1981 Purdue (assistant DB) Team Oklahoma Sooners football | |
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Born July 1, 1954 (age 69)
Westerville, Ohio ( 1954-07-01 ) 1976–1977 Mariemont HS (assistant) | ||
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Tim Kish (born July 1, 1954) is an American football coach currently serving as the linebackers coach for the Oklahoma Sooners. Kish previously served as the defensive coordinator and linebackers coach of the Arizona Wildcats 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.
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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 Greg Brown and was made the sole defensive coordinator in 2011 when Brown left to take the same position at Colorado. After a 1–5 start to the season which extended Arizona's losing streak against FBS programs to ten games (the one win came against FCS Northern Arizona) Stoops was fired and Kish was promoted to interim head coach. In his first game as interim head coach, the Wildcats defeated UCLA, 48–12, 355 days after their last win over an FBS opponent, which also came against UCLA. Kish would lose the next three games on the schedule but closed out the conference slate by defeating the rival Arizona State Sun Devils in Tempe, reclaiming the Territorial Cup in the 85th Duel in the Desert. Two days later, Rich Rodriguez was named Arizona's new full-time head coach. Kish would finish the season with a 45-37 victory over Louisiana-Lafayette in his final game as head coach.
Kish was not retained on Rodriguez' new staff and was succeeded as defensive coordinator and linebackers coach by Jeff Casteel.
