12 Facts About Jerry Pettibone

Jerry Pettibone was born on July 11,1939 and is a former American football player and coach.

Jerry Pettibone served as the head football coach at Northern Illinois University from 1985 to 1990 and Oregon State University from 1991 to 1996.

Jerry Pettibone earned All-State honors as a running back on the state championship football team in 1956 and 1957.

Jerry Pettibone received the honor to be in the first class inducted into the Jesuit Sports Hall of Fame.

Jerry Pettibone was with two national championship teams and helped to recruit 20 consensus All-Americans, two Heisman Trophy winners, two Outland Trophy winners and a Lombardi Award winner.

At Oklahoma, Jerry Pettibone was part of eight bowl games and was with two national championship teams.

Jerry Pettibone was part of seven Big Eight championship teams at Oklahoma.

Jerry Pettibone recruited running back Billy Sims, the Heisman Trophy winner in 1978 after rushing for 1,782 yards.

Jerry Pettibone was named Coach of the Year for major northern independent schools by Sporting News.

The contrasting styles of offenses made the transition very difficult; Kragthorpe ran an extremely pass oriented offense, while Jerry Pettibone preferred the running game and specifically the wishbone formation and the triple option.

Oregon State finished second in the nation in rushing in 1993, and Jerry Pettibone was named co-runner-up for the Division I-A Coach of the Year honors by Sports Illustrated.

Jerry Pettibone left Corvallis to become the assistant athletic director at his alma mater Oklahoma in 1996.