Rachid Ibrahim

Biography

Rachid Ibrahim joined Russ Huesman’s staff as running backs coach in March 2024. Ibrahim comes to the Spiders after coaching stints at Virginia Tech and Wisconsin. Under Ibrahim's guidance in 2025, Aziz Foster-Powell, named Second Team All-Patriot League, led the team with 594 yards on 125 carries, scoring four rushing touchdowns and adding a receiving touchdown. Andrew King totaled 178 yards and one touchdown on 29 carries, including 100 yards and a touchdown against VMI on September 20, and caught 23 passes for 173 yards and three touchdowns. Jamaal Brown finished as the team’s third-leading rusher with 296 yards on 65 carries, including a career-high 153 yards and a 43-yard long run against VMI, marking his first 100-yard game. Richmond ranked third in the Patriot League in rushing offense with 1,772 yards (147.7 per game) and eighth in the league in yards per carry at 4.54 under Ibrahim. In his first season with Richmond, Ibrahim guided running back Zach Palmer-Smith to a 1,382-yard season and Second Team All-CAA honors, making Palmer-Smith the first Spider to rush for over 1,000 yards since 2015. Palmer-Smith finished the year second in the CAA and seventh nationally in rushing yards per game, helping Richmond rank second in the CAA as a team in rushing yards with 2,527. Under Ibrahim's leadership, true freshman Andrew King became Richmond's third-leading rusher, gaining 267 yards on 46 attempts. In the Oct. 5 game against North Carolina A&T, King became Richmond’s first