Mike Bellotti was with the University of Oregon's football program for over 20 years serving as offensive coordinator for six years, head coach for 14 years, and athletic director for one year.
20 Facts About Mike Bellotti
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Mike Bellotti is the winningest coach in Oregon football history and is credited with building the program into a major football power.
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Mike Bellotti was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 2014.
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Mike Bellotti attended Ygnacio Valley High School in Concord, California, where he played football, basketball and baseball and graduated in 1969.
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Mike Bellotti started at tight end as a sophomore and junior, then earned second-team all-Far Western Conference honors at wide receiver as senior.
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Mike Bellotti completed the teaching credential program at UC Davis in 1974.
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In 1982, Mike Bellotti earned his Master of Science degree in Physical Education at California State University, East Bay.
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Mike Bellotti is an alumnus of the Delta Sigma Phi fraternity.
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In 1973, Mike Bellotti started his career in football coaching at his alma mater as an assistant coach under College Football Hall of Fame coach Jim Sochor.
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Mike Bellotti was hired at California State University, Hayward in 1977 and worked as the offensive coordinator for two seasons.
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Mike Bellotti returned to the school as offensive coordinator in 1980, and remained until 1983.
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In 1979, Mike Bellotti served as offensive coordinator at Weber State University, returning to CSU-Hayward after just one season.
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California State University, Chico hired Mike Bellotti to serve as their head football coach in 1984.
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Mike Bellotti remained in that position through the 1994 season, when Brooks left to coach in the National Football League, and Mike Bellotti was promoted to head coach starting with the 1995 season.
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Mike Bellotti led the Ducks to their first four ten-win seasons in school history ; they had only won nine games on three occasions in the 100 years before Bellotti took over.
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Mike Bellotti led the Ducks to 12 bowl games, three more than they had attended in their entire history before his arrival.
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On December 2,2008, shortly after defeating the Oregon State Beavers in the Civil War to prevent them from clinching a Rose Bowl berth, the university announced that Mike Bellotti would pass the head coaching position on to offensive coordinator Chip Kelly at some undetermined point in the future and take over as the university's athletic director at that time.
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Mike Bellotti had agreed to terms with UO officials, but there was no written contract.
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In 2009, Mike Bellotti was named third vice president of the American Football Coaches Association.
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In March 2010, Mike Bellotti announced that he was resigning as athletic director to become a college football television analyst on ESPN, with his first appearance on ESPN to occur in April.