| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | September 30, 1959 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1978–1980 | Southwest Texas State |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1981–1982 | Southwest Texas State (GA) |
| 1983–1989 | TCU (RB/QB) |
| 1990–1991 | TCU (OC) |
| 1992–1996 | Minnesota (OC) |
| 1997–2002 | Southwest Texas State |
| 2003–2005 | Purdue (WR) |
| 2006–2007 | Texas A&M (WR) |
| 2008–2009 | A&M Consolidated HS (TX) (assistant) |
| 2010–2011 | Sam Houston State (OC) |
| 2012–2017 | New Mexico (OC/QB) |
| 2018–2020 | Georgia Southern (OC/QB) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 27–39 |
Robert Damien DeBesse aka uncle Bob (born September 30, 1959) is an American football coach. He was most recently the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach of the Georgia Southern Eagles.[1] He was relieved of his duties by Head Coach Chad Lunsford during the 2020 season.[2]
DeBesse attended Stratford High School in Houston, Texas and earned his Bachelor of Science in education at the Southwest Texas State University in 1982.[3]
He began his coaching career as a graduate assistant at Southwest Texas State,[4] before being hired as an offensive assistant to Jim Wacker at Texas Christian University. In 1990 he was appointed offensive coordinator. DeBesse followed Wacker to Minnesota in 1992.[3] He succeeded Jim Bob Helduser as head coach at his alma mater in 1997.[3] After mediocre success, DeBesse was replaced by Manny Matsakis in 2003.[3] He joined Joe Tiller's staff at Purdue as wide receivers coach.[5]
From 2006 to 2007, he coached the same position under Dennis Franchione at Texas A&M.[3] Coach Dennis Franchione resigned from Texas A&M University at the end of the 2007. Bob Debesse wasn't retained by the newly hired head coach of Texas A&M University and has since been hired to coach the defensive backs at A&M Consolidated High School located in College Station, Texas. In January 2010 DeBesse was hired as the offensive coordinator at Sam Houston State University. Following his time at SHSU, he spent five years as OC at New Mexico. Debesse then became Offensive Coordinator at Georgia Southern.[6]
- ^ "Bob DeBesse - Assistant CoachOffensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks - Staff Directory". Georgia Southern University Athletics. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
- ^ Samuels, Doug (November 29, 2020). "Georgia Southern announces that they're making a coordinator change". footballscoop.com. Football Scoop. Retrieved November 29, 2020.
- ^ a b c d e gobearkats.com (2007). "Bob DeBesse - Football Assistant Coach - Offensive Coordinator". Sam Houston Bearkats - Football. Sam Houston State University. Retrieved January 1, 2011.
- ^ search.txstate.edu (2010). "Texas State University - San Marcos". University News Service. University News Service. Retrieved January 1, 2011.
- ^ purduesports.com (2010). "Bob DeBesse Profile". Purdue Boilermakers - Football. CBSSPORTS.com College Network (CBS Interactive). Retrieved January 1, 2011.
- ^ Richard Croome (2010). "SHSU has new coach, plenty of new players". BrazosSports.com. BrazosSports.com. Retrieved January 1, 2011.[permanent dead link] Note: Quarterbacks coach, the same position DeBesse held at Texas Christian University, University of Minnesota and Texas A&M University.