Brian David Griese is an American football coach and former quarterback who is the quarterbacks coach for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League.
41 Facts About Brian Griese
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Brian Griese was drafted by the Denver Broncos in the third round of the 1998 NFL Draft.
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Brian Griese played high school football at Christopher Columbus High School and later college football at Michigan.
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Elway retired after the Super Bowl and Brian Griese became the starting quarterback for the Broncos during the 1999 season.
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Brian Griese was a Pro Bowl selection with the Broncos in 2000.
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Brian Griese is the son of Hall of Fame quarterback Bob Griese.
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Brian Griese is a former color commentator for Monday Night Football on ESPN.
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Brian Griese was born in Miami, Florida and attended Christopher Columbus High School in Miami, playing football, basketball and golf.
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Brian Griese played college football at the University of Michigan from 1993 to 1997.
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Brian Griese turned down scholarship offers from Purdue and Kentucky.
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At the beginning of the 1996 season, Dreisbach regained his starting job and Brian Griese returned to the bench, serving as the team's pooch punter.
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Brian Griese was selected as the MVP of the 1998 Rose Bowl, passing for 251 yards and three touchdowns in Michigan's win over Washington State.
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Brian Griese was inducted into the Rose Bowl Hall of Fame on December 30,2012.
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Brian Griese began his career as a third-string back up to Bubby Brister and John Elway.
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Brian Griese became a Super Bowl champion in 1998, though he spent most of the season on the sidelines.
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Brian Griese earned a 75.6 passer rating during his first season as starter, but improved the next year, raising it to 102.9.
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Brian Griese's efforts merited him an invite to the 2000 Pro Bowl.
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Brian Griese was released by the Broncos, following the 2002 season, and was replaced by former Cardinals starter Jake Plummer.
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Brian Griese was given the starting job when the Dolphins starting quarterback Jay Fiedler got injured.
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Brian Griese had an excellent start as a Dolphin, passing for 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions in a blowout victory against San Diego.
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Brian Griese signed with and performed well for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and provided a catalyst for the jumpstart of the Tampa offense.
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Brian Griese was cut by the Buccaneers in 2006 after the injury to his knee in order to free up money for the salary cap.
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Brian Griese took late fourth quarter snaps at the end of major victories.
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Smith called on Brian Griese to relieve a struggling Grossman for the second half of the final regular season game against the Green Bay Packers.
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However, Brian Griese did not fare a lot better, completing 5 of 15 passes for 124 yards, one touchdown and two interceptions.
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Brian Griese lost the starting job to Grossman after sustaining an injury against the Oakland Raiders during week ten.
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Brian Griese again replaced Grossman later in the season, after Grossman sustained a knee injury against the Washington Redskins.
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On March 3,2008, Brian Griese was traded to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in exchange for a sixth round pick in the 2009 draft.
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Brian Griese completed 18 of 31 passes, throwing for 160 yards with one touchdown.
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Brian Griese started against the Atlanta Falcons again on December 14,2008, subbing for Jeff Garcia who was sidelined with a calf injury.
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Brian Griese completed 26 of 37 passes for 269 yards and threw 1 touchdown.
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Since 2009, Brian Griese has been employed by ESPN, working until 2020 as an analyst on the network's college football coverage.
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In 2020, Brian Griese joined the booth for Monday Night Football, working alongside Steve Levy and Louis Riddick.
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Brian Griese played quarterback for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers from 2004 to 2005 when 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan was an offensive quality control coach, while being drafted by Shanahan's father Mike Shanahan while Head Coach of the Denver Broncos.
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Brian Griese was a member of the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity and received his bachelor's degree in an individualized concentration from Michigan in 1997.
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Brian Griese is founder and board president of Judi's House, a children's grief support center in Denver, Colorado.
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Brian Griese helped establish what would become the Griese, Hutchinson and Woodson Champions for Children's Hearts golf weekend in May 2007.
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Brian Griese remains involved with the From the Heart Organization, a relationship that dates back to his playing days in Ann Arbor when he would visit Mott every week.
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Brian Griese was named the recipient of the Big Ten's Dungy-Thompson Humanitarian Award in 2014, and the Big Ten's Ford-Kinnick Leadership Award in 2015, becoming the first individual to be recognized with both of the conference's annual awards.
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Brian Griese married Brook McClintic, a clinical psychologist, in the spring of 2004 on the island of St John in the US Virgin Islands.
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The couple met while Brian Griese was playing for the Denver Broncos.