JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (AP) — East Tennessee State coach Carl Torbush, who went to high school in Knoxville, has announced his retirement.
The 66-year-old Torbush had been ETSU's football coach since the school relaunched its football program in 2015 after shutting it down for financial reasons in 2003. Torbush led ETSU to an 11-22 record in three seasons, including a 4-7 mark this season.
Torbush is a graduate of Austin-East High School and Carson Newman College and was an All-American in football and baseball.
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He owns an overall head coaching record of 31-48 in seven years. He coached Louisiana Tech in 1987 and North Carolina from 1998-2000. He also was a defensive coordinator at six different Football Bowl Subdivision programs.
At a Friday news conference, Torbush said that "I don't want to be 72 and coaching football. I want to be able to enjoy football. I want to be able to enjoy some of the other things in life."
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