Teams / American Athletic / Rice
Index · this season
53
at its 5-year level▲ Up 3 this season
Career61since 1936
Peak881953
Last 552seasons
#111 nationally · 1-5 (0-2 conf)
Résumé #128 · better than its record
Schedule so far #42
Margin ±5 pts (tightens with games)
Rice Owls
American Athletic · Houston, TX · Rice Stadium · Head coach Scott Abell
12-35 all time (47 meetings since 1971)
Houston leads
Last: lost 35-9 (2025) · Houston has won 2 straight
Wants it back
program traits are earned from history
0national titles
0Heisman
4AP top-10
7All-Americans
24NFL picks
39.9%win pct
History since 1936 · football since 1912. Every season →
Chemistry
58
56Foundation
61Gel
gel counts 45% so far
▲ Above its norm +8
early · #69 of 138
HC year2
Ret. starters27%
QB yrs w/ OC1
Scott Abell
Dunlevie Family Head Football Coach
65Jon Kay
Defensive Coordinator
58Vince Munch
Offensive Coordinator/Offensive Line
55Mark Hogan
Linebackers/Special Teams Coordinator
61Coy Williams
Assistant Backfield
70Wayne Lineburg
Assistant Head Coach/Tight Ends
57Clay Davie
Assistant Offensive Line
53Tafon Mainsah
Assistant Safeties
Nick Schrage
Assistant Special Teams
Tevin Madison
Cornerbacks
Eli Rasheed
Defensive Line
72Sydney Davis
Director of Internal Operations/Assistant to the Head Coach
Brian Brown
Outside Receivers
56Porter Abell
Pass Game Coordinator/Quarterbacks
58Austin Eisenhofer
Run Game Coordinator/Inside Receivers
56Johnathan Wilson
Running Backs
70Taylor Sauer
Rush Ends
58Kerry Cooks
Safeties
66Will Fife
Assistant Athletic Director of Equipment Operations
Zefa Tullis-Thompson
Assistant Director of Recruiting & Football Operations/Office Coordinator
Gage Gambrell
Assistant Strength & Conditioning Coach
Colin Belvin
Assistant Strength & Conditioning Coach / Director of Football Sports Science
Jude Holloway
Assistant Video Cooridnator
Corey Bell
Associate Strength & Conditioning Coach
67Nick Decker
Chief of Staff/Director of Football Operations
Tyler Calhoun
Coordinator of Football Scouting
Kyle Persons
Defensive Graduate Assistant
Mario Magana Jr.
Defensive Graduate Assistant
Kiersten Hardeman
Director of Creative Media
Chad Johnson
Director of Player Personnel and High School Relations
Alex Shields
Director of Recruiting/Assistant Director of Football Operations
Luis Mendez
Equipment Assistant
Wesley Smith
Equipment Assistant
Steven Jackson
General Manager
Lew Caralla
Head Strength & Conditioning Coach
Eli Turner Jr
Offensive Graduate Assistant
Izeya Floyd
Offensive Graduate Assistant
Nick Baker
On-Campus Recruiting Coordinator/Scouting Assistant.
Lloyd McFarquar
Recruiting Assistant
Ryan Haworth
Video Coordinator