Matt Rhule is in the NFL now, but the head coach of the Carolina Panthers knows what it takes to run a successful football program. Down the road in Columbia on Wednesday to watch the prospects of the Gamecocks NFL Draft working on Pro Day, Rhule gave his take on South Carolina’s Long Family Football Operations Center.
Everything you need to make your dreams come true.
But … don’t just take our word for it. pic.twitter.com/jbdtRtoQFZ
– Gamecock Football (@GamecockFB) March 24, 2021
Opened in 2019, the $ 50 million facility houses everything to keep the Gamecocks football program running 24/7; weight and training rooms for the players ‘locker room and lounge for coaches’ offices and meeting rooms for a full cafeteria. Other amenities include a barber shop, cinema, recording studio and locker room for former players.
Rhule now has connections to the Gamecocks program through offensive coordinator and defender coach Marcus Satterfield, who was on Rhule’s team in Charlotte for the 2020 season and trained with him at Baylor and Temple. Rhule was one of the two top NFL coaches, as well as a handful of general managers on the spot for Carolina Professional Day.
HC Panthers Matt Rhule, Bills GM Brandon Beane, and Cowboys VP of Staff Will McClay also on @GamecockFB pro-day. https://t.co/yfXL6mDOA6
– Jim Nagy (@JimNagy_SB) March 24, 2021
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The Carolina Panthers announced Matt Rhule as the fifth technician in the franchise on January 8, 2020. The Panthers were 5-11 in their first season and hold the seventh overall choice in the April draft.
Rhule landed his first NFL coaching post after three seasons (2017-19) as a coach at Baylor University. Rhule helped rebuild the Baylor program, guiding the team from a 1-11 final in their first season to a 7-6 record and a 2018 bowl spot to an 11-3 record and appearance in the Big 12 Championship. and at the Sugar Bowl in 2019. This fall, he was named coach of the year Chuck Neinas by his colleagues.
His performance at Baylor continued a major coaching career that saw him change the fortunes of college programs and guide teams to success. In his debut as head coach at Temple, (2013-16), Rhule led the Owls from a 2-10 mark in his first season to a record 6-6 in 2014 and two consecutive seasons of 10 wins in 2015 and 2016. Rhule has spent 22 years as a coach in college and in the NFL ranks.
Baylor’s appearance at the Sugar Bowl this season was only the second in the school’s history and, under Rhule’s leadership, the Bears became the first Power 5 program to go from 11 losses (2017) to 11 wins (2019) in two seasons.
Rhule came to Baylor after four seasons as a head coach at Temple University. He guided Owls to the first consecutive seasons of 10 school victories, a pair of bowl slots (2015-16) and the 2016 American Athletic Conference championship. He helped Owls to improve in a two-win season in their first year in school in 2013.
Rhule took Temple to the 2016 AAC championship with a 34-10 victory over the Navy in the title game and won a candidacy for the Military Bowl. Nine players from that 10-3 team received All-AAC honors and the Owl defense ranked third nationally, allowing only 275.9 yards per game.
Rhule returned to Temple after training with the New York Giants under coach Tom Coughlin in 2012. He worked with Pat Flaherty in training the offensive line. The Giants finished 9-7 and averaged 335 yards in attack, with offensive guard Chris Snee earning the 2012 Pro Bowl honors.
Prior to his stint in the NFL, Rhule spent six seasons as an assistant at Temple under coaches Al Golden and Steve Addazio. He spent four seasons as an offensive coordinator from 2008-11, trained defenders and served as a recruiting coordinator in 2007, and mentored the defensive line in 2006.