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Mike Rish
Mike Rish enters his 28th season on the Torero staff where he is Senior Offensive Assistant. He returns to help coach the receivers, something he has done for twenty-six of the past twenty-seven Torero seasons. In 2008 the Torero receiving corp accounted for 243 receptions for 2,960 yards and 37 touchdowns. Senior John Matthews earned First Team All-America honors and was a final candidate for the Walter Payton Award. He led all FCS players with 102 receptions for 1,478 yards and 21 touchdowns. In 2007 the Torero receivers accounted for 3,270 yards and 48 touchdown receptions. Junior John Matthews set a new Torero mark with 16 touchdown receptions, while senior Wes Doyle tied the school mark of 73 receptions in a season. Mike played for USD from 1979-83 where he posted career numbers that make him one of the best receivers ever to play at USD -- he ranks second all-time with 101 receptions, 18 receiving touchdowns and 1,722 receiving yards. He held the school marks in all three career receiving departments from 1983 through 1997; he was passed by Torero receiver Dylan Ching. In 1983 he was selected the team's scholar-athlete by the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame. In the Toreros' nationally-televised game between Occidental in 1982, Rish was named the CBS Chevrolet Player of the Game. Mike graduated from USD with an Accounting degree in 1984. He is the Senior Vice President for Secondary Marketing for Guild Mortgage Company in San Diego. |
