| Rusty Wright | |
| Current Title: | Head coach |
| Current Team: | Chattanooga |
| Current Conference: | SoCon |
| Current Record: | 37–27 |
| Birth Place: | Aiken, South Carolina, U.S. |
| Player Years1: | 1992–1995 |
| Player Team1: | Chattanooga |
| Player Positions: | Tight end |
| Coach Years1: | 1996–2002 |
| Coach Team1: | Chattanooga (assistant) |
| Coach Years2: | 2004 |
| Coach Team2: | Butler (DC) |
| Coach Years3: | 2005–2008 |
| Coach Team3: | Miami (OH) (assistant) |
| Coach Years4: | 2009 |
| Coach Team4: | Gardner–Webb (DL) |
| Coach Years5: | 2010 |
| Coach Team5: | Furman (LB) |
| Coach Years6: | 2011–2012 |
| Coach Team6: | Reinhardt (DC) |
| Coach Years7: | 2013–2016 |
| Coach Team7: | Chattanooga (LB/ST) |
| Coach Years8: | 2017–2018 |
| Coach Team8: | Georgia State (ILB/ST/RC) |
| Coach Years9: | 2019–present |
| Coach Team9: | Chattanooga |
| Overall Record: | 37–27 |
| Tournament Record: | 1-1 (NCAA Division I) |
Rusty Wright is an American football coach. He is the head football coach at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, position he has held since 2019.[1] Wright replaced Tom Arth,[2] who left to be the head football coach at the University of Akron. Before being named the head coach at Chattanooga, Wright was a player and assistant coach at Chattanooga and was an assistant at Miami University, Butler University, Gardner–Webb University, Furman University, Reinhardt University, and Georgia State University.[3] [4]