Nick Rolovich

Nick Rolovich (born February 16, 1979) is an American football coach and former player. He is currently the offensive coordinator for the Nevada Wolf Pack football team. He was a quarterback with the Las Vegas Gladiators in the Arena Football League. He majored in economics at the University of Hawaii. He received master's degree at New Mexico Highlands University.

High school years

Nick Rolovich attended Marin Catholic High School in Kentfield, California, and was a student and won varsity letters in football and baseball. In football, he led his teams to two League Championships.

College career

San Francisco City College

Rolovich was a two-time junior college All-American (1998–99) at San Francisco City College, where he led the Rams to a national championship in 1999.

University of Hawaii

Rolovich was a two-year letterman at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, where he replaced starter and eventual all-time NCAA career passing leader Timmy Chang early in the 2001 season, leading the Hawaii Warriors football team to an 8-1 record. During those nine games, Rolovich threw for 3,361 yards and 34 touchdowns on 233-of-405 passing. He ended his college career with three straight 500-yard passing games. He also tossed school single-game records of 8 touchdowns and 543 yards in a 72-45 win over BYU on December 8, 2001. Those numbers helped him place tenth in the nation in pass efficiency (105.5) while breaking 19 school passing records and eight total offense records. Rolovich participated in and was named one of the two MVPs from the 2002 Hula Bowl college all-star game.

Pro football career

Rolovich signed with the Denver Broncos on May 17, 2002 after an impressive mini-camp. He rejoined the team in the following season before being allocated to the Rhein Fire of NFL Europe. In 2003, Rolovich completed 87-of-149 passes while leading the Fire to World Bowl XI. He connected on 14-of-19 passes for 164 yards and a touchdown in their 35-16 loss to the Frankfurt Galaxy in the championship game. In 2004 and 2005, Rolovich signed with the San Jose SaberCats of the Arena Football League where he served as Mark Grieb’s backup. He became the first San Jose QB other than Grieb to throw a pass in a game since the 2002 season. Rolovich signed with the Arizona Rattlers on October 31, 2006. Rolovich was released by both the Chicago Rush and Arizona Rattlers (after injuring his shoulder on January 16, 2006 in a non-contact scrimmage against Las Vegas, within a week he was waived) in 2006. In March 2007, he moved on to Europe to play for the Dresden Monarchs in the German Football League. On April 10, 2007, Rolovich was signed by the Las Vegas Gladiators.

Coaching career

While still playing in the AFL, Rolovich served as quarterback coach for his JC alma mater, the City College of San Francisco Rams for two years. Rolovich coached future quarterbacks Zak Lee and Jeremiah Masoli, who later went on to careers at Nebraska and Oregon, respectively. In 2008, he retired from pro-football and joined the coaching staff of his other alma mater, the Hawaiʻi Warriors, as a full-time quarterback coach. In 2010, he was promoted to become Hawaii's offensive coordinator. In 2012, he was hired by Nevada to be their offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach after not being retained by new Warriors head coach Norm Chow.

Personal

Rolovich is married to Analea Donovan, his college sweetheart from Maui. They have two children, born in August 2007 and in May 2009.

References

External links

• Hawaii profile
• AFL stats