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Tre Lamb
Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Tulsa
Conference	AAC
Record	0–0
Biographical details
Born	September 16, 1989 (age 35); Calhoun, Georgia, U.S.
Playing career
2008–2012	Tennessee Tech
Position(s)	Quarterback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2013	Tennessee Tech (QB)
2014–2017	Mercer (QB)
2018–2019	Tennessee Tech (OC)
2020–2023	Gardner–Webb
2024	East Tennessee State
2025–present	Tulsa
Head coaching record
Overall	27–25
Tournaments	1–2 (NCAA D-I playoffs)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
	Big South (2022); Big South–OVC (2023)

Tre Lamb (born September 16, 1989) is an American college football coach and former player. He is the head football coach at Tulsa, a position he has held since December 2024.^[1] Lamb served as the head football coach at East Tennessee State during the 2024 season. He previously worked as an assistant coach at Tennessee Tech and Mercer University.

Playing career

Lamb attended Tennessee Tech, where he was a three-year starting quarterback. In 2011, he led the Golden Eagles to the program's first Ohio Valley Conference championship victory in 36 years. That same year, he helped the Golden Eagles break nine program records including points scored in a season (355), highest scoring average in a season (32.3 points per game), and most first downs in a season (238).^[2] He was the recipient of the Robert Hill Johnson Award.^[3] He graduated from Tennessee Tech with a bachelor's degree in interdisciplinary studies.^[2]

Coaching career

Tennessee Tech

In 2013, Lamb was hired as the quarterbacks coach at Tennessee Tech.

Mercer

In 2014, Lamb was hired as the quarterbacks coach at Mercer. Lamb's focus while at Mercer was on player development. He helped the Bears' quarterbacks set a new program record for passing yards.^[3]

Tennessee Tech (second stint)

In 2018, Lamb was hired as the offensive coordinator at Tennessee Tech. During his stint at Tennessee Tech, he engineered a remarkable turnaround in the program's offense. In 2017 and 2018 combined, the Golden Eagles won just 2 games. During the 2019 season, with Lamb's assistance, the Golden Eagles improved their overall record to 6–6. In 2019, the Golden Eagles accumulated 348 total scoring points which was 58% greater than other scoring offenses in the Ohio Valley Conference.^[4]

Gardner–Webb

On December 14, 2019, Lamb was named the head coach at Gardner–Webb University,^[5] replacing Carroll McCray. Going into his first season, his recruiting class was ranked third in the Big South Conference. Included in this class were four three-star recruits.

In his third season, three milestones were reached for the program. For the first time since 2003, the team won the Big South conference title. They clinched an automatic bid to the FCS Playoffs, their first playoff appearance as an FCS team and first as a program since the 1992 NAIA playoffs.^[6] Their best season in 19 years would be further added on with a win over Eastern Kentucky in the first round of the playoffs, their first FCS playoff win in program history.

In his fourth season, three more milestones were reached for the program. They finished as Big South–OVC co-champions with UT Martin, but they would get an automatic bid to the FCS Playoffs from a 38–34 win over the Skyhawks on Oct. 28, 2023.^[7] This would be the first time they would have back-to-back conference titles and winning seasons since 2002–03. This would also be the first back-to-back postseason appearances in program history.

East Tennessee State

Tre Lamb was named head coach at East Tennessee State in November of 2023.^[8]^[9]

ETSU had gone 3-8 for two years in a row before Lamb arrived as head coach. He quickly turned them around to a record of 7-5 in his only season there. One of the losses was to FBS member Appalachian State, and the other four losses were single digit losses by a combined 19 points.

Tulsa

On December 8th, 2024, Lamb was named the head football coach for the Tulsa Hurricane. ^[10]

Personal life

Tre's father Hal Lamb, was a successful high school football coach, winning three Georgia state titles for Calhoun High; his grandfather Ray also coached to three high school state titles. He is the nephew of longtime college head coach Bobby Lamb, and cousin of former Appalachian State quarterback and current position coach Taylor Lamb.^[11]

Head coaching record


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Gardner–Webb Runnin' Bulldogs (Big South Conference) (2020–2022)
2020–21	Gardner–Webb	2–2	0–2	T–4th
2021	Gardner–Webb	4–7	2–5	T–8th
2022	Gardner–Webb	7–6	5–0	1st	L NCAA Division I Second Round
Gardner–Webb Runnin' Bulldogs (Big South–OVC Football Association) (2023)
2023	Gardner–Webb	7–5	5–1	T–1st	L NCAA Division I First Round
Gardner–Webb:		20–20	12–8
East Tennessee State Buccaneers (Southern Conference) (2024)
2024	East Tennessee State	7–5	5–3	T–3rd
East Tennessee State:		7–5	5–3
Total:		27–25
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth