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The Coaching Staff Head Coach Bobby Petrino .....................................67 Assistant Coaches ...................................................... 74 Support Staff .................................................................83 LOUISVILLE FOOTBALL Coaching Staff Head Coach BOBBY PETRINO CARROLL COLLEGE ‘83 SEVENTH SEASON AT LOUISVILLE (58-18) 12TH SEASON AS COLLEGIATE HEAD COACH (100-39) obby Petrino enters his seventh season of conference championships, winning the ances including the school’s first BCS win Bat Louisville as one of the most accom- Conference USA title in 2004, and the BIG over Wake Forest in the 2007 Orange Bowl. plished head coaches in the school’s history, EAST championship in 2006 with a school- In the past two seasons alone, the Cardinals leading a program that established itself best 12-1 record. That season was capped have collected a 17-9 record in UofL’s two sea- prominently as a contender in the ACC and with the school’s first BCS appearance, de- sons in its new Power 5 Conference. Louisville among the elite teams in the nation. feating 12th-ranked Wake Forest 24-13 in the closed the 2015 season by winning seven of its Petrino, who boasts the top winning per- 2007 FedEx Orange Bowl. last nine games and went 9-4 in 2014. centage in school history, conducted one Under Petrino’s direc- A Helena, Mont, native, Petrino has 30 of the best coaching jobs of his career last tion, the Cardinals years of collegiate coaching experience, in- season. He guided the Cardinals to eight have posted two cluding 11 as a head coach, six of which wins over their final 10 games, including a 11-win seasons have come at Louisville. 27-21 victory over Texas A&M in the Music in his six sea- The 55-year-old Petrino City Bowl. Led by true freshman quarterback sons with the enters 2016 with a 58-18 Lamar Jackson, who set a bowl record with Cardinals record (.763) at Louis- 226 yards rushing and two touchdowns, the and have ville, and already ranks Cardinals totaled 534 yards of total offense, won seven or second among UofL’s including 307 on the ground. more games all-time leaders in career Jackson set the school record for rushing in each of his wins (second) and first in winning yards by a quarterback with 960 — already years at the percentage. Petrino also ranks establishing himself as the all-time leading helm. He has first in school history in bowl ruher for a quarterback in just his first season. guided the appearances (school-record six Petrino transitioned the program into the Cardinals to in a row), bowl wins (five) and ACC in 2014, guiding the Cardinals to a 9-4 six-straight conference winning percentage record that included a win over Miami in the bowl ap- (.739, 34-12 record, minimum 10 school’s first ACC contest and a three-game pear- games). winning streak to close the regular season. In his 11 seasons as a head Louisville also earned a win at Notre Dame coach, Petrino owns a 100- and a come-from-behind victory over in- 39 record for a winning state rival Kentucky. percentage of .719, which The only head coach to serve two stints ranks 11th among ac- with the Cardinals (2003-06, 2014-pres- tive collegiate head ent), Petrino owns a 58-18 record for a coaches. He has 76.3 winning percentage, the best in guided his teams to school history. He has the second-most nine bowl games victories in the school’s record books. in 11 seasons and He also is the only coach in UofL has won seven history to lead the program to a pair of or more games top-10 finishes in the final Associated in all but one Press Polls, guiding the Cards to No. 7 season. rankings in both 2004 and 2006. Entering his seventh season at Louisville, Petrino has directed the Cardinals to bowl games in all six sea- sons and has led the school to a pair gocards.com | University of Louisville | 67 LOUISVILLE FOOTBALL Head Coach Bobby Petrino Coaching Career Year School Position 1983 Carroll College Graduate Assistant 1984 Weber State Graduate Assistant 1985-86 Carroll College Offensive Coordinator 1987-88 Weber State Wide Receivers/Tight Ends 1989 Idaho Quarterbacks 1990-91 Idaho Offensive Coordinator 1992-93 Arizona State Quarterbacks 1994 Nevada Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks 1995-97 Utah State Offensive Coordinator 1998 Louisville Offensive Coordinator 1999-2000 Jacksonville Jaguars Quarterbacks 2001 Jacksonville Jaguars Offensive Coordinator 2002 Auburn Offensive Coordinator 2003-06 Louisville Head Coach 2007 Atlanta Falcons Head Coach 2008-11 Arkansas Head Coach 2013 Western Kentucky Head Coach 2014-16 Louisville Head Coach Head Coaching Career Petrino is one of just three UofL head Year Team Record Conf. coaches to coach in at least 75 games at Lou- 2003 Louisville 9-4 5-3 isville (Frank Camp: 215; Howard Schnellen- berger: 112; Petrino: 76). 2004 Louisville 11-1 8-0 In his six seasons with the Cardinals, 2005 Louisville 9-3 5-2 Petrino has led Louisville to Top 25 finishes 2006 Louisville 12-1 6-1 five times in his tenure (2008: No. 24 both 2008 Arkansas 5-7 2-6 polls; 2010: No. 14 both polls; 2011: No. 10 USA TODAY/No. 11 AP; 2013: No. 3 both 2009 Arkansas 8-5 3-5 polls; 2014 No. 5 in both polls). 2010 Arkansas 10-3 6-2 Since 2003, Petrino has produced 31 2011 Arkansas 11-2 6-2 NFL Draft picks, including a school-record 2013 Western Kentucky 8-4 4-3 10 in 2015. Over that time, he has produced four first-round selections (Amobi Okoye, 2014 Louisville 9-4 5-3 Eric Wood, DeVante Parker and Sheldon 2015 Louisville 8-5 5-3 Rankins). TOTALS 11 seasons 100-39 55-30 After an eight-year hiatus from Louisville, University of Louisville Vice President/Direc- record and a 5-3 mark in the ACC. The three He also showed the ability to develop play- tor of Athletics Tom Jurich announced on Jan. losses came by a total of 19 points and to a ers, as Petrino had 14 selected in the NFL Draft, 9 Bobby Petrino as the Cardinals’ football pair of ranked foes in No. 25 Clemson and including Amobi Okoye, who was the 10th coach for the second time in his career. The No. 2 Florida State. overall selection in 2007 by the Houston Tex- Cardinals’ head coach from 2003-06, Petrino During his first stint at Louisville, Petrino ans. Eric Wood, who was recruited by Petrino, led UofL to an unprecedented success in four directed the program to a bowl game each was the 28th selection by the Buffalo Bills in seasons on the sidelines and currently boasts year, but more significantly, guided the 2009. Michael Bush, a fourth-round pick by an 83-30 record at the collegiate level. school to its first BCS victory - a 24-13 win the Oakland Raiders, amassed 2,514 rushing However, during his return this time, the over Wake Forest in the FedEx Orange Bowl. yards in three-plus seasons with the Cardinals. Cardinals were taking a step up, joining the The 41 wins over that four-year span were Coupling his success at Louisville and Atlantic Coast Conference. That didn’t matter the most in school history and featured an Arkansas, Petrino has led his teams to seven to Petrino, directing his team to a 9-4 overall average margin of victory of 26.0. bowl games in nine years, including both Lou- isville’s and Arkansas’ first BCS bowl games. Petrino Quick Facts His programs have achieved four 10-win seasons along with top-10 finishes nationally Born: March 10, 1961 Wife: Becky Hometown: Helena, Mont. Children: Kelsey, Nick, Bobby and Katie three times. His 2006 Louisville squad and College: Carroll College, ‘83 Grandchildren: Brianna, Braylon and Emmett 2011 Arkansas team concluded with No. 5 rankings in the Associated Press polls. 68 | University of Louisville | gocards.com LOUISVILLE FOOTBALL Coaching Staff During Petrino’s time at Louisville, he coached the Bronko Nagurski and Ted Hen- dricks Award winner Elvis Dumervil, who led the nation in sacks (20) and forced fum- bles (10) on his way to earning All-America honors in 2006. During that same season, Bush scored 24 touchdowns and became the school’s first 1,000-yard rusher since 1999. In four years at the helm of UofL’s program, Petrino’s offenses produced some of the greatest numbers in college football history. During his time, the Cardinals aver- aged over 34.0 points per game in all four years, including a best of 49.8 points per game in 2004. He also averaged 43.4 points per game in 2005. In 50 games at Louisville, Petrino’s teams scored 30 or more points 36 times: 30 or more points eight times; 40 or more on 15 different occasions; and 50 or more points 13 times. Petrino directed the Cardinals to their first BIG EAST title in 2006, Louisville’s second year in the league. He guided that squad to a 12-1 record, which tied the 2013 squad for the most wins in school history. The Car- dinals ended the year with their highest na- tional ranking in school history, finishing No. 5 in the Associated Press poll and sixth in the USA Today poll. The Cardinals opened the year going 8-0, including a win over third- ranked West Virginia, and catapulted to as high as No. 3 in the nation. Hired for the first time at Louisville in 2003, Petrino took the reins of a program that finished 7-6 a year prior and drove the school to a 9-4 mark that resulted in an ap- pearance in the GMAC Bowl.