Scott Thomas Linehan was born on September 17,1963 and is an American football coach who currently works as an offensive analyst for Missouri.
21 Facts About Scott Linehan
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Scott Linehan was most recently the passing game coordinator for LSU.
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Scott Linehan was previously the head coach of the St Louis Rams and the offensive coordinator for the Dallas Cowboys, Miami Dolphins, Minnesota Vikings and Detroit Lions.
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Scott Linehan was born and raised in Sunnyside, Washington, about three hours southeast of Seattle, in the lower Yakima Valley of eastern Washington.
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Scott Linehan was a three-year starter at quarterback at Sunnyside High School, where his father was principal.
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Scott Linehan graduated from high school in 1982 and accepted a scholarship to play college football at the University of Idaho in Moscow, about two hundred miles to the east.
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Scott Linehan was a member of Dennis Erickson's first recruiting class as a collegiate head coach.
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Scott Linehan was a quarterback for the Vandals under head coaches Erickson and Keith Gilbertson.
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Scott Linehan became the starter in 1984 as a redshirt sophomore, but broke his clavicle early in the second game and missed most of that game and two additional starts.
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Not selected in the 1987 NFL Draft, Scott Linehan signed a rookie free agent contract with the Dallas Cowboys in 1987, but a shoulder injury quickly ended his playing career when he was cut at the start of his rookie training camp.
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Scott Linehan began his coaching career as a volunteer coach at Sunset High School in Portland in 1987.
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On February 10,2020, LSU hired Scott Linehan as passing game coordinator.
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In May 2021, the University of Missouri announced that Scott Linehan had official joined the Tigers' staff as offensive analyst.
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On January 9,2009, Scott Linehan interviewed with the San Francisco 49ers as a candidate for the open offensive coordinator position.
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Scott Linehan was announced as the offensive coordinator of the Detroit Lions on January 23,2009, by new head coach Jim Schwartz.
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Scott Linehan served as the de facto offensive coordinator by leading offensive meetings and calling plays during games.
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Scott Linehan was formally promoted to offensive coordinator upon Callahan's departure at the end of the season.
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Scott Linehan had previously worked with Cowboys head coach Jason Garrett when they served as assistants on the staff of Nick Saban's Miami Dolphins in 2005.
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On January 18,2019, Scott Linehan was fired by the Dallas Cowboys.
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Scott Linehan is the youngest of seven children of William and Margaret Scott Linehan; he has three brothers and three sisters.
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Scott Linehan's father, Bill, was born in Plummer, Idaho, and was the high school principal in Sunnyside, after serving in World War II with the US Army in the Pacific.