UTAH STAFF UTAH FOOTBALL COACHES AND STAFF Head Coach KYLE WHITTINGHAM 7TH YEAR CAREER RECORD: 58-20 BOWL RECORD: 6-1* Joining the Pac-12 Conference is the latest challenge by the American YEAR-BY-YEAR RECORD for Utah’s seventh-year head football coach Kyle Football Coaches Whittingham, and if history holds true, he will Associa on (AFCA) Year School Overall MWC approach it as yet another opportunity. His fi rst test and the Paul 2004* Utah 1-0 0-0 “Bear” Bryant 2005 Utah 7-5 4-4 came when he accepted the head job at Utah on the Awards commi ee. 2006 Utah 8-5 5-3 heels of the best season in school history. He passed The country’s only undefeated FBS team in 2007 Utah 9-4 5-3 that with fl ying colors by leading Utah to new 2008, Utah beat four top-25 teams—two that 2008 Utah 13-0 8-0 heights in 2008, when the Utes went 13-0 and won 2009 Utah 10-3 6-2 fi nished in the top 10. In addi on to his na onal 2010 Utah 10-3 7-1 the Sugar Bowl. awards, Whi ngham was named the Mountain Totals Utah 58-20 35-13 West Conference Coach of the Year. A member of Utah’s staff since 1994, *Co-head coach in the 2005 Fiesta Bowl Da ng back to his days as Utah’s defensive Whi ngham has compiled a 58-20 record in six coordinator, Utah won nine straight bowl games years as the head coach and has a 6-1 bowl record. from 1999-2009 before losing to 10th-ranked Boise BOWL GAMES (6-1) His 2-0 record in BCS bowl games includes a win as State in the 2010 Las Vegas Bowl. Utah’s nine- co-head coach of Utah’s Fiesta Bowl team in 2004 Year Game (Opponent) Result consecu ve bowl wins—fi ve with Whi ngham as (as recognized by the NCAA). 2004 Fiesta (Pi sburgh) * W the head coach—is ed for the second-longest bowl Whi ngham already owns half of the 10-win 2005 Emerald (Georgia Tech) W win streak in NCAA history with USC (nine from 2006 Armed Forces (Tulsa) W seasons in the school’s 117-year football history (3), 1923-45) and is just two behind the longest ever (11 2007 Poinse a (Navy) W is 12-5 against BCS schools and 4-3 against the Pac- by Florida State from 1985-96). 2008 Sugar (Alabama) W 12. Utah has won at least 10 games and fi nished in Whi ngham’s bowl victories as a head coach 2009 Poinse a (Cal) W the A.P. and/or Coaches’ Top 25 for the past three have come against No. 24 Georgia Tech (2005), Tulsa 2010 Las Vegas (Boise State) L seasons. (2006), Navy (2007), No. 4 Alabama (2009/2008 *Co-head coach His immediate task upon accep ng Utah’s season) and California (2009). The NCAA credits head coaching job was to replace most of the both Whi ngham and his predecessor Urban star ng lineup, including fi ve NFL dra picks, from Meyer with a victory for Utah’s 2005 Fiesta Bowl RECORD VS. OPPONENTS the 12-0 “BCS Buster” team of 2004. He won a win over No. 19 Pi sburgh. bowl game in 2005—the fi rst of fi ve-straight bowl He has averaged almost 10 wins a year as the Air Force 5-1 victories—and built the Utes back into a na onal head coach, going 7-5 in 2005, 8-5 in 2006, 9-4 in Alabama 1-0 championship contender in his fourth season. 2007, 13-0 in 2008 and 10-3 in both 2009 and 2010. Arizona 1-0 His 2008 team broke the school win mark, Boise State 0-2 Whi ngham came to Utah as the defensive going 13-0, rou ng Alabama—a team that had Brigham Young 3-3 line coach in 1994 and was promoted to defensive California 1-0 spent fi ve weeks at No. 1—in the Sugar Bowl, and coordinator a year later. In his 17-year tenure, Utah Colorado State 5-1 fi nishing with a No. 2 na onal ranking. Whi ngham has won 70-percent of its games (143-61) and 10 of Georgia Tech 1-0 was recognized as the Na onal Coach of the Year 12 bowl games. He has been on the staff of three Iowa State 1-0 teams that fi nished in the top-10: 1994 (No. 10), Louisville 2-0 2004 (No. 4) and 2008 (No. 2). The Utes fi nished Michigan 1-0 18th in both polls in 2009 and 23rd in the 2010 Navy 1-0 Coaches’ poll. New Mexico 4-2 North Carolina 0-1 Whi ngham has coached seven All- Northern Arizona 1-0 Americans, including fi ve fi rst-team and three Notre Dame 0-1 consensus All-Americans. First-team All-Americans Oregon 0-1 include defensive lineman Luther Elliss (consensus Oregon State 1-1 1994), defensive back Eric Weddle (consensus Pi sburgh 2-0 2006), punter Louis Sakoda (2007), place kicker San Diego State 5-1 Sakoda (unanimous consensus 2008), off ensive San Jose State 2-0 lineman Zane Beadles (2009) and punt returner TCU 3-3 Shaky Smithson (2010). Whi ngham also has two Tulsa 1-0 UCLA 1-1 second-team All-Americans to his credit: defensive UNLV 5-1 back Morgan Scalley (2004) and off ensive lineman Utah State 5-0 Caleb Schlauderaff (2010). Weber State 1-0 Whi ngham produced an MWC MVP from Wyoming 5-1 2004-08, including Defensive Players of the Year Totals 58-20 Scalley (2004) and Weddle (2005-06), three- 6666 2011 MEDIA GUIDE COACHES AND STAFF UTAH FOOTBALL Head Coach COACHING CHRONOLOGY Year School Assignment Bowl Game 1985 Brigham Young Graduate Assistant Citrus 1986 Brigham Young Graduate Assistant Freedom 1987 College of Eastern Utah Defensive Coordinator 1988-91 Idaho State Linebackers/Special Teams 1992-93 Idaho State Defensive Coordinator 1994 Utah Defensive Line Freedom 1995 Utah Defensive Coordinator/Safe es 1996 Utah Defensive Coordinator/Safe es Copper 1997 Utah Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers 1998 Utah Defensive Coordinator/Safe es 1999 Utah Defensive Coordinator/Safe es Las Vegas 2000 Utah Defensive Coordinator/Safe es 2001 Utah Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers Las Vegas 2002 Utah Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers 2003 Utah Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers Liberty 2004 Utah Defensive Coordinator/Safe es* Fiesta (2005)* 2005 Utah Head Coach Emerald 2006 Utah Head Coach Armed Forces Kyle Whiƫ ngham has a 58-20 record, leading 2007 Utah Head Coach Poinse a Utah to winning seasons in each of his six years as 2008 Utah Head Coach Sugar (2009) head coach. 2009 Utah Head Coach Poinse a 2010 Utah Head Coach Las Vegas me Special Teams MVP Sakoda (2006-08), *Co-head coach at the 2005 Fiesta Bowl and Off ensive MVP Brian Johnson (2008). Whi ngham has mentored 51 fi rst-team all- conference players in his 17 years at Utah. FROM WHITT TO THE NFL He has also sent 35 players to the NFL—25 as dra picks and 10 as free agents. A school Player NFL Team PosiƟ on (and MWC) record six Utes were dra ed in 2010, Zane Beadles Denver (2nd round) Off ensive Line Jesse Boone Cincinna (free agent) Off ensive Line which was ed for the fourth-most in the na on. Freddie Brown Cincinna (7th round), Minnesota Wide Receiver During his tenure as defensive coordinator Martail Burne Minnesota (free agent), San Francisco Defensive End (1995-2004), Utah led the MWC in total defense Brandon Burton Minnesota (5th round) Cornerback three mes and scoring defense four mes. In Andre Dyson Tennessee (2nd round), Sea le, N.Y. Jets Defensive Back 2002, Utah led the MWC in total defense, scoring Luther Elliss Detroit (1st round), Denver Defensive Line defense and rushing defense. Jonathan Fanene Cincinna (7th round) Defensive Line Whi ngham began his coaching career Steve Fifi ta Miami (free agent) Defensive Line in 1985-86 as a graduate assistant at Brigham John Frank Philadelphia (6th round) Defensive Line Young. He served as the defensive coordinator Quinton Ganther Tennessee (7th round), Washington, Sea le, Buff alo Running Back Phil Glover Tennessee (7th round), Indianapolis Linebacker at the College of Eastern Utah in 1987 then went Robert Johnson Tennessee (5th round) Defensive Back to Idaho State for a six-year s nt (1988-93)—the Ma’ake Kemoeatu Bal more (free agent), Carolina, Washington Defensive Line last two years as the defensive coordinator. Paul Kruger Bal more (2nd round) Defensive Line A linebacker for Brigham Young from 1978- John Madsen Oakland (free agent), Cleveland Tight End 81, Whi ngham earned fi rst-team all-WAC and Brice McCain Houston (6th round) Defensive Back WAC Defensive Player of the Year honors in 1981. Koa Misi Miami (2nd round) Defensive End He played in the fi rst four Holiday Bowls and Arnold Parker Sea le (free agent) Defensive Back was named Defensive MVP of the 1981 game. In Sione Pouha N.Y. Jets (3rd round) Defensive Line 2008, he was inducted into the Holiday Bowl Hall Bre Ratliff N.Y. Jets (free agent), Cleveland, Tennessee Quarterback of Fame. A er his senior season, Whi ngham David Reed Bal more (5th round) Wide Receiver Antwoine Sanders Bal more (7th round) Defensive Back played in the Hula and Japan Bowls. He played Lauvale Sape Buff alo (6th round) Defensive Line professionally with the Denver Broncos (1982 Josh Savage Tampa Bay (free agent), Atlanta, Tennessee, New Orleans Defensive Line training camp) and the U.S.