Rhett Lashlee

Rhett Lashlee (born June 9, 1983) is an American football coach. He is the offensive coordinator of the Miami Hurricanes, and the former offensive coordinator of SMU, UConn and Auburn. A native of Springdale, Arkansas, Lashlee played quarterback for the Arkansas Razorbacks football team prior to entering coaching.

Rhett Lashlee
Current position
TitleOffensive coordinator
TeamMiami
ConferenceACC
Biographical details
Born (1983-06-09) June 9, 1983
Springdale, Arkansas
Playing career
2002–2004Arkansas
Position(s)Quarterback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2004–2005Springdale HS (AR) (QB)
2006Arkansas (GA)
2009–2010Auburn (GA)
2011Samford (OC/QB)
2012Arkansas State (OC/QB)
2013–2016Auburn (OC/QB)
2017UConn (OC/QB)
2018–2019SMU (OC/QB)
2020–presentMiami (OC/QB)

Playing career

High school

Lashlee attended Shiloh Christian School in Springdale, Arkansas,[1] where he played quarterback under head coach Gus Malzahn. Lashlee posted a state record 40 career wins (40–3–2 as a starter) and led his team to three straight state championship games, winning two titles.[2]

Lashlee holds a number of Arkansas high school records.[3]

  • 858 career completions (#9 nationally)
  • 13,201 career passing yards (#6 nationally)
  • 171 career touchdown passes (#3 nationally)
  • 546 pass attempts in a season (#6 nationally)
  • 44 completions in a game (#8 nationally)
  • 71 pass attempts in a game (#7 nationally)
  • 672 passing yards in a game (#2 nationally)

Regarded as a three-star recruit by Rivals.com, Lashlee was ranked as the No. 19 pro-style quarterback in a 2002 class that also featured Ben Olson, Trent Edwards, Drew Stanton, and Matt Moore.[4]

College

Lashlee played college football for the Arkansas Razorbacks. Lashlee was a backup quarterback to Matt Jones, from 2002 to 2004 for the Razorbacks. A shoulder injury ended his playing career.[5] Lashlee graduated from the University of Arkansas in 2006.[6]

Coaching career

Prior to 2017, Lashlee had worked under Malzahn for his entire career with the exception of his one year at Samford University.

From 2004 to 2005, Lashlee worked with the quarterbacks at Springdale High School.[2] Following the announcement of Malzahn's hire as Arkansas Razorbacks offensive coordinator in 2006, Lashlee was hired as an offensive graduate assistant.[2] Following this season, Malzahn left to become the offensive coordinator of the Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team. Although invited to join Malzahn's staff at Tulsa, Lashlee left coaching and remained in Northwest Arkansas. Instead, Lashlee and his brother in law wrote, published, and marketed High School Sports The Magazine (later renamed Vype), a publication based on high school sports in Arkansas. During the two years Lashlee was involved in the business, he made relationships with high school coaches throughout Arkansas and marketed his magazine to distributors. Lashlee volunteered as quarterbacks coach at Har-Ber High School when his schedule would allow.[7] Malzahn was hired as the offensive coordinator at Auburn for the 2009 season. Following this announcement, Malzahn offered Lashlee to join his staff as a graduate assistant, returning Lashlee to coaching.[2]

He remained in this role until leaving to become offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for Samford University Bulldogs in 2011. During his coaching season the team offensive improved in points per game (17 to 26), total offense (57 to 46 ranking nationally), and improved their record from 4–6 to 6–5 through the installation of a high tempo offense.[2] Malzahn left Auburn following 2011, becoming head coach of the Arkansas State Red Wolves. Lashlee followed, becoming offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for Arkansas State.[2] Malzahn returned to Auburn as head coach after one year at Arkansas State. On December 6, 2012, Gus Malzahn named Rhett Lashlee as his offensive coordinator.[5][8][9] In 2013, Lashlee was a finalist for the Broyles Award, given annually to the nation's top college football assistant coach. In 2017, Lashlee subsequently moved on to be UConn's offensive coordinator.

SMU

On January 4, 2018, it was reported that Lashlee was hired by SMU.[10]

Miami

On January 3, 2020, it was reported that Lashlee had filled the offensive coordinator vacancy at the University of Miami.

See also

References
  1. "Rhett Lashlee High School Player Profile". Scout.com. Retrieved December 10, 2012.
  2. "Rhett Lashlee Arkansas State Bio". Arkansas State Athletics. Retrieved December 10, 2012.
  3. "National Federation of State High School Associations". National Federation of State High School Associations. Archived from the original on December 7, 2012. Retrieved December 12, 2012.
  4. https://sports.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/recruiting/rankings/rank-29
  5. "Rhett Lashlee Bio". Auburn Athletics. Retrieved December 10, 2012.
  6. Hall, Ray (December 14, 2012). "Auburn names Rhett Lashlee as new offensive coordinator". Raycom Group. Retrieved May 24, 2015.
  7. Thamel, Pete (January 6, 2014). "Rhett Lashlee's path from running a magazine to Auburn's offense". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved May 24, 2015.
  8. Goldberg, Charles (December 6, 2012). "Auburn hires Rhett Lashlee as offensive coordinator". AL.com. Retrieved December 10, 2012.
  9. Erickson, Joel E. (December 7, 2012). "Despite his youth, Auburn offensive coordinator Rhett Lashlee has earned Gus Malzahn's trust". AL.com. Retrieved May 24, 2015.
  10. https://247sports.com/college/southern-methodist/Bolt/SMU-Mustangs-hire-Connecticut-Huskies-offensive-coordinator-Rhett-Lashlee-Auburn-Tigers-113201674
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