player_team coach_years current_team player_positions overall_record player_years coach_team current_title cfbdwid sport current_conference article_title name alma_mater
chowan jc elon 1982 -- 1999 2000 -- 2001 2002 -- 2006 2007 -- -- 2010 2011 -- 2013 1987 1988 1989 1990 -- 1991 1992 howard linebacker 31 -- 36 -lrb- college -rrb- 1975 -- 1976 1977 -- 1978 north -lrb- db -rrb- southern -lrb- lb -rrb- forestville hs -lrb- carolina md -rrb- howard -lrb- assistant -rrb- norfolk state -lrb- dc/db a -rrb- howard delaware state -lrb- dc -rrb- howard -lrb- dc & -rrb- howard -lrb- interim -rrb- t -lrb- db -rrb- southern defensive coordinator 2820 football meac rayford petty
 rayford petty elon university
rayford petty

rayford tilman petty is an american college football coach and former player .
he is currently the defensive coordinator at howard university , a position he has held since the 2011 season .
petty served as head coach at howard from 2002 to 2006 , and again in an interim capacity in 2013 , compiling an overall record of 31 wins and 36 losses .
his career also includes positions as an assistant coach at north carolina a&t university , southern university , norfolk state university and delaware state university .
a graduate of elon university , petty played as a linebacker for the phoenix during the late 1970s .
