WEATHERFORD – SWOSU Football head coach
Andrew Rice has announced two changes to his full-time staff for the 2025 season.
Staffing changes include the addition of
Adam Carr, and the elevation of
Marquise Cunningham from graduate assistant to full-time. Carr will coach quarterbacks, while Cunningham will be over the defensive line.
"Both of these coaches make this program better and will represent Bulldog Nation well," said Rice. "We were fired up to get Coach Carr onboard and to be able to retain Coach Cunningham."
Carr and Cunningham have been serving in their new roles since the start of the spring semester.
Adam Carr – Quarterbacks Coach
Carr comes to Weatherford from Division I Marshall University where he spent a season as the Assistant Quarterbacks Coach. Prior to that, Carr made Division I collegiate stops at Northwestern State (2023) and Texas State (2022) where he helped coach tight ends.
He began his coaching career in 2021 at Austin High School, working with quarterbacks.
Originally from St. Louis, Missouri, Carr graduated with a bachelor's degree in finance from Texas State back in 2022 during his time as a student assistant.
Marquise Cunningham – Defensive Line Coach
Cunningham has now spent more than five years in total at SWOSU, first as a player from 2020-22 before he transitioned to a coach after his playing career ended. He came to Weatherford from Los Medanos Junior College where he was a First Team All-Conference selection on defense.
Originally from Tracy, California, Cunningham holds two degrees from SWOSU -- a bachelor's in exercise science and a master's in sports management.
Aside from Carr and Cunningham, former defensive lineman
Johnny Scales will remain a Bulldog as a graduate assistant. Scales played 30 games at SWOSU over his three-year career and accumulated nearly 70 tackles with five tackles for loss, 2.5 sacks, and two fumble recoveries.
Rice's 2025 staff is now as follows:
- Jon Clark - Assistant Football Coach / Associate Head Coach, Secondary
- Mike Lucas - Assistant Football Coach / Defensive Coordinator, Linebackers
- Boone Feldt - Assistant Football Coach / Offensive Coordinator, Offensive Line
- Adam Carr - Assistant Football Coach / Quarterbacks
- Jack Meservy - Assistant Football Coach / Wide Receivers, Recruiting Coordinator
- Marquise Cunningham - Assistant Football Coach / Defensive Line
- Collin Leyden - Assistant Football Coach / Assistant Secondary
- Mason Wrather - Assistant Football Coach / Assistant Offensive Line
- Jayce Martin - Assistant Football Coach / Tight Ends
- Johnny Scales – Assistant Football Coach / Assistant Defensive Line
- Mason Hartley - Assistant Football Coach / Assistant Linebackers
