Jody Wright
Head Coach at Murray State since 2024.
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- Seasons coached
- 25
- First season
- 2002
- Teams
- 8
Career
15 stints
2000s
- 2002–2004Jacksonville StateStudent Assistant
- 2005Mississippi StateAssistant Coach
- 2006–2008Mississippi StateGraduate Assistant
- 2009Mississippi StateDirector of Football Operations
2010s
- 2010AlabamaGraduate Assistant
- 2011–2012AlabamaOffensive Analyst
- 2013Jacksonville StatePassing Game CoordinatorTight EndsRecruiting Coordinator
- 2014UABAssistant Head CoachRunning BacksRecruiting Coordinator
- 2015–2017AlabamaDirector of Player Personnel
- 2018UABAssistant Head CoachOffensive LineRecruiting Coordinator
- 2019Cleveland BrownsOffensive Assistant
2020s
- 2020New York GiantsDefensive Assistant
- 2021New York GiantsOffensive Assistant
- 2022–2023South CarolinaTight Ends
- 2024–presentMurray StateHead Coach
Coaching tree
10 mentors, 1 protégé, 0 branches — a branch is a protégé who went on to hold a head job.
MentorsProtégés
Became a head coachShowing up to 7 per row
Relationships
Coached under
14
- 2025–2026Kirk BotkinMentored · Murray State
- 2022Christian EllsworthCoached under · South Carolina
- 2022–2023Shane BeamerCoached under · South Carolina
- 2020–2021Joe JudgeCoached under · New York Giants
- 2019Freddie KitchensCoached under · Cleveland Browns
- 2018Bill ClarkCoached under · UAB
- 2015Dan LanningCoached under · Alabama
- 2015–2017Nick SabanCoached under · Alabama
- 2014Bill ClarkCoached under · UAB
- 2013Bill ClarkCoached under · Jacksonville State
- 2010–2012Nick SabanCoached under · Alabama
- 2009Dan MullenCoached under · Mississippi State
- 2005–2008Sylvester CroomCoached under · Mississippi State
- 2002–2004Jack CroweCoached under · Jacksonville State
Succeeded
18
- 2024Dean HoodSucceeded · Murray State
- 2022Erik KimreySucceeded · South Carolina
- 2021Derek DooleySucceeded · New York Giants
- 2021Jeremy PruittSucceeded by · New York Giants
- 2020Kevin RogersSucceeded by · Cleveland Browns
- 2014Jimmy WilliamsSucceeded · UAB
- 2012Chris SamuelsSucceeded by · Alabama
- 2012Jules MontinarSucceeded by · Alabama
- 2012Kelvin SiglerSucceeded by · Alabama
- 2012Kevin GarverSucceeded by · Alabama
- 2011Billy NapierSucceeded · Alabama
- 2010Derrick AnsleySucceeded by · Alabama
- 2010Kevin GarverSucceeded by · Alabama
- 2010Mike GrohSucceeded · Alabama
- 2009Marquase LovingsSucceeded by · Mississippi State
3 more, most recent shown first.
Tenure
25 seasons
- Murray StateHead coach · 2024–2026 · current3
- AlabamaOperations · 2015–20173
- AlabamaAnalyst · 2010–20123
- Mississippi StateAnalyst · 2006–20083
- Jacksonville StateAnalyst · 2002–20043
- South CarolinaPosition coach · 2022–20232
- New York GiantsAnalyst · 2020–20212
- UABCoordinator · 2014–20182
- Cleveland BrownsAnalyst · 20191
- Jacksonville StateCoordinator · 20131
- Mississippi StateOperations · 20091
- Mississippi StatePosition coach · 20051
Moves
Nothing on the wire for Jody Wright. The wire carries moves published since the register went live; the career above is the record before that.