| Steve Addazio | |
|---|---|
| Sport(s) | Football |
| Current position | |
| Title | Head Coach |
| Team | Temple |
| Record | 9-4 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | June 1, 1959 |
| Place of birth | Farmington, Connecticut |
| Playing career | |
| 1978–1981 | Central Connecticut |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1985–1987 1988–1994 1995–1998 1999–2001 2002–2004 2005–2006 2007–2008 2009–2010 2011 |
Western Connecticut (OL) Cheshire High School Syracuse (OL/TE) Notre Dame (OL/TE/ST) Indiana (OC/OL) Florida (OL/TE) Florida (OL/AHC) Florida (OC) Temple |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 9-4 |
| Bowls | 1-0 |
Steve Addazio (born June 1, 1959) is an American college football coach and former player, and is head coach of the Temple Owls football team that represents Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Addazio previously spent six season as an assistant coach, assistant head coach and offensive coordinator of the Florida Gators football team and was a part of two BCS National Championship Game-winning coaching staffs under head coach Urban Meyer.
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Addazio was a four-year starter at Central Connecticut from 1978 to 1981 and earned tryouts with the NFL's New England Patriots, USFL's Jacksonville Bulls and CFL's Ottawa Roughriders. He earned his bachelor's (1981) and master's (1985) degrees from Central Connecticut.
Addazio was the head coach of Cheshire High School in Connecticut from 1988 to 1994 Over twenty of his high school players earned places on the roster of college football programs. He led Cheshire to thirty-four consecutive victories, the second longest streak in the nation. Cheshire also won four consecutive state titles and was ranked in the top twenty-five high school football teams in the country under Addazio.[1]
Starting in 1995, Addazio moved up to the college football ranks and had stints as a position coach with Syracuse, Notre Dame, and Indiana. During 2004, he was offensive coordinator at Indiana during Gerry DiNardo's last season.[1] In 2005, Addazio joined Urban Meyer's staff at Florida. Addazio and Meyer had previously coached together at Notre Dame during the 1999 and 2000 seasons under head coach Bob Davie.
With the announcement of Urban Meyer's resignation as the Gators' head coach on December 7, 2010, Addazio's future with the Gators came into question. On December 11, 2010, it was announced that Will Muschamp had accepted the head coach position for the Florida Gators. Addazio was not retained on the new Florida Gators coaching staff.
On December 23, 2010, it was announced that Steve Addazio accepted the head coaching job at Temple. Following Al Golden's resignation as the Owls' head coach to become the new head coach of the Miami Hurricanes football program,[2] Steve Addazio began his duties as the head coach of the Temple Owls football program.
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | Coaches# | AP° | ||
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| Temple Owls (Mid-American Conference) (2011–present) | |||||||||
| 2011 | Temple | 9–4 | 5–3 | 2nd (East) | W New Mexico | ||||
| Temple: | 9–4 | 5–3 | |||||||
| Total: | 9–4 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title | |||||||||
| #Rankings from final Coaches' Poll. °Rankings from final AP Poll. |
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