Rayford Petty

Rayford Tilman Petty is an American former college football player and coach. He served as head football coach at Howard University from 2002 to 2006, and again in an interim capacity in 2013, compiling an overall record of 31–36. His career also includes positions as an assistant coach at North Carolina A&T University, Southern University, Norfolk State University and Delaware State University. Petty played as a linebacker at Elon College—now known asElon University—during the late 1970s.

Rayford Petty

Playing career
1975–1976	Chowan
1977–1978	Elon
Position(s)	Linebacker
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1982–1987	North Carolina A&T (DB)
1988	Southern (DB)
1989	Southern (LB)
1990–1991	Forestville HS (MD)
1992–1999	Howard (assistant)
2000–2001	Norfolk State (DC/DB)
2002–2006	Howard
2007–2010	Delaware State (DC)
2011–2012	Howard (DC)
2013	Howard (interim HC / DC)
2014–2016	Howard (DC)
Head coaching record
Overall	31–36 (college)

Head coaching record

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Howard Bison (Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference) (2002–2006)
2002	Howard	6–5	4–4	T–5th
2003	Howard	4–7	2–5	6th
2004	Howard	6–5	3–4	T–5th
2005	Howard	4–7	1–7	T–8th
2006	Howard	5–6	4–4	T–5th
Howard Bison (Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference) (2013)
2013	Howard [n 1]	6–6	4–4	T–5th
Howard:		31–36	18–28
Total:		31–36

Notes

1. Petty served as interim head coach after Gary Harrell took a personal leave of absence for the 2013 season.^[1]

References

1. "Gary Harrell, Howard football coach, to miss 2013 season". The Washington Times. Associated Press. March 11, 2013. Retrieved December 9, 2013.

External links

• Howard profile