University of San Diego Football Media Guide 2005
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University of San Diego Digital USD Football (Men) University of San Diego Athletics Media Guides Fall 2005 University of San Diego Football Media Guide 2005 University of San Diego Athletics Department Follow this and additional works at: https://digital.sandiego.edu/amg-football Digital USD Citation University of San Diego Athletics Department, "University of San Diego Football Media Guide 2005" (2005). Football (Men). 25. https://digital.sandiego.edu/amg-football/25 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the University of San Diego Athletics Media Guides at Digital USD. It has been accepted for inclusion in Football (Men) by an authorized administrator of Digital USD. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Head Coach Jim Harbaugh 3 • 2nd Season as Torero Head Coach • 2 Year NFL Assistant Coach • 15 Year NFL Career As Quarterback Jim Harbaugh begins his second year as the University of San Diego head football coach and quarterbacks coach. Last year he directed the Toreros to an overall mark of 7-4, including 5 straight wins to end the season. USD finished 3- 1 in the Pioneer Football League North Division, good for a 2nd place finish . Five of his players were recognized as All-America; twelve were recognized as All-PFL; eight players were selected to the PFL All Academic Team; and quarterback Todd Mortensen, the PFL co-Offensive Player of the Year, signed a free agent contract with the Detroit Lions. Harbaugh, a former NFL quarterback who played 15 seasons in the league, played locally with the Chargers between 1999-2000. The 41-year-old Harbaugh, who resides in nearby Coronado, pl ayed in 177 league games with 140 starts since originally entering the NFL as a first round pick by the Chicago Bears in 1987. For hi s career, he completed 2,305 of 3,918 passes for 26,288 yards with 129 touchdowns. Harbaugh played seven seasons for the Bears and passed for a career-hi gh 3, 12 1 yards for Chicago in 199 1. He played for the Indianapolis Colts from 1994-97 and in 1995, achieved career hi ghs in completion percentage (63.7) and touchdown passes ( 17). While with the Colts he led the team to the AFC Championship game; was voted to the Pro Bowl; was named the 1995 Comeback Player of the Year and the AFC Player of the Year; and was runner-up in the NFL MVP voting. Harbaugh played for Baltimore in 1998, and fo ll owing his two-year stint with the Chargers closed out hi s NFL career with Carolina in 200 I. In January, 2005, Jim was inducted into the Indianapolis Colts Ring of Honor. Harbaugh, one of the most successful and popular players in the club's 2 1-year Indianapolis era, played from 1994-97 with the Colts. He was inducted at halftime of the Colts-Denver Wild Card playoff game. Jim started for the majority of hi s Colts career, completing 746 of 1,230 passes for 8,705 yards and 49 touchdowns. He won the NFL passer rating title in 1995 at 100.7. Harbaugh joins the late Robert lrsay, Bill Brooks, Ted Marchibroda and Chris Hinton in the Colts Ring of Honor. Harbaugh was a four-year letterman at the University of Michigan and finished his college career in the top five in passing attempts, compl etions, completion percentage, passing yards and touchdown passes. Playing for Bo Schembechler, he was a three-year starter and led the Wolverines to appearances in the Fiesta, Holiday, and Rose Bowl games. As a senior in 1986 he guided Michigan to a No. 2 national ranking while earning Big Ten Player of the Year honors and finishing third in the Heisman balloting. Over hi s final eight seasons in the NFL (1994-200 I), Jim was an NCAA-certified unpaid assistant coach under hi s fat her, Jack, at Western Kentucky University. Serving as an offensive consultant, he scouted and recruited high school student-athletes throughout several states including Florida, Indiana and Illinois. He was involved in recruiting 17 pl ayers on WKU's 2002 1-AA National Championship team. His dad was a football coach for 41 years, including 14-years as Head Coach at Western Kentucky. His brother.John, is currently Special Teams Coordinator with the Philadelphia Eagles; and hi s brother-in-law, Tom Crean, is Head Basketball Coach of Marquette University. Harbaugh has been very active in Community Service ventures. He has been actively in volved with the Harbaugh Hi ll Foundation, the James Whitcomb Riley Hospital for Children (Indiana University), Western Kentucky University, the Jim Harbaugh Foundation, the Uhlich's Children's Home and the Children's Miracle Network. Jim and hi s wife, Miah, have two sons, Jay and James, Jr., and one daughter, Grace. They reside in Coronado. Head Coach Jim Harbaugh became just the 5th person inducted int o the Colt s ' Ring o f Ho nor· on Jan. 9. 200.'i . Head Coach Jim Harbaugh/Staff Photo 4 15-Year NFL Career Highlights: Michigan Collegiate Highlights: * 1st Round Draft Pick by Chicago Bears in 1987. * Was a 4-year letterman with the Michigan Wolverines. * Played for Chicago (1987-93) , Indianapolis (1994-97), Baltimore * Playing for Bo Schembechler, he was a three-year starter at (1998) , San Diego (1999-2000) and Carolina (2001 ). Michigan and led the Wolverines to appearances in the Fiesta, * Played in 177 career games with 140 starts and completed 2,305 Holiday and Rose Bowl games. of 3,918 passes for 26,288 yards and 129 touchdowns. * Established single-season school marks for completions, attempts * In 1995 led Indianapolis to the AFC Championship game; was and passing yards. voted to the Pro Bowl; was named Comeback Player of the Year and * As a senior in 1986 he guided Michigan to a No. 2 national rank th e AFC Player of the Year ; and was runner-up in the NFL Most ing while earning Big Ten Player of the Year honors and finishing Valuable Player voting. third in the Heisman balloting. * In 1995 achieved career highs in completion percentage (.637) * Academic All-American and Pro Football We ekly All-American. and touchdown passes (17) . * Earned Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications. * On Jan . 9th, 2005, Harbaugh became just the 5th member of the Indianapolis Colts Ring of Honor. 2005 USD Coaching Staff (Front Row 1-r): Kade Rannings Dave Adolph Head Coach Jim Harbaugh Jack Harbaugh Lance Anderson (Back Row 1-r): Ed Lamb John Morton Jimmie Dougherty Tim Drevno De/Vaughn Alexander Tann er Engstrand (Equipment Manager) (Not Pictured): Mike Rish Coordinators 5 DAVE ADOLPH Assistant Head Coach Defensive Coordinator & Linebackers Coach Dave Adolph enters his second season at USD, but his first in a full-time capacity where he will be Assistant Head Coach. He will also be the program 's Defensive Coordinator and Linebackers coach. Dave returned to coaching last season follow ing a 37-year coaching career that ended in January, 2000 when he retired from his post with the Kansas City Chiefs as assistant head coach/linebackers coach. He spent 21 years in the NFL ranks, includ- ing two tours of duty with the Chiefs. He served as the team's defensive coordinator from 1992-1994 and worked as the club's assistant head coach/linebacker coach in 1999. This respected defensive expert spent his entire pro coaching career (21 years) in the AFC, including 14 years as a defensive coordinator and 12 seasons in the AFC West, making 11 career playoff appearances in the process. Prior to joining the Chiefs, Adolph spent two years ('97-98) as linebackers coach for the Oakland Raiders. He signed on with Oakland after a two-year stint ('95-96) as defensiver coordinator for the San Diego Chargers. During his three-year tenure as Kansas City's defensive coordinator from '92- 94, the Chiefs made three straight playoff appearances and allowed an average of just 18.1 points per game. A native of Akron, Ohio, Adolph originally came to Kansas City after spending three seasons ('89-91) as defensive coordinator for the L.A. Raiders. He spent the '86-88 seasons as defensive coordinator of the Cleveland Browns. Adolph began his NFL career as the Browns defensive line coach in 1979. He took over the club's linebackers in '81 before assuming duties as defensive coordinator midway through the '84 season when Marty Schottenheimer was named head coach. He then spent one season ('85) as an assistant for San Diego before rejoining the Browns in '86. A 16-year coaching veteran on the collegiate level, Adolph worked with the legendary Woody Hayes at Ohio State from '77-78. He also coached at Illinois ('73-76), Kentucky ('69-72), Connecticut ('65-68) and his alma mater of Akron ('63-64). An all-conference guard and linebacker for the Zips, Adolph spent three years ('59-61) as a commissioned officer in the Air Force before beginning his coaching career at Cleveland's Shaw High School in '62. TIM DREVNO Offensive Coordinator & Offensive Line Coach Tim Drevno begins his third year with the Toreros where he will again be the Offensive Coordinator and Offensive Line Coach. Last year the Torero offense averaged 432.4 yards of total offense per game, ranking them 9th in the nation. The Toreros also ranked 11th in scoring offense (36. l) and 12th in passing offense (275.4). In 2003 he directed USDs' west coast offense to 483.3 yards per game and a PFL best 39.9 points per game.