Jeffrey Raye Tedford was born on November 2,1961 and is an American football coach and former player who is currently serving as the head coach at Fresno State, a position which he previously held from 2017 to 2019.
27 Facts About Jeff Tedford
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From 2002 to 2012, Tedford was the head football coach at California, where he was twice named Pac-10 Coach of the Year and holds the California program records for most wins, games coached, and bowl game victories.
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Jeff Tedford played college football for Fresno State before playing professionally at quarterback in the Canadian Football League.
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Jeff Tedford was named conference coach of the year in his first season in 2002 after winning seven games.
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However, Jeff Tedford's teams struggled later in his Cal tenure, particularly from 2010 to 2012, and he was fired after the 2012 season.
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Jeff Tedford was the seventh highest paid California state employee as of 2016.
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Jeff Tedford was born in Lynwood, California, the youngest of five children of Joe and Betty Jeff Tedford.
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Jeff Tedford attended Warren High School in Downey, California, where he was a letterman in football, playing quarterback and earning an All-League selection.
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Jeff Tedford spent two years playing quarterback at Cerritos followed by two years at Fresno State, where he established several passing records, including career marks for passing yardage and touchdown passes.
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Jeff Tedford then coached as an offensive assistant for the Calgary Stampeders in the CFL ; returned to Fresno State as quarterback coach ; was promoted to offensive coordinator at Fresno State ; and worked as offensive coordinator at the University of Oregon.
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Jeff Tedford inherited a program that had not had a winning season since 1993 and had only won 29 games on the field since then, including only 18 wins in Pac-10 play.
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Jeff Tedford was named Pac-10 coach of the year for a second time.
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Jeff Tedford became Cal's all-time leader in victories with the third win of the 2011 season to surpass Andy Smith with 75 wins.
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Jeff Tedford left Cal with the most bowl wins, conference wins, and games coached in the school's history.
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Jeff Tedford tied Pappy Waldorf for most Big Game wins against Stanford.
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On January 4,2014, newly hired head coach Lovie Smith selected Jeff Tedford to become the offensive coordinator for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League, which was his first position on an NFL staff.
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Jeff Tedford was with the team throughout the offseason, including the NFL draft, summer training camp, and the beginning of the 2014 preseason.
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Jeff Tedford returned to part-time duty about two weeks later, serving as an "extra pair of eyes" for the offensive staff.
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Quarterbacks coach Marcus Arroyo, who had come to the Bucs from Cal with Jeff Tedford, assumed control of the offense.
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On December 19,2014, Jeff Tedford was named the new head coach of the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League.
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On December 2,2015 Jeff Tedford announced that he had resigned his position as head coach of the BC Lions.
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In 2016, Washington head coach Chris Petersen announced his hiring of Jeff Tedford, who served in an offensive consultant role for the Huskies.
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On November 10,2016, Jeff Tedford was announced as head coach of the Fresno State Bulldogs following the firing of Tim DeRuyter.
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On December 8,2021, Jeff Tedford was rehired by Fresno State to return to the head coach position for the 2022 season.
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However, Jeff Tedford failed to develop a star quarterback at Cal after Rodgers left following the 2004 season.
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Jeff Tedford coached each of the following first round NFL draft picks at the quarterback position:.
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Jeff Tedford successfully recruited NFL quarterback Jared Goff, 1st overall 2016, Los Angeles Rams, but was fired before he had the opportunity to coach him at Cal.