Chuck Long played quarterback in college at Iowa for Hayden Fry and professionally with the Detroit Lions and the Los Angeles Rams.
46 Facts About Chuck Long
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Chuck Long was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1999.
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Chuck Long held a position as the offensive coordinator for the Kansas Jayhawks under head coach Turner Gill.
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Chuck Long is the CEO and Executive Director of the Iowa Sports Foundation, the organization that runs the Iowa Games, the Senior Games, Adaptive Sports Iowa, Iowa Corporate Games and the Live Healthy Iowa challenge, as well as an analyst for the Big Ten Network.
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Chuck Long led his team to the 1979 state title in football as the starting quarterback and was named to the all-state championship squad.
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Still, Chuck Long was not heavily recruited out of high school, as Chuck Long averaged only five to six pass attempts per game.
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Chuck Long eventually accepted a scholarship to play at Iowa for future Hall of Fame coach Hayden Fry.
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However, the redshirting rule was new, so Chuck Long was only able to take a couple of snaps during his redshirt season.
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Chuck Long started in the first game of the 1982 season, but he was benched for a game after a loss to Nebraska.
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Chuck Long was reinserted as a starter in the third game of the 1982 season and led Iowa to a win over Arizona.
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Chuck Long never lost his starting spot again while at Iowa.
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Chuck Long threw for 1,374 yards and eight touchdowns as a freshman.
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Chuck Long was the offensive player of the game after completing 19 of 26 passes for a career-high 304 yards.
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Chuck Long accounted for 398 yards of total offense, a school record.
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Chuck Long was again an all-Big Ten selection as a junior in 1984, as he finished first in the Big Ten in passing efficiency.
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Chuck Long completed 22 consecutive passes against Indiana, setting an NCAA record.
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Chuck Long finished seventh in the Heisman Trophy balloting as a junior.
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Chuck Long became an instant Heisman Trophy candidate, and Iowa was a preseason top five team.
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Chuck Long drove Iowa the length of the field, and the Hawkeyes faced fourth and goal from the two-yard line with just 27 seconds remaining.
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Chuck Long faked a handoff to running back Ronnie Harmon and then ran to his right.
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Chuck Long completed a school record 30 passes on 39 attempts for 380 yards and scored five touchdowns in the game.
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Chuck Long led Iowa on a 66-yard drive against the nation's top-ranked defense, twice converting third-and-eight situations by completing passes to tight end Mike Flagg.
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Chuck Long drove the Iowa team to the 12-yard line with two seconds remaining to set up kicker Rob Houghtlin's game-winning field goal as time expired.
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Chuck Long won many major national awards as a senior, including the 1985 Maxwell Award, given to the nation's top player and the Davey O'Brien Award, given to the nation's top quarterback.
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Chuck Long was the Big Ten Player of the Year and a consensus first team All-American.
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Finally, Chuck Long was the runner-up for the Heisman Trophy to Bo Jackson of Auburn in the second closest race in the award's history, losing by just 45 points.
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Chuck Long is believed to be the only collegiate player to participate in five bowl games.
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Chuck Long graduated with 10,461 passing yards and 74 touchdowns on 782 completions.
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Chuck Long held every passing record at the University of Iowa except one when he graduated.
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Chuck Long holds the best completion percentage of any college quarterback all-time who has attempted more than 1,000 career passes.
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Chuck Long was the first Big Ten player and just the second player in college football history to throw for more than 10,000 yards in a career.
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Chuck Long was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1999 and the Iowa Sports Hall of Fame in 2001.
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Chuck Long was joined in the honor by Nile Kinnick, Alex Karras and Tim Dwight.
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Chuck Long returned to his alma mater in 1995, serving as Iowa's defensive backs coach.
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Chuck Long switched to coaching Iowa's quarterbacks and special teams in 1998.
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Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops and Chuck Long were teammates on Iowa's 1982 Rose Bowl team.
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Chuck Long was an assistant on the Oklahoma team that claimed the 2000 Bowl Championship Series national title.
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Chuck Long coached quarterback Josh Heupel to a second-place finish in the Heisman Trophy balloting that year.
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In 2004, Chuck Long was named as a finalist for the Broyles Award as the nation's top assistant coach.
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Coach Chuck Long finished his third season only winning 2 out of 12 games, including the one conference win on his final night.
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Chuck Long had the distinction of having his team lose two games to Division I-AA Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.
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Chuck Long became part of the coaching staff under head coach Turner Gill after the departure of Mark Mangino, Chuck Long's former co-worker at Oklahoma.
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In 2012, Chuck Long became receivers coach at Norman High School in Norman, Oklahoma.
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In 2019, Chuck Long was hired by the St Louis BattleHawks of the XFL as running backs coach.
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Chuck Long was promoted to offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach on January 11,2020.
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Chuck Long was officially hired by the Arlington Renegades on September 13,2022.