Former Northwest Missouri State head coach Rich Wright is expected to join Central Missouri's staff as defensive coordinator, sources told FootballScoop on Friday.
Wright's 21-year run with NWMSU came to an end in November when the school allowed his contract to expire. In his two-plus decades at the school, Wright won a Division II national championship as the Bearcats' defensive line coach, won two more as defensive coordinator, and left the school as the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association's winningest active coach, going 65-22 in seven seasons on the job.
Prior winners selected Wright as the FootballScoop Division II Coordinator of the Year in 2015 and 2016.
Wright joins a Central Missouri staff that went 9-3 in 2024, and is 20-5 over the past two seasons under head coach Josh Lamberson. FootballScoop reported that defensive coordinator Greg Jones stepped down from the CMU staff last month.
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