APSU Sports: Austin Peay Football
Clarksville, TN – Rick Christophel, Austin Peay State University’s football coach the last six seasons, has been offered the job as tight ends coach with the Arizona Cardinals.
Christophel owns a 20-46 record at his alma mater, a 1975 graduate who started three seasons as Govs quarterback. Prior to accepting his first head-coaching assignment at his APSU, he spent more than a dozen seasons at UAB. From 1991-94, he worked at Mississippi State, where he was a coaching associate of Bruce Arians, the new Arizona Cardinals head coach.
Christophel became APSU’s 17th head coach in Spring 2007, replacing Carroll McCray. The Govs went 7-4 in his first season, including 5-3 in the OVC. The Govs owned a 2-9 record in 2012, finishing the season with a 38-31 victory against Tennessee Tech.