Current position | |
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Title | Athletic director, head coach |
Team | Pikeville |
Conference | AAC |
Record | 17–13 |
Biographical details | |
Born | c. 1982 (age 41–42) Maxwell, California, U.S. |
Alma mater | Harding University (2004) |
Playing career | |
2000–2003 | Harding |
Position(s) | Tackle |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
2004–2006 | Harding (assistant) |
2007 | Frisco Thunder (assistant) |
2008 | First Baptist Academy (TX) (assistant) |
2009–2011 | Faulkner (OC) |
2012 | Sacramento City (AHC/OC) |
2013 | Montana Tech (OC/QB) |
2014 | Belhaven (co-OC/OL) |
2015–2016 | Missouri Southern (OC) |
2017–2020 | Kentucky Christian |
2021–present | Pikeville |
Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
2024–present | Pikeville |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 29–42 |
Corey Fipps (born c. 1982) is an American college football coach. He is the head football coach for the University of Pikeville, a position he has held since 2021. He was the head football coach for Kentucky Christian University from 2017 to 2020.
Fipps played college football for Harding as an offensive tackle.[1]
Fipps began his coaching career with his alma mater, Harding, before coaching for the Frisco Thunder of the Intense Football League (IFL) and First Baptist Academy of Dallas.[2]
In 2009, Fipps was hired as the offensive coordinator for Faulkner.[3] He coached All-American quarterback Josh Hollingsworth during his tenure. In 2012, Fipps was hired as the assistant head coach and offensive coordinator for Sacramento City. After one season he was hired as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for Montana Tech.[4][5] In 2014, he served as the co-offensive coordinator and offensive line coach under head coach Hal Mumme at Belhaven.[6] In 2015, Fipps was hired as the offensive coordinator for Missouri Southern.[7]
In 2017, Fipps was hired as the head football coach for Kentucky Christian.[8] In four seasons as head coach he led the team to a 12–29 record including one of their best seasons of all time in 2020 as they finished with a 6–2 record.[9] In 2021, he was hired by Mid-South Conference (MSC) rival Pikeville as their head football coach.[9][10][11][12][13] In three seasons he has amassed an overall record of 17–13 including a high of 7–3 in 2023.[14]
In March 2024, Fipps was named athletic director for Pikeville.[15][16]
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Kentucky Christian Knights (Mid-South Conference) (2017–2020) | |||||||||
2017 | Kentucky Christian | 1–10 | 1–5 | 6th (Bluegrass) | |||||
2018 | Kentucky Christian | 2–9 | 1–5 | 6th (Bluegrass) | |||||
2019 | Kentucky Christian | 3–8 | 2–4 | 5th (Appalachian) | |||||
2020–21 | Kentucky Christian | 6–2 | 4–2 | 3rd (Appalachian) | |||||
Kentucky Christian: | 12–29 | 8–16 | |||||||
Pikeville Bears (Mid-South Conference) (2021–2022) | |||||||||
2021 | Pikeville | 4–6 | 2–5 | T–6th (Bluegrass) | |||||
2022 | Pikeville | 6–4 | 5–3 | T–3rd | |||||
Pikeville Bears (Appalachian Athletic Conference) (2023–present) | |||||||||
2023 | Pikeville | 7–3 | 5–1 | 2nd | |||||
2024 | Pikeville | 0–0 | 0–0 | ||||||
Pikeville: | 17–13 | 12–9 | |||||||
Total: | 29–42 |