Tripp Merritt

Tripp Merritt
Biographical details
Born	March 5, 1968 (age 56); Albemarle, North Carolina
Died	August 10, 2020
Alma mater	University of North Carolina Charlotte
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1991–1992	Western Carolina (GA)
1993–1999	Davidson (DC)
2000–2002	Saint Mary's (CA) (AHC)
2003–2004	Bucknell (AHC/DC)
2005–2012	Davidson
2013	Lenoir–Rhyne (WR)
2014	Christ's Church Academy (FL)
2015	Susquehanna (S)
2017–2018	Wilkes (DC/S)
Head coaching record
Overall	31–51 (college)

Guy William "Tripp" Merritt III (born March 5, 1968) is an American football coach. He served as the head football coach at Davidson College from 2005 until 2012.^[1]

Head coaching record

College


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Davidson Wildcats (Pioneer Football League) (2005–2012)
2005	Davidson	4–6	1–2	3rd (south)
2006	Davidson	6–4	5–2	3rd
2007	Davidson	6–4	4–3	4th
2008	Davidson	4–7	3–5	7th
2009	Davidson	3–7	3–5	T–6th
2010	Davidson	3–8	3–5	6th
2011	Davidson	4–7	2–6	T–8th
2012	Davidson	1–8^{[n 1]}	1–5^{[n 1]}	^{[n 1]}
Davidson:		31–51	22–33
Total:		31–51

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c Merritt was fired on November 5, 2012. Brett Hayford was named interim head coach and led Davidson for the final two games of the season. The Wildcats finished 2–9 overall and 2–6 in Southeastern Conference play, placing eighth.

References

^ "Davidson releases head football coach Tripp Merritt". CharlotteObserver.com. Retrieved November 6, 2012.

External links

Wilkes profile

[2012season-2] Merritt was fired on November 5, 2012. Brett Hayford was named interim head coach and led Davidson for the final two games of the season. The Wildcats finished 2–9 overall and 2–6 in Southeastern Conference play, placing eighth.

[1] "Davidson releases head football coach Tripp Merritt". CharlotteObserver.com. Retrieved November 6, 2012.

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