William Scott Musgrave was born on November 11,1967 and is an American football coach and former player who is the senior offensive assistant for the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League.
40 Facts About Bill Musgrave
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Bill Musgrave is a former quarterback, offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for multiple NFL teams.
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Bill Musgrave played college football at the University of Oregon.
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Bill Musgrave is a 21-year coaching veteran with 19 years of NFL experience as a quarterbacks coach or offensive coordinator.
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Bill Musgrave has previously coached in the NFL with the Denver Broncos, Oakland Raiders, Philadelphia Eagles, Minnesota Vikings, Atlanta Falcons, Washington Redskins, Jacksonville Jaguars and Carolina Panthers.
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Bill Musgrave attended Grand Junction High School, earning All-conference honors at safety as a sophomore.
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Bill Musgrave was the Colorado High School Athlete of the Year in 1985, after registering 30 touchdown passes.
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Bill Musgrave received the Denver Post Gold Helmet Award as the state's top scholar football athlete.
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Bill Musgrave accepted a football scholarship from the University of Oregon, at a time when the school had only four winning seasons in the last 22 years and hadn't been invited to a bowl game since 1963.
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Bill Musgrave became a starter as a freshman, leading his team to a No 16 national ranking, including wins against USC and Washington.
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Bill Musgrave was a four-year starter at quarterback and a three-year team captain, while leading the Oregon to its first bowl game in 26 years and to back-to-back bowl appearances for the first time in school history.
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Bill Musgrave finished with 8,343 passing yards, a 57.4 passing percentage, 60 touchdowns and 40 interceptions.
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Bill Musgrave finished as the school's all-time leader in passing yards and total offense, until being broken by Marcus Mariota in 2014.
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Bill Musgrave set 15 passing records, while his 60 career passing touchdowns and 8,343 career yardage ranked second only to John Elway in Pacific-10 Conference history.
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Bill Musgrave was selected by the Dallas Cowboys in the fourth round of the 1991 NFL Draft.
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Bill Musgrave went into training camp with Troy Aikman, Babe Laufenberg and Cliff Stoudt at quarterback.
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Bill Musgrave was promoted to the active roster in week 11 and made his professional debut in the week 17 game against the Chicago Bears, throwing for a touchdown and 33 yards, after replacing Steve Young late in the contest.
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Bill Musgrave played under head coach George Seifert and offensive coordinators Mike Holmgren and Mike Shanahan.
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Bill Musgrave was the backup quarterback behind John Elway, before announcing his retirement on July 22,1997.
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Immediately after being released as a player, Bill Musgrave joined the Oakland Raiders as a quarterbacks coach in 1997 under head coach Joe Bugel.
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Bill Musgrave was immediately hired by the Philadelphia Eagles as an offensive assistant under Ray Rhodes, a former 49ers assistant coach.
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Bill Musgrave was promoted to offensive coordinator and called plays in place of Dana Bible for the final 10 games of the season.
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However, Bill Musgrave was not retained by new head coach Andy Reid when Rhodes was fired at the end of the season.
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Bill Musgrave was hired as the quarterbacks coach under George Seifert with the Carolina Panthers in 1999, in an arrangement that saw he and Seifert having a heavy hand in calling the plays over offensive coordinator Gil Haskell.
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However, as an inexperienced coordinator, Bill Musgrave had faltered at times, been criticized in the media for choices in playcalling, and was at one point rumored to have been yelled at by Seifert in front of the team.
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Bill Musgrave was hired as offensive coordinator, quarterbacks coach, and tight ends coach under Al Groh for the Virginia Cavaliers in 2001, tutoring quarterback Matt Schaub to school records in his two years as coach.
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Bill Musgrave was hired as the offensive coordinator for the Jacksonville Jaguars under new head coach Jack Del Rio in 2003.
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Bill Musgrave was hired by the Minnesota Vikings to the position of offensive coordinator under head coach Leslie Frazier on January 16,2011.
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Bill Musgrave was hired by the Philadelphia Eagles as the team's quarterbacks coach on January 27,2014.
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Bill Musgrave was hired by head coach Jack Del Rio on January 19,2015, to serve as offensive coordinator.
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Bill Musgrave took over an offense that ranked last in the NFL in total offense and 31st in scoring in 2014.
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The Raiders made the biggest offensive improvement in the NFL in yards per game and scoring in two seasons under Bill Musgrave, finishing in the top seven in the league in both categories in 2016.
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The Raiders' offensive resurgence was spurred by the development of quarterback Derek Carr, who in two seasons in Bill Musgrave's offense passed for nearly 8,000 yards to go along with 60 touchdowns.
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On January 10,2017, Bill Musgrave's contract was not renewed, and was let go by head coach Jack Del Rio after losing to the Houston Texans in a wild card playoff game.
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Bill Musgrave was hired by the Broncos on January 13,2017 to serve as the quarterbacks coach under new head coach Vance Joseph.
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Bill Musgrave was promoted to offensive coordinator following the firing of offensive coordinator Mike McCoy on November 20,2017.
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Bill Musgrave's offense finished ranked 19th in total yards, 12th in rushing yards, and 19th in passing yards.
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On January 3,2020, Bill Musgrave was announced as the offensive coordinator for the California Golden Bears, replacing Beau Baldwin and marking his return to the college ranks after 18 years.
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Bill Musgrave was let go on November 13,2022 after the Golden Bears lost their sixth game in a row to Oregon State.
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On February 26,2023, Bill Musgrave was announced as a senior offensive assistant under HC Kevin Stefanski.