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{{Short description|American football player and coach (born 1965)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}}
{{Infobox college coach
| name = Paul Chryst
| image = Paul Chryst 2015.jpg
| alt = 
| caption = Chryst in 2015
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1965|11|17|mf=y}}
| birth_place = [[Madison, Wisconsin]] U.S.
| death_date = 
| death_place = 
| alma_mater = 
| player_years1 = 1986–1988
| player_team1 = [[Wisconsin Badgers football|Wisconsin]]
| player_positions = [[Quarterback]]
| coach_years1 =  1989–1990
| coach_team1 = [[West Virginia Mountaineers football|West Virginia]] ([[Graduate assistant|GA]])
| coach_years2 = 1991
| coach_team2 = [[San Antonio Riders]] (WR/TE)
| coach_years3 = 1992
| coach_team3 = San Antonio Riders (RB/TE)
| coach_years4 = 1993 (spring)
| coach_team4 = [[Edmonton Eskimos]] (WR)
| coach_years5 = 1993
| coach_team5 = [[Wisconsin–Platteville Pioneers football|Wisconsin–Platteville]] ([[Offensive coordinator|OC]]/QB/WR)
| coach_years6 = 1994 (spring)
| coach_team6 = [[Ottawa Rough Riders]] (ST)
| coach_years7 = 1994
| coach_team7 = Ottawa Rough Riders (QB/RB/WR)
| coach_years8 = 1995
| coach_team8 = [[Illinois State Redbirds football|Illinois State]] (OC/QB)
| coach_years9 = 1996
| coach_team9 = [[Saskatchewan Roughriders]] (OC/QB)
| coach_years10 = 1997–1998
| coach_team10 = [[Oregon State Beavers football|Oregon State]] (OC/QB)
| coach_years11 = 1999–2001
| coach_team11 = [[San Diego Chargers]] (TE)
| coach_years12 = 2002
| coach_team12 = Wisconsin (TE)
| coach_years13 = 2003–2004
| coach_team13 = Oregon State (OC/QB)
| coach_years14 = 2005
| coach_team14 = Wisconsin (co-OC/TE)
| coach_years15 = 2006–2011
| coach_team15 = Wisconsin (OC/QB)
| coach_years16 = 2012–2014
| coach_team16 = [[Pittsburgh Panthers football|Pittsburgh]]
| coach_years17 = 2015–2022
| coach_team17 = Wisconsin
| coach_years18 = 2023
| coach_team18 = [[Texas Longhorns football|Texas]] (OA/special asst. to HC)
| overall_record = 86–45
| bowl_record = 7–2
| tournament_record = 
| championships = 3 [[Big Ten Conference|Big Ten]] West Division (2016, 2017, 2019)
| awards = 2× [[Big Ten Conference football individual awards#Dave McClain / Hayes–Schembechler Coach of the Year|Big Ten Coach of the Year]] (2016, 2017)
| coaching_records = 
}}
'''Paul Joseph Chryst'''<ref>[http://www.wisc.edu/directories/person.php?name=PAUL+JOSEPH+CHRYST&email=pjc%40athletics.wisc.edu&query=chryst Directory search result: Paul Joseph Chryst] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161114001953/http://www.wisc.edu/directories/person.php?name=PAUL%20JOSEPH%20CHRYST&email=pjc%40athletics.wisc.edu&query=chryst |date=November 14, 2016 }}. University of Wisconsin-Madison. Accessed November 12, 2016.</ref> (born November 17, 1965) is an American [[gridiron football|football]] coach. He served as the head football coach at the [[University of Pittsburgh]] from 2012 to 2014 and the [[University of Wisconsin—Madison]] from 2015 to 2022. Chryst had previously been the [[offensive coordinator]] at Wisconsin from 2005 through 2011. He also served in the same capacity at [[Oregon State University]] and was an assistant coach for the [[San Diego Chargers]] of the [[National Football League]] (NFL). Chryst played [[college football]] at Wisconsin, where he lettered as a [[quarterback]] and [[tight end]] from 1986 to 1988.

==Early life==
The son of a [[high school football]] coach, Chryst was born and raised in [[Madison, Wisconsin]]. The family moved to [[Platteville, Wisconsin]], when his father, [[George Chryst]], became the head football coach at the [[University of Wisconsin–Platteville]] in 1979.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1992/12/07/george-chryst-football-coach-at-uw-platteville/ |title=George Chryst, Football Coach At UW-Platteville |date=December 7, 1992 |publisher=[[Chicago Tribune]] |access-date=December 19, 2011}}</ref>

Chryst attended [[Platteville High School]], where he was a three-time letterman in football and basketball, and also lettered in baseball and track. As the starting [[quarterback]], he led the 1982 and 1983 Hillmen to consecutive Southern Eight Conference titles and the Wisconsin Division 4 state championship in 1983.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=GdJFAAAAIBAJ&sjid=efYMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4922,1547848 |title=Platteville captures state football title |last=Rezell |first=John |date=November 13, 1983 |publisher=[[Telegraph Herald]] |access-date=December 19, 2011}}</ref>

Chryst graduated from the [[University of Wisconsin–Madison|University of Wisconsin]] in 1988 with a degree in [[political science]], and was a two-time football letter winner at the quarterback and tight end position for the Badgers. He added a master's degree in educational administration from [[West Virginia University]] in 1990.

==Coaching career==
Paul Chryst started his career as a graduate assistant at [[West Virginia Mountaineers football|West Virginia]] (1989–90), and was then an assistant coach for the [[NFL Europe|World League's]] [[San Antonio Riders]] (1991–92), [[Wisconsin–Platteville Pioneers football|Wisconsin–Platteville]] (1993), [[Canadian Football League|CFL's]] [[Ottawa Rough Riders]] (1994), [[Illinois State Redbirds football|Illinois State]] (1995), CFL's [[Saskatchewan Roughriders]] (1996), and [[Oregon State Beavers football|Oregon State]] (1997–98).

He was the [[tight end]]s coach for the NFL's [[San Diego Chargers]] from 1999 to 2001, where he was instrumental in the development of [[Freddie Jones (American football)|Freddie Jones]] into one of the NFL's top [[tight end]]s, as well as coaching [[Steve Heiden]], who eventually started with the [[Cleveland Browns]].

Chryst returned to college football in 2002 as [[Wisconsin Badgers football|Wisconsin's]] tight ends coach. He then became the [[offensive coordinator]] and quarterbacks coach at Oregon State in 2003. The Beavers ranked 10th nationally in total offense (463.0 ypg) and 6th nationally in passing yardage per game (328.1) in 2003. The 2003 Beavers became the first team in [[NCAA Division I]] history with a 4,000-yard passer, 1,500-yard rusher and two 1,000-yard receivers. Among the Oregon State stars he coached were RB [[Ken Simonton]], the school's career [[rush (gridiron football)|rush]]ing leader, QB [[Derek Anderson (American football)|Derek Anderson]], who left as the [[Pac-10]]'s No. 2 career passing leader, and RB [[Steven Jackson]], a 2004 first-round draft choice for the [[St. Louis Rams]].

Chryst came back to Wisconsin in 2005 as co-offensive coordinator and tight ends coach. Under his direction, the Wisconsin offense showed immediate and drastic improvement. The 2005 team set school records for both scoring average (34.3 ppg) and for points scored in a season (446). UW scored at least 40 points six times in 2005. After ending the 2005 season with a 10–3 record, Chryst became the sole offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach. The 2006 offense was again potent under Chryst, and helped the team to a strong 12–1 finish. Chryst's strong offenses helped guide Wisconsin to back-to-back [[Rose Bowl Game|Rose Bowl]] appearances in 2010 and 2011. Chryst was a 2011 finalist for the [[Broyles Award]], given annually to the nation's top college football assistant coach.

===University of Pittsburgh===
Chryst was hired as the head football coach at [[Pittsburgh Panthers football|Pittsburgh]] on December 22, 2012. Chryst went 19–19 across three seasons at Pittsburgh and won one bowl game, the [[2013 Little Caesars Pizza Bowl]].

===University of Wisconsin===
On December 17, 2014, Chryst was introduced as the head coach at Wisconsin following the departure of [[Gary Andersen]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Report: Paul Chryst set to return to UW as Badgers head coach|url=http://www.channel3000.com/news/source-paul-chryst-set-to-return-to-uw-as-badgers-head-coach/30193698|publisher=[[WISC-TV]]|access-date=December 12, 2014|archive-date=December 13, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141213014744/http://www.channel3000.com/news/source-paul-chryst-set-to-return-to-uw-as-badgers-head-coach/30193698|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In Chryst's [[2015 Wisconsin Badgers football team|first season]], the Badgers went 10–3 and finished 1st nationally in scoring defense (13.7 points per game) and 2nd in total defense (268.5 yards per game). All three losses came to teams that were in the [[2015 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings|AP top 25]] at the end of the season, eventual national champions #1 [[2015 Alabama Crimson Tide football team|Alabama]], #9 [[2015 Iowa Hawkeyes football team|Iowa]] and #23 [[2015 Northwestern Wildcats football team|Northwestern]]. Chryst also won the [[2015 Holiday Bowl|Holiday Bowl]] against [[2015 USC Trojans football team|USC]], whom the Badgers had a 0–6 record against before the game, with their last meeting being in 1965 at the [[Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum]].

In the opening game of the [[2016 Wisconsin Badgers football team|2016 season]], the unranked Badgers upset #5 [[2016 LSU Tigers football team|LSU]] at [[Lambeau Field]]. Following the opening week of college football when the new [[AP Poll]] was released the Badgers were ranked #10, the highest the Badgers had been ranked since the [[2011 Wisconsin Badgers football team|2011 season]] where Chryst was the offensive coordinator for the [[Russell Wilson]]-led Wisconsin team. On November 29, 2016, Chryst was selected by coaches as the [[Big Ten Conference football individual awards#Dave McClain / Hayes–Schembechler Coach of the Year|Hayes-Schembechler Coach of the Year]] in the Big Ten Conference.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/big10/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/2016-17/misc_non_event/FBTuesAllB1G.pdf |title=2016 Big Ten Individual Award Winners |publisher=Big Ten Conference |work=www.grfx.cstv.com |access-date=November 30, 2016 |archive-date=November 29, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161129231830/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/big10/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/2016-17/misc_non_event/FBTuesAllB1G.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Despite the Badgers going 12–1 in [[2017 Wisconsin Badgers football team|2017]], Wisconsin was held out of the College Football Playoff. However, Chryst was again named the Hayes–Schembechler Big Ten Coach of the Year and Wisconsin beat [[2017 Miami Hurricanes football team|Miami]] in the [[2017 Orange Bowl]].

In [[2018 Wisconsin Badgers football team|2018]], the Badgers finished 5–4 in Big Ten play, tying for second place in the West Division. Overall they were 8–5 with a win over [[2018 Miami Hurricanes football team|Miami]] in the [[2018 Pinstripe Bowl]].

The [[2019 Wisconsin Badgers football team|2019 Badgers]] went 10–4, winning the Big Ten West division but ending their season with losses to [[2019 Ohio State Buckeyes football team|Ohio State]] in the [[2019 Big Ten Football Championship Game|Big Ten Football Championship Game]] and [[2019 Oregon Ducks football team|Oregon]] in the [[2020 Rose Bowl|Rose Bowl]].

The [[2020 Wisconsin Badgers football team|2020 season]] was delayed and shortened due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in the United States|COVID-19 pandemic]]. The Badger finished 4–3 with a win over [[2020 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team|Wake Forest]] in the [[2020 Duke's Mayo Bowl|Duke's Mayo Bowl]]

In [[2021 Wisconsin Badgers football team|2021]], the Badgers started with a dismal 1–3 record, before starting a 7-game win streak.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-11-21|title=Wisconsin's rushing production in 8-game win streak vs. Nebraska is remarkable|url=https://badgerswire.usatoday.com/lists/wisconsins-rushing-production-in-8-game-win-streak-vs-nebraska-is-remarkable/|access-date=2021-11-28|website=Badgers Wire|language=en-US}}</ref> They lost their regular season finale against [[2021 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team|Minnesota]] and fell out of contention to win the Big Ten West. The Badgers finished the season with a record of 9–4 with victory over [[2021 Arizona State Sun Devils football team|Arizona State]] in the [[2021 Las Vegas Bowl|Las Vegas Bowl]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Video highlights: ASU loses to Wisconsin in Las Vegas Bowl|url=https://247sports.com/college/arizona-state/Article/ASU-Football-Wisconsin-Las-Vegas-Bowl-Video-Highlights-Pac-12-Highlights-Big-Ten-179467354/|access-date=2021-12-31|website=SunDevilSource.com|language=en-US}}</ref>

Chryst was fired on October 2, 2022, after the Badgers started the [[2022 Wisconsin Badgers football team|2022 season]] 2–3 (0–2 Big Ten).<ref>{{cite tweet |last=Rittenberg |first=Adam |author-link=Adam Rittenberg |user=ESPNRittenberg |number=1576711189182271488 |date=October 2, 2022 |title=SOURCE: Paul Chryst is out as #Wisconsin coach. Jim Leonhard will be the team's interim coach. Announcement will be coming shortly. |language=en |access-date=December 1, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221019210521/https://twitter.com/espnrittenberg/status/1576711189182271488 |archive-date=October 19, 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet |last=Feldman |first=Bruce |author-link=Bruce Feldman |user=BruceFeldmanCFB |number=1576715663757914113 |date=October 2, 2022 |title=BREAKING Paul Chryst is out as Wisconsin's coach, per source. The news was first reported by @ESPNRittenberg. Chryst was 67-26 as the Badgers head coach but just 2-3 this year. An official announcement is expected soon. |language=en |access-date=December 1, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221003000953/https://twitter.com/BruceFeldmanCFB/status/1576715663757914113 |archive-date=October 3, 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet |last=McMurphy |first=Brett |user=Brett_McMurphy |number=1576714812771667968 |date=October 2, 2022 |title=Wisconsin cuts ties w/Paul Chryst, source told @ActionNetworkHQ. 1st reported by @ESPNRittenberg. Jim Leonhard will be UW's interim coach. Chryst was at Wisconsin 8 years, w/ a 72 percent winning percentage |language=en |access-date=December 1, 2022}}</ref> He finished at Wisconsin with an overall record of 67–26 ({{winpct|67|26|0}}), and 43–18 ({{winpct|43|18|0}}) in Big Ten play.

==Personal life==
Chryst and his wife, Robin, have three children, daughters Katy and JoJo, and son Danny. He is the brother of former [[Mid-American Conference]] commissioner [[Rick Chryst]] and former [[San Francisco 49ers]] offensive coordinator [[Geep Chryst]]. His nephews [[Keller Chryst]] and Jackson Chryst play football. Keller played quarterback for [[Tennessee Volunteers football|Tennessee]] while Jackson is a quarterback at [[University of Wisconsin Whitewater]].

==Head coaching record==
{{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = | poll = both }}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name      = [[Pittsburgh Panthers football|Pittsburgh Panthers]]
 | conf      = [[Big East Conference (1979–2013)|Big East Conference]]
 | startyear = 2012
 | endyear   = single
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | year         = [[2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season|2012]]
 | name         = [[2012 Pittsburgh Panthers football team|Pittsburgh]]
 | overall      = 6–7
 | conference   = 3–4
 | confstanding = 5th
 | bowlname     = [[2013 BBVA Compass Bowl|BBVA Compass]]
 | bowloutcome  = L
 | ranking      = 
 | ranking2     = 
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name      = [[Pittsburgh Panthers football|Pittsburgh Panthers]]
 | conf      = [[Atlantic Coast Conference]]
 | startyear = 2013
 | endyear   = 2014
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | year         = [[2013 NCAA Division I FBS football season|2013]]
 | name         = [[2013 Pittsburgh Panthers football team|Pittsburgh]]
 | overall      = 7–6
 | conference   = 3–5
 | confstanding = 6th <small>(Coastal)</small>
 | bowlname     = [[2013 Little Caesars Pizza Bowl|Little Caesars Pizza]]
 | bowloutcome  = W
 | ranking      = 
 | ranking2     =
}} 
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | year         = [[2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season|2014]]
 | name         = [[2014 Pittsburgh Panthers football team|Pittsburgh]]
 | overall      = 6–6
 | conference   = 4–4
 | confstanding = T–3rd <small>(Coastal)</small>
 | bowlname     = [[2015 Armed Forces Bowl (January)|Armed Forces]]{{efn|Chryst left for Wisconsin after the regular season; [[Joe Rudolph]] coached the Panthers to a 34–35 loss to Houston in the Armed Forces Bowl.}}
 | bowloutcome  =
 | ranking      = 
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}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
 | name       = Pittsburgh
 | overall    = 19–19 
 | confrecord = 10–13 
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name      = [[Wisconsin Badgers football|Wisconsin Badgers]]
 | conf      = [[Big Ten Conference]]
 | startyear = 2015
 | endyear   = 2022
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season|2015]]
 | name         = [[2015 Wisconsin Badgers football team|Wisconsin]]
 | overall      = 10–3
 | conference   = 6–2
 | confstanding = T–2nd <small>(West)</small>
 | bowlname     = [[2015 Holiday Bowl|Holiday]]
 | bowloutcome  = W
 | ranking      = 21
 | ranking2     = 21
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = division
 | year         = [[2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season|2016]]
 | name         = [[2016 Wisconsin Badgers football team|Wisconsin]]
 | overall      = 11–3 
 | conference   = 7–2
 | confstanding = 1st <small>(West)</small>
 | bowlname     = [[2017 Cotton Bowl Classic (January)|Cotton]]
 | bcsbowl      = yes
 | bowloutcome  = W
 | ranking      = 9
 | ranking2     = 9
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = division
 | year         = [[2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season|2017]]
 | name         = [[2017 Wisconsin Badgers football team|Wisconsin]]
 | overall      = 13–1 
 | conference   = 9–0
 | confstanding = 1st <small>(West)</small>
 | bowlname     = [[2017 Orange Bowl|Orange]] 
 | bcsbowl      = yes
 | bowloutcome  = W
 | ranking      = 6
 | ranking2     = 7
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season|2018]]
 | name         = [[2018 Wisconsin Badgers football team|Wisconsin]]
 | overall      = 8–5
 | conference   = 5–4
 | confstanding = T–2nd <small>(West)</small>
 | bowlname     =[[2018 Pinstripe Bowl|Pinstripe]]
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | bowloutcome  = W
 | ranking      = 
 | ranking2     = 
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = division
 | year         = [[2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season|2019]]
 | name         = [[2019 Wisconsin Badgers football team|Wisconsin]]
 | overall      = 10–4
 | conference   = 7–2
 | confstanding = T–1st <small>(West)</small>
 | bowlname     = [[2020 Rose Bowl|Rose]]
 | bcsbowl      = yes
 | bowloutcome  = L
 | ranking      = 13
 | ranking2     = 11
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season|2020]]
 | name         = [[2020 Wisconsin Badgers football|Wisconsin]]
 | overall      = 4–3
 | conference   = 3–3
 | confstanding = 3rd <small>(West)</small>
 | bowlname     = [[2020 Duke's Mayo Bowl|Duke's Mayo]]
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | bowloutcome  = W
 | ranking      = 
 | ranking2     = 
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[2021 NCAA Division I FBS football season|2021]]
 | name         = [[2021 Wisconsin Badgers football team|Wisconsin]]
 | overall      = 9–4
 | conference   = 6–3
 | confstanding = T–2nd <small>(West)</small>
 | bowlname     = [[2021 Las Vegas Bowl|Las Vegas]]
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | bowloutcome  = W
 | ranking      = 
 | ranking2     = 
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[2022 NCAA Division I FBS football season|2022]]
 | name         = [[2022 Wisconsin Badgers football team|Wisconsin]]
 | overall      = 2–3{{efn|Paul Chryst was the head coach for the first five games of the season. Wisconsin fired Chryst on October 2, 2022.}}
 | conference   = 0–2
 | confstanding = 
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 | bcsbowl      = 
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 | ranking      = 
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}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
 | name       = Wisconsin
 | overall    = 67–26 <!-- As of games through 10/1/22 -->
 | confrecord = 43–18 <!-- As of games through 10/1/22 -->
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record End
 | overall   = 86–45 <!-- As of games through 10/1/22 -->
 | yearstart = 2016
 | yearend   =
 | poll      = two
 | polltype  = 
 | legend    = 
}}
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==References==
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==External links==
* [https://uwbadgers.com/sports/football/roster/coaches/paul-chryst/212 Wisconsin profile]

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