Prior to his stint with the Bears, he transformed a Temple program from a 2-10 record in his first season to consecutive 10-win seasons and an American Athletic Conference championship in 2016.

Rhule has experience in the NFL as an assistant coach with the New York Giants in 2012, coaching the offensive line.

He also had prior experience at Temple (2006-11) where he worked as the offensive coordinator, quarterbacks coach and originally the defensive line coach.

From 2002-05, Rhule was in the Carolinas as an assistant coach at Western Carolina and was also part of staffs at UCLA (2001), Buffalo (1999-2000) and Albright College (1998).