| Al Borges | |
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| Borges at Auburn's 2007 Fan Day
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| Sport(s) | Football |
| Current position | |
| Title | Offensive coordinator |
| Team | Michigan |
| Conference | Big Ten |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | October 8, 1955 |
| Place of birth | Salinas, California |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1986–1992 1993–1994 1995 1996–2000 2001 2002–2003 2004–2007 2009–2010 2011–present |
Portland State (OC) Boise State (OC) Oregon (OC) UCLA (OC) California (OC) Indiana (OC) Auburn (OC) San Diego State (OC) Michigan (OC) |
Alan Borges (born October 8, 1955) is an American college football coach and the offensive coordinator of the University of Michigan football team.[1] Borges is known for quarterback development[2] having mentored Cade McNown and Jason Campbell, both first round NFL draft picks.[2][3] Borges has been described as "one of the best offensive coordinators I've ever seen," by former Auburn head coach Pat Dye.[4]
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Borges began his coaching career as an assistant coach at Salinas High School from 1975 to 1978, followed by a stint as an assistant at Pleasant Valley HS from 1979 to 1980.[5][6] He earned a Bachelors of Arts degree in 1981 from California State University, Chico.[5][6] Borges began his college coaching career at California as a part-time assistant in 1982 and 1983. He then moved on to his first full-time collegiate job at Diablo Valley College from 1983 to 1985. He split time with Diablo for two years in 1984 and 1985 as a defensive assistant with the USFL's Oakland Invaders.
From 1986 to 1992 he was the offensive coordinator for Division II Portland State University where he coached three All-American quarterbacks.[6] In 1993, he moved up to then Division I-AA Boise State University where his offense reached the Division I-AA championship game in 1994.[6] In a single season as offensive coordinator at Oregon in 1995, his team lead the Pac-10 in passing offense with 263.8 yards per game. The Ducks also averaged 406.3 yards and 29.1 points per game. His quarterback that season, Tony Graziani, led the Pac-10 in both total offense and passing.[6]
Borges was the offensive coordinator for five years (1996–2000) at UCLA under head coach Bob Toledo. Over that five-year period, UCLA averaged 31.9 points a game as well as reaching season averages over 40 points per game in 1997 (40.7 ppg) and 1998 (40.5 ppg).[6] He is also credited with developing Cade McNown from an average quarterback into a first-team AP All-American and first round NFL Draft pick and personally considers McNown his biggest turnaround.[7]
In January 2001, Borges left UCLA for a $50,000 raise and two-year contract for the same position at California.[6] After a losing season in which the entire California staff was replaced, Borges accepted the offensive coordinator position at Indiana where he coached for two seasons until Auburn head coach Tommy Tuberville called in early 2004.
Borges joined the Auburn staff in 2004. Auburn went 41-9 in the four seasons Borges was the offensive coordinator. Auburn was the only Southeastern Conference (SEC) team to finish ranked in the top 15 each of those seasons.[3] Borges is credited with much of the success of the 2004 Auburn Tigers football team which recorded a perfect 13-0 season under his "Gulf Coast Offense" scheme. Borges resigned from Auburn December 10, 2007, after a steady decline in the team's offensive production, before the team's appearance in the New Year's Eve Chick-Fil-A Bowl.[8]
On December 24, 2008, Brady Hoke (new head coach at San Diego State) hired Borges as offensive coordinator for the Aztecs.[1]
On January 11, 2011, Brady Hoke, the new head coach at University of Michigan, hired Borges for the same position that he had held under Hoke at San Diego State.[9]
Borges and his brother Keith, an assistant with him at California in 2001, collaborated on a book titled Coaching the West Coast Quarterback (ISBN 1-58518-341-5) as well as a series of instructional videos by the same name.[10] Borges also contributed a chapter on strategy using the I formation for the American Football Coaches Association-published book, Football Offenses & Plays (ISBN 0-7360-6261-0) published in 2006.[11]
Borges is married to the former Nikki Federico.[6] Nikki Borges served as Associate Athletic Director, Marketing & Communications for Auburn until Al was hired at San Diego State.[12] The couple have a son, Cole, and a daughter, Mady Joe.[13] Borges is one of seven children[6] and his brother Keith was an assistant coach on Borges' offensive staff at California.[14]