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Scott Abell
Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Rice
Conference	AAC
Record	0–0
Biographical details
Born	December 5, 1969 (age 55)
Playing career
Baseball
1989–1992	Longwood
1992	Appleton Foxes
1992	Eugene Emeralds
Position(s)	Catcher, third baseman
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1993	Albemarle HS (VA) (assistant)
1994–1995	Western Albemarle HS (VA) (QB/DE)
1996	Altavista HS (VA) (OC/QB/LB)
1997–2001	Liberty HS (VA)
2002–2007	Amherst County HS (VA)
2008–2011	Washington and Lee (OC)
2012–2017	Washington and Lee
2018–2024	Davidson
2025–present	Rice
Head coaching record
Overall	86–52 (college)
Tournaments	0–3 (NCAA D-III playoffs); 0–2 (NCAA D-I playoffs)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
	3 ODAC (2012, 2015, 2017); 2 PFL (2020–21, 2021)

Scott P. Abell (born December 5, 1969) is an American football coach and former minor league baseball player who is currently the head football coach at Rice University. Abell previously served as the head football coach at Washington & Lee University in Lexington, Virginia, from 2012 to 2017 and Davidson College in Davidson, North Carolina from 2018 to 2024. Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in 1992, he played for one year in the Royals farm system until focusing on a career in coaching.^[1]

From 1993 to 1996, Abell was an assistant at several high schools in Virginia before being named the head coach at Liberty High School in Bedford, Virginia, in 1997. He was then head coach at Amherst County High School in Amherst, Virginia, from 2002 to 2007 before joining Washington and Lee as its offensive coordinator. He was promoted to head coach of the Generals in 2012, leading them to three playoff appearances.

In 2018, Abell was named head coach at Davidson, who he led to three consecutive playoff appearances.

On November 26, 2024, Abell was named head coach at Rice.^[2]

Head coaching record

College


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Washington and Lee Generals (Old Dominion Athletic Conference) (2012–2017)
2012	Washington & Lee	8–3	6–1	1st	L NCAA Division III First Round
2013	Washington & Lee	5–5	3–4	T–4th
2014	Washington & Lee	2–8	2–5	T–6th
2015	Washington & Lee	10–1	7–0	1st	L NCAA Division III First Round
2016	Washington & Lee	6–4	5–2	T–2nd
2017	Washington & Lee	8–3	5–1	1st	L NCAA Division III First Round
Washington and Lee:		39–24	28–13
Davidson Wildcats (Pioneer Football League) (2018–2024)
2018	Davidson	6–5	3–5	6th
2019	Davidson	8–4	5–3	4th
2020–21	Davidson	4–3	4–1	1st	L NCAA Division I First Round
2021	Davidson	8–3	7–1	1st	L NCAA Division I First Round
2022	Davidson	8–4	6–2	T–2nd	L NCAA Division I First Round
2023	Davidson	7–4	6–2	3rd
2024	Davidson	6–5	4–4	T–6th
Davidson:		47–28	35–18
Total:		86–52
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth

|- | style="background:#dddddd; border-bottom: 2px solid #aaaaaa;text-align:center;" colspan="9" | Rice Owls (American Athletic Conference) (2025–present) |- |scope="row"| 2025 | Rice | || || || || style="text-align:right" | || style="text-align:right" | |- style="background:#fafafa; border-top: 2px solid #aaaaaa;" | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" scope="row" | Rice: | || || colspan="5" | |- style="background:#dddddd" | colspan="2" scope="row" style="text-align:center" | Total: || 86–52 || colspan="7" | |- |- | colspan="9" | National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth |-

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References

^ "Scott Abell". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved July 10, 2018.
^ "Abell Named Owls' New Head Football Coach". Rice University Athletics. Retrieved November 26, 2024.