1. Doug Nussmeier was selected by the New Orleans Saints in the fourth round of the 1994 NFL draft.
23 Facts About Doug Nussmeier
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Doug Nussmeier finished his playing career with the CFL's BC Lions.
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Doug Nussmeier previously served as an assistant coach for the Florida Gators, the Michigan Wolverines, the Alabama Crimson Tide, the Washington Huskies, the Fresno State Bulldogs and the Michigan State Spartans.
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Doug Nussmeier has previously served as quarterbacks coach for the St Louis Rams, the Dallas Cowboys, the Ottawa Renegades and the BC Lions.
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Doug Nussmeier did not start at quarterback for the Pacers football team until his senior season.
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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.
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Doug Nussmeier earned his bachelor's degree in business from the University of Idaho in 1994.
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Doug Nussmeier was selected by the Saints in the fourth round of the 1994 NFL draft, 116th overall.
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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.
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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.
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In 2003, Nussmeier was hired as the quarterbacks coach at Michigan State under his college head coach, John L Smith.
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Doug Nussmeier would serve in this role for three seasons.
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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.
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Doug Nussmeier was the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Fresno State for a season in 2008.
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Doug Nussmeier was hired in the same capacity at Washington in Seattle in early 2009 under new head coach Steve Sarkisian.
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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.
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In 2014, Doug Nussmeier was hired at Michigan in Ann Arbor on January 9, following the firing of offensive coordinator Al Borges.
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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.
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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.
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In 2020, Doug Nussmeier was retained by the Cowboys under new head coach Mike McCarthy, being promoted to quarterbacks coach.
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In 2023, Doug Nussmeier served as the quarterbacks coach for the Los Angeles Chargers, joining his Dallas Cowboys offensive coordinator Kellen Moore.
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In 2024, Doug Nussmeier followed Kellen Moore, with both of them joining the Philadelphia Eagles in the same roles that they served with the Chargers.
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Doug Nussmeier was part of the staff that won Super Bowl LIX over the Kansas City Chiefs.