Butch Woolbright Position: Head Coach

Butch Woolbright is entering his 17th year as head coach of The University of Memphis Rifle Team. In U of M's first year of competition in NCAA Rifle, 1993, Woolbright was voted Great Midwest Conference Coach of the Year. In 1998 he was named the Conference-USA Rifle Coach of the Year, when his squad won the C-USA Rifle Championship held in St. Louis.

Woolbright is classified as a master in small bore rifle and high power rifle. He holds the Distinguished Rifleman Award for excellence in service rifle competition and is a member of the Marine Corps Distinguished Shooters Association. Woolbright also made the President's 100 at the U.S. National Championships in 1987, placing 11th among civilians and 48th overall out of 1,542 civilian and military competitors. Woolbright has won nine other medals in competition at the U.S. National Matches at Camp Perry, Ohio.

Retired after 23 years with Ford Motor Company, Butch and his wife Tonya have two sons, Jason and Jeremy and two grandchildren, Jessica and Jacob.