Matt Rhymer

Matt Rhymer
Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Whitley County HS (KY)
Biographical details
Born	c. 1985 (age 38–39); Harlan, Kentucky, U.S.
Alma mater	University of the Cumberlands (2007, 2012)
Playing career
2003–2006	Cumberlands (KY)
Position(s)	Linebacker
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2007–2008	Cumberlands (KY) (GA)
2009–2011	Cumberlands (KY) (DL)
2012	Oneida HS (TN) (OL/DB)
2013	South Laurel HS (KY)
2014–2021	Cumberlands (KY)
2022 (spring)	Tennessee HS (TN)
2022	Whitley County HS (KY) (DC)
2023–present	Whitley County HS (KY)
Head coaching record
Overall	50–31 (college); 10–15 (high school)
Tournaments	1–2 (NAIA playoffs)

Matt Rhymer (born c. 1985) is an American football coach. He is the head football coach for Whitley County High School, a position he has held since 2023.^[1]^[2] He was the head football coach for South Laurel High School in 2013,^[3]^[4] the University of the Cumberlands from 2014 to 2021,^[5]^[6] and Tennessee High School in the spring of 2022.^[7]^[8] He also coached for Oneida High School. He played college football for Cumberlands (KY) as a linebacker.

Head coaching record


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs	NAIA^#
Cumberlands Patriots (Mid-South Conference) (2014–2021)
2014	Cumberlands	3–7	2–4	T–4th (East)
2015	Cumberlands	7–3	4–1	2nd (East)
2016	Cumberlands	4–6	3–3	T–4th (East)
2017	Cumberlands	6–4	3–3	T–3rd (Appalachian)
2018	Cumberlands	10–2	5–1	2nd (Appalachian)	L NAIA First Round	12
2019	Cumberlands	10–2	6–1	2nd (Bluegrass)	L NAIA Quarterfinal	7
2020–21	Cumberlands	4–3	4–3	3rd (Bluegrass)
2021	Cumberlands	6–4	3–4	5th (Bluegrass)
Cumberlands:		50–31	30–20
Total:		50–31


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
South Laurel Cardinals () (2013)
2013	South Laurel	3–7	0–5	6th
South Laurel:		3–7	0–5
Whitley County Colonels () (2023–present)
2023	Whitley County	5–6	1–2	3rd
2024	Whitley County	2–2	0–0
Whitley County:		7–8	1–2
Total:		10–15

^ Brewer, Courtney Layne (January 27, 2023). "Matt Rhymer named head football coach at Whitley County". Mountain News. Retrieved September 15, 2024.
^ Sherman, Trevor (January 27, 2023). "Matt Rhymer named head coach of Whitley County football program". News Journal. Retrieved September 15, 2024.
^ Dixon, Les (January 9, 2013). "Matt Rhymer named new football coach at South Laurel". The Times-Tribune. Retrieved September 15, 2024.
^ "Rhymer leaves South to take over at Cumberlands". The Sentinel-Echo. January 13, 2014. Retrieved September 15, 2024.
^ "Matt Rhymer Resigns As Patriots Head Football Coach". University of the Cumberlands. December 17, 2021. Retrieved September 15, 2024.
^ Samuels, Doug (December 17, 2021). "Matt Rhymer has stepped down at Cumberlands". Footballscoop. Retrieved September 15, 2024.
^ "Matt Rhymer is new head football coach at Tennessee High". Bristol Herald Courier. January 21, 2022. Retrieved September 15, 2024.
^ Goetz, Casey (March 7, 2022). "Matt Rhymer resigns less than two months after taking Tennessee High job". News WCYS 5. Retrieved September 15, 2024.

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