21 Facts About Doug Nussmeier

Doug Nussmeier previously served as an assistant coach at Florida, Michigan, Alabama, Washington, Fresno State and Michigan State.

Doug Nussmeier did not start at quarterback for the Pacers football team until his senior season.

That year, Doug Nussmeier threw a school-record 33 touchdown passes, leading the Vandals to an record and the national During his final two seasons at Idaho, the offensive coordinator was Scott Linehan, later an NFL offensive coordinator and head coach.

Doug Nussmeier is one of only five quarterbacks in NCAA history to throw for at least 10,000 yards and rush for 1,000 yards, joining Alcorn State's Steve McNair, Central Florida's Daunte Culpepper, Central Michigan's Dan LeFevour, and Nevada's Colin Kaepernick.

Doug Nussmeier earned his bachelor's degree in business from the University of Idaho in 1994.

Doug Nussmeier was selected by the Saints in the fourth round of the 1994 NFL Draft, 116th overall.

Doug Nussmeier was the fourth quarterback selected, behind first round selections Heath Shuler and Trent Dilfer.

Doug Nussmeier was a reserve quarterback in the NFL for five seasons in the mid-1990s, spending four years with the New Orleans Saints and one with the Indianapolis Colts.

In 1998, Doug Nussmeier spent part of training camp with the Denver Broncos, but was released prior to the regular season and picked up by the Colts.

Doug Nussmeier is one of only 32 left-handed quarterbacks to play in the NFL.

Doug Nussmeier finished his playing career with the BC Lions of the CFL in 2000, and stayed with the organization as the quarterbacks coach for 2001.

In 2003, Nussmeier was hired as the quarterbacks coach at Michigan State under his college head coach, John L Smith.

Doug Nussmeier would serve in this role for three seasons.

In 2006, Doug Nussmeier was hired by the St Louis Rams as their quarterbacks coach under head coach Scott Linehan for the St Louis Rams for two seasons.

Doug Nussmeier was the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Fresno State for a season in 2008.

Doug Nussmeier was hired in the same capacity at Washington in Seattle in early 2009 under new head coach Steve Sarkisian.

In January 2012, Doug Nussmeier became the new offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Alabama in Tuscaloosa under head coach replacing outgoing coordinator Jim McElwain, the new head coach at Colorado State.

In 2014, Doug Nussmeier was hired at Michigan in Ann Arbor on January 9, following the firing of offensive coordinator Al Borges.

Michigan head coach Brady Hoke was fired after that season on December 2, and Doug Nussmeier was hired at Florida in Gainesville a few weeks later, on the staff of new head coach In his third season with the Gators in 2017, McElwain was fired in late October and Doug Nussmeier was let go a month later.

On February 14,2018, Doug Nussmeier was hired by the Dallas Cowboys as their tight ends coach under head coach Jason Garrett and offensive coordinator Scott Linehan; all three are former quarterbacks, as is then-quarterbacks coach Jon Kitna.

In 2020, Doug Nussmeier was retained by the Cowboys under new head coach Mike McCarthy, being promoted to quarterbacks coach.