 Strong at the LBJ Presidential Library in 2014 | |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |
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| Position: | Defensive line coach |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | August 2, 1960 Batesville, Arkansas, U.S. |
| Career information | |
| High school: | Batesville (AR) |
| College: | Central Arkansas |
| Career history | |
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| Head coaching record | |
| Regular season: | NCAA: 70–49 (.588) |
| Career: | NCAA: 74–53 (.583) |
Charles Rene Strong[1] (born August 2, 1960) is an American football coach who is the current defensive line coach for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League (NFL). He recently served as the assistant head coach and inside linebackers coach for the Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League (NFL) in 2021 and also previously served as a defensive analyst at the University of Alabama in 2020.
Strong served as the head coach at the University of South Florida from 2017 to 2019, University of Texas at Austin from 2014 to 2016 and the University of Louisville from 2010 to 2013. Prior to becoming head coach at Louisville, Strong held numerous assistant coaching positions. During his four-year stint at Louisville, he led the Cardinals to a 37–15 record and reached a bowl game each season, including the 2013 Sugar Bowl. After the 2013 season he left Louisville to become the head coach at the University of Texas. He was fired by Texas after the 2016 season with a 16–21 record in three seasons. One month after leaving Texas, Strong was hired at South Florida where he led the Bulls to a 21–16 record before being fired in 2019.
- ^ Solomon, Jerome (January 6, 2014). "With Strong's hire, UT peels away prejudice a layer at a time". Houston Chronicle. Archived from the original on April 21, 2015. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
The University of Texas introduced Charles Rene Strong as the school's head football coach Monday