Uh–Oh! Comegy is named the 16th head coach of the MVSU football team; Blake Gaines, Director of University Bands

HEAD COACH RICK COMEGY (r)
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY DELTA DEVILS
(Courtesy: MVSU Athletics)

ITTA BENA, Mississippi  -- Mississippi Valley State has hired Rick Comegy to be its next football coach.

The school announced the hiring of the 60-year-old Comegy on Tuesday. He was fired by Jackson State in December despite a 55-35 record over eight seasons, including an 8-4 mark last season.

He wasn't unemployed for long, landing at a rival school about 100 miles away.

Comegy, who has a career record of 164-86 over 22 seasons at Tuskegee, Cheyney, Central State and Jackson State, will try to turn around a Mississippi Valley State program that has historically struggled. The Delta Devils have the Southwestern Athletic Conference's smallest athletic budget.


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Today, Mississippi Valley hired two bookends...Rick Comegy and Blake Gaines! Regardless of the budgetary challenges at Valley, these two cornerstones will raise the Valley to championship statue in short order.  Congratulations to the Mississippi Valley State University Delta Devils family for these monster hires!  Go Delta Devils! Go SWAC!!

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