Background
Willingham, Tyrone was born on December 30, 1953 in Kinston, North Carolina, United States.
Willingham, Tyrone was born on December 30, 1953 in Kinston, North Carolina, United States.
Degree in physical education, Michigan State University, East Lansing, 1977.
Graduate assistant Michigan State University, 1977, secondary, special teams coach, 1980—1982. Secondary coach Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, 1978—1979. Secondary, special teams coach North Carolina State University, Raleigh, 1983—1985.
Receivers, special teams coach Rice University, Houston. Running backs coach Stanford University, California, 1989—1991, head coach, 1995—2001. Running backs coach Minnesota Vikings, 1992—1994.
Head coach University Notre Dame, Indiana, 2002—2004, University Washington, Seattle, since 2005. President American Football Coaches Association, since 2008.
Former board member Opportunities Industrialization Center West. Former national advisory board member Stanford University Haas Center Public Service. Member of American Football Coaches Association (member rules committee, child identification spokesman, president 2008, Region 5 Coach the Year 1999).
Married Kim Willingham. Children: Cassidy, Kelsey, Nathaniel.