When Nick Petrino wanted to hang out with friends after his high school football games, his father would keep him and break down the game before he was allowed to go out.
With Bobby Petrino as his father, Nick Petrino had football in his veins. A two-time state championship-winning quarterback in high school, Nick Petrino went on to be a student coach under his father at the University of Arkansas. The two became attached at the hip as they coached together at Louisville and Western Kentucky.
When the coaching staff was fired at Louisville, Nick continued as a co-offensive coordinator at UT Martin where he worked as a quarterbacks coach and mentored the Ohio Valley Conference's Freshman of the Year.