Davidson's Scott Abell named head coach at Rice

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Rice named Davidson's Scott Abell as the school's 20th head football coach on Tuesday.

Abell, who will formally be introduced on Wednesday, effectively replaces Mike Bloomgren after the latter was relieved of his duties last. Associate head coach Pete Alamar assumed the interim position for the rest of the season.

"After spending time with Scott throughout this process, it wa