LAS VEGAS — Montana native Bobby Petrino, previously head coach at Arkansas and Louisville in addition to with the Atlanta Falcons, would be the subsequent offensive coordinator at UNLV, the Las Vegas Solar reported Thursday.
It will be Petrino’s first assistant teaching job since 2002 at Auburn.
Petrino, 61, has been the pinnacle coach at Missouri State for the previous three seasons. He was head coach twice at Louisville and in addition at Western Kentucky.
Petrino was born in Lewistown, lived in Butte till fifth grade, graduated from Helena Capital and performed quarterback at Carroll Faculty in Helena from 1980-82. His first teaching stint was as a graduate assistant at Carroll in 1983 after which once more as offensive coordinator in 1985-86 below his father, Bob Sr.
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Petrino additionally was an assistant at Weber State, Idaho, Arizona State, Nevada, Utah State, Louisville and with the Jacksonville Jaguars of the NFL. As a university head coach his total report is 137-71, together with two FCS playoff losses with Missouri State.
At Louisville, he guided the Cardinals to their solely top-10 rating after a season (2006). He spent one 12 months with the Falcons (2007).
Petrino additionally took Arkansas to a rating as excessive as fifth nationally and their third 11-win season in class historical past. His time there ended after a bike accident in April 2012 led to the surfacing of his extra-marital affair with an athletic division worker, about which he reportedly misled the varsity.
Petrino’s son Paul is a former head coach at Idaho and a cousin, Mike Petrino, coached Montana Woman Griz basketball.
Missouri State was scheduled to play Montana in 2020, however the Griz season was largely canceled because of the COVID pandemic.
“I believe the No. 1 factor I’ve discovered is it’s the identical recreation it doesn’t matter what stage you’re at,” Petrino advised reporter Frank Gogola of 406mtsports.com and the Missoulian in 2020. “Junior excessive, highschool, small school, main school, the X’s and O’s and learn how to educate and put together, it’s the very same recreation. The factor that makes it completely different is the crowds and assist of the followers and college students.”