Ricky Rahne is in his third season overall and his second season on the field as head football coach at Old Dominion. In his first season on the field in 2021, Rahne took a team that went 1-11 in 2019, and did not play in 2020, to a bowl game. ODU started the season 1-6 and won five-straight behind Rahne’s 1-0 mentality, to earn a bid to the Myrtle Beach Bowl to play Tulsa. ODU became just the third team since 1936 (AP Poll era) to start the season 1-6 or worse and win six games. Rahne helped lead Zack Kuntz to first-team Conference USA honors at tight end and 12 additional Monarchs to spots on the C-USA honorable mention team. Rahne was the offensive coordinator at Penn State for two seasons and on the Nittany Lions coaching staff for six years. Rahne was the quarterbacks coach in four of his six seasons at Penn State, as both quarterbacks he worked with were drafted into the NFL. Prior to joining Penn State, Rahne was the quarterbacks coach at Vanderbilt for three years. He spent five years at Kansas State, starting as an offensive graduate assistant before coaching the running backs and tight ends. Rahne and his wife, Jennifer, have two sons, Ryder and Jake.