Rusty Whitt

Russell T. Whitt
Coach Whitt following Texas Tech's victory over TCU in 2016
Current position
TitleDirector, Strength and Conditioning Coach
TeamTulane
ConferenceAAC
Biographical details
Born (1971-07-06) July 6, 1971
Azle, Texas
Alma mater
Playing career
1990–1994Abilene Christian
Position(s)Safety
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1995–1996Midwestern State (grad. asst.)
1996–1997Texas (grad. asst.)
1997U.S. Olympic Training Center (speed & agility coord.)
1997–1998William & Mary (asst. strength and conditioning)
1998Louisville (asst. strength and conditioning)
1998–2003Sam Houston State (head strength and conditioning)
2009–2010Rice (asst. coordinator, strength and conditioning)
2010–2015Louisiana–Lafayette (head strength and conditioning)
2016–2018Texas Tech (head strength and conditioning)
2019Army (asst. strength and conditioning)
2020–2023Troy (head strength and conditioning)
2024–presentTulane (director, strength and conditioning)
Accomplishments and honors
Awards

Russell T. Whitt (born July 6, 1971) is the head strength and conditioning coach for the Tulane Green Wave football team in New Orleans, LA. He previously served as the head S&C coach with the Troy Trojans football team in Troy, AL from 2020 to 2023. He previously served as an assistant S&C coach with the Army Black Knights football team at the United States Military Academy in West Point, NY in 2019 and as the head S&C coach for the Texas Tech Red Raiders football team in Lubbock, TX from 2016 to 2018 and the Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns football team in Lafayette, LA from 2010 to 2016.