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14 Facts About Steve Buratto

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Steve Buratto was born on c 1943 and is a Canadian football coach and former offensive lineman.

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Steve Buratto is the offensive coordinator for the UBC Thunderbirds football team.

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Steve Buratto is a former head coach in the Canadian Football League with the Calgary Stampeders and BC Lions, the latter of which he won the 88th Grey Cup with.

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Steve Buratto attended junior college at Columbia Basin College for a year in Pasco, Washington, then transferred to the University of Idaho in Moscow, recruited by Bud Riley to play for head coach Dee Andros.

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Steve Buratto redshirted in 1962 and then was a center for the Vandals for three seasons, and played with Jerry Campbell and Don Matthews.

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Not selected in the 1966 NFL draft, Steve Buratto tried out with the Green Bay Packers, then taught at Sandpoint High School for a year, and was invited to try again with Green Bay in 1967.

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In 1968, Steve Buratto left for Twin Falls High School in southern Idaho, where he was an assistant football coach and the wrestling coach.

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Steve Buratto followed Knap to UNLV in 1976 for four seasons, before he left for Saskatchewan of the CFL.

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Steve Buratto's pro coaching career started in 1980 as the Offensive line coach for the Saskatchewan Roughriders.

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Steve Buratto was named head coach of the Calgary Stampeders in 1984.

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Steve Buratto then helped build one of the greatest offences in league history as offensive coordinator of the Baltimore Stallions.

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Steve Buratto became the Lions' Offensive Coordinator in 2003 and in 2004, helped guide his team to the Grey Cup.

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Steve Buratto is married to Judy and they make Boise, Idaho, their off-season home.

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Steve Buratto has three children from a previous marriage, Steve Buratto Jr.