Bo Pelini
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| Mark "Bo" Pelini | ||
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| Title | Head Coach | |
| College | Nebraska | |
| Sport | Football | |
| Conference | Big 12 | |
| Born | December 13, 1967 | |
| Place of birth |  Youngstown, Ohio |
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| Annual salary | $1,100,000[1] | |
| Career highlights | ||
| Overall | 1–0 | |
| Bowls | 1–0 | |
| Coaching stats | ||
| College Football DataWarehouse | ||
| Playing career | ||
| 1987-1990 | Ohio State | |
| Position | Free safety | |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | ||
| 1991 1993 1994-1996 1997-1999 2000-2002 2003 2004 2005-2007 2008-present |
Iowa (GA) Cardinal Mooney HS (QB) SF 49ers (DB) NE Patriots (LB) GB Packers (LB) Nebraska (DC) Oklahoma (Co-DC) LSU (DC) Nebraska |
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Mark “Bo” Pelini (born December 13, 1967) is the head football coach at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. He had previously been defensive coordinator for the LSU Tigers. On December 2, 2007, one day after coaching in the 2007 SEC Championship Game, Pelini was named as head coach at Nebraska by athletic director Tom Osborne.
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Playing career
Pelini was raised in Youngstown, Ohio, a former center of steel production with a strong athletic tradition. After graduating from Youngstown Cardinal Mooney High School (the same high school as Oklahoma Sooners Head Coach Bob Stoops), he went on to play free safety for the Ohio State University Buckeyes under Earle Bruce and later John Cooper from 1987 to 1990, as a starter in his last two years. Pelini served as a team co-captain in his senior year, along with Vinnie Clark, Jeff Graham and Greg Frey. He earned his bachelor’s degree in business marketing from the Ohio State University in 1990 while playing for the Buckeyes.
[edit] Coaching career
Following his playing career, Pelini began his coaching career at the University of Iowa as a graduate assistant from 1991 to 1992 for the Iowa Hawkeyes under Hayden Fry. During this period, he also completed his master’s degree in sports administration from Ohio University in 1992. In 1993, at the conclusion of his two-year term as graduate assistant at Ohio, he served for one year as quarterbacks coach at Cardinal Mooney High School in Youngstown.
In 1994, Pelini got his first start in the National Football League when he was hired by San Francisco 49ers head coach George Seifert as a scouting assistant. He was quickly promoted to assistant secondary coach, and by the spring of 1994 he had been promoted again to Defensive Backs Coach. In 1995, in his new position, he coached in his first Super Bowl as the 49ers defeated the San Diego Chargers 49-26 in Super Bowl XXIX.
In 1997 Pelini was hired by New England Patriots head coach Pete Carroll, again as defensive backs coach, helping the Patriots reach the playoffs twice during his three years there. In 1997, Patriots linebacker Chris Slade was the first member of the New England team to be invited to the Pro Bowl since 1989.
In 2000, Pelini became the Linebackers Coach for the Green Bay Packers under head coach Mike Sherman. Green Bay posted a 33-15 record and reached the playoffs twice in Pelini's three years there as linebackers coach.
Pelini returned to the college ranks in 2003 when he was hired as Defensive Coordinator for the Nebraska Cornhuskers by Head Coach Frank Solich. In 2002, the season prior to his hiring, Nebraska's defense was ranked 55th nationally. In his first year it improved to 11th and led the country in turnover margin. At the conclusion of the regular season, despite posting a 9-3 record, Solich was fired by new Nebraska athletic director Steve Pederson. Pelini was named the interim head coach and led the Cornhuskers to a 17-3 win over the Michigan State Spartans in the 2003 Alamo Bowl[2]. Pelini interviewed for the Nebraska head coach position, but Pederson instead decided after a 41-day search to hire Bill Callahan, who had just been fired by the Oakland Raiders after a disappointing 4-12 season. The following year, Nebraska's defense fell to 56th nationally.
For 2004, Pelini joined the Oklahoma Sooners as co-defensive coordinator under head coach Bob Stoops, helping the Sooners to a 6th place national rushing defense and 11th place national scoring defense on their way towards winning the 2004 Big 12 Championship Game and a spot in the 2005 BCS National Championship Game, where they were defeated 55-19 by the University of Southern California.
In 2005 Pelini was hired by Louisiana State University Tigers Head Coach Les Miles, again as defensive coordinator. His success continued, as LSU was ranked 3rd nationally in overall defense for each of his three years with the Tigers. At the conclusion of the 2007 regular season, LSU defeated Tennessee 21-14 in the 2007 SEC Championship Game and was selected to play Pelini's alma mater, Ohio State in a game in which they easily won 38-24, the 2008 BCS National Championship Game.[3] [4]
During the 2007 football season, Nebraska Chancellor Harvey Perlman fired athletic director Steve Pederson, and appointed former Cornhuskers head coach Tom Osborne as Interim Athletic Director. One day after the Cornhuskers' final game of the season, a 65-51 loss to Colorado and finishing the season with 5 wins and 7 losses, Osborne fired Bill Callahan and announced an immediate search for a new football coach. Pelini was selected after a nine-day search as the next head coach. Two names revealed among five interviewed candidates included Buffalo head coach Turner Gill, and Wake Forest head coach Jim Grobe.
[edit] Head coaching record
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl | Coaches# | AP° | ||
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| Nebraska Cornhuskers (Big 12 Conference) (2003, 2008 — present) | |||||||||
| 2003 | Nebraska | 1–0 ‡ | 0–0 | T–2nd (North) | W Alamo Bowl | 18 | 19 | ||
| 2008 | Nebraska | 0–0 | 0–0 | ||||||
| Nebraska: | 1–0 | 0–0 | ‡ Pelini coached bowl game after HC Frank Solich was fired.[5] | ||||||
| Total: | 1–0 | ||||||||
| National Championship Conference Title Conference Division Title | |||||||||
| #Rankings from final Coaches Poll of the season. °Rankings from final AP Poll of the season. |
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[edit] References
- ^ Pelini signs contract; $1.1M annually
- ^ 2003 Nebraska Football Schedule Results
- ^ Nebraska Athletics Coach Profile
- ^ LSU Athletics Coach Profile
- ^ HuskerPedia Nebraska Cornhuskers results 2000-2009
[edit] External links
| Preceded by Frank Solich |
Nebraska Cornhuskers head football coach 2003 (interim) |
Succeeded by Bill Callahan |
| Preceded by Bill Callahan |
Nebraska Cornhuskers head football coach 2008 - present |
Succeeded by incumbent |
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