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Tim Kish (born July 1, 1954) is a retired
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coach. Kish previously served as the
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and linebackers coach at the
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before being promoted to interim head coach upon the firing of head coach
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on October 10, 2011. He was succeeded as Arizona's head coach by
Rich Rodriguez Richard Alan Rodriguez (; born May 24, 1963), also known as Rich Rod, is an American college football coach and former player. He is the current head football coach at West Virginia Mountaineers football, West Virginia University, his second sti ...
. Prior to his retirement at the end of the 2018 season, Kish served as
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s coach for seven seasons at the
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.


Coaching career

Kish was hired as Arizona's linebackers coach when Stoops was made head coach. He served in that capacity for three seasons until being promoted to assistant coach. In 2010, he was made co-defensive coordinator with Greg Brown and was made the sole defensive coordinator in 2011 when Brown left to take the same position at
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. After a 1–5 start to the season which extended Arizona's losing streak against FBS programs to ten games (the one win came against FCS
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) Stoops was fired and Kish was promoted to interim head coach. In his first game as interim head coach, the Wildcats defeated UCLA, 48–12, 355 days after their last win over an FBS opponent, which also came against UCLA. Kish would lose the next three games on the schedule but closed out the conference slate by defeating the rival
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in Tempe, reclaiming the
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in the 85th Duel in the Desert. Two days later,
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was named Arizona's new full-time head coach. Kish would finish the season with a 45-37 victory over Louisiana-Lafayette in his final game as head coach. Kish was not retained on Rodriguez' new staff and was succeeded as defensive coordinator and linebackers coach by Jeff Casteel.


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