Homer Rice is a former American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator. From 1951 to 1961 Rice coached high school football in Tennessee and Kentucky, compiling a record of 101?9?7. As a high school coach, Rice won nine coach of the year awards. He earned 1976's "Master of the Passing Game" award. In 1962, Charlie Bradshaw hired Rice to be his offensive coordinator at the University of Kentucky. He coached the offense at Kentucky for four years, leading the SEC in offense and winning the national passing title. During the 1966 season, he served as Offensive Coordinator for the University of Oklahoma under head coach Jim McKenzie. From 1967 to 1968, he served as the head football coach at the University of Cincinnati, where he compiled an 8?10?1 record. After accepting the head coaching position at the University of Cincinnati, Oklahoma's coach Jim McKenzie died of a massive heart attack. Upon Jim's death, Oklahoma's athletic director and president called Homer Rice to request that he return to replace Jim as head coach at Oklahoma. He had already hired his staff at Cincinnati and turned down the Oklahoma job to stay committed to his staff at Cincinnati. 

January 1st, 1926 in Bellevue  /  Died:   Jun 10th, 2024 - aged 97