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The University of Richmond has named Russ Huesman its football coach. He will be introduced Wednesday at 4 p.m.

Danny Rocco, UR’s coach for the last five years, left for Delaware Tuesday morning and a few hours later, Richmond offered the job to Huesman, a former Spiders’ defensive coordinator who has been Chattanooga’s coach for the last eight years.

Huesman, 56, supervised UR’s defense in its national-championship season of 2008, and is also a former William & Mary defensive coordinator.

Under Huesman, Chattanooga went 59-37, 42-20 in the Southern Conference. The Mocs went 36-16 the last four years, 25-5 in the SoCon. Chattanooga qualified for the last three FCS tournaments.

Huesman was a member of the Richmond staff 2004-08. He worked at William & Mary 1984-97. Huesman worked on the Memphis staff 1998-03.

Under Huesman, the Mocs won three consecutive Southern Conference championships (2013-15). Huesman is a native of Cincinnati who played defensive back at Chattanooga.