Gene Chizik
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| Gene Chizik | ||
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| Title | Head Coach | |
| College | Iowa State | |
| Sport | Football | |
| Conference | Big 12 | |
| Team record | 3–9 | |
| Born | December 28, 1961 | |
| Place of birth |  Clearwater, FL |
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| Annual salary | $1,100,000 | |
| Career highlights | ||
| Overall | 3–9 | |
| Awards | ||
| 2004 Broyles Award | ||
| Playing career | ||
| 1981 | Florida | |
| Position | LB | |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | ||
| 1990-1991 1992-1995 1996-1997 1998-2001 2002-2004 2005-2006 2007-present |
MTSU (DE coach) SFA (LB coach) SFA (DC) Central Florida (DC) Auburn (DC) Texas (Co-DC) Iowa State |
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Gene Chizik (born December 28, 1961 in Clearwater, Florida) is the current head football coach at Iowa State University. Chizik played linebacker for the University of Florida during the 1981 season, competing in the Peach Bowl. He graduated from Florida in 1985.
He began his coaching career at Seminole High School (Pinellas County, Florida), serving as their defensive coordinator and inside linebacker coach from 1986-1988. He then became a graduate assistant at Clemson from 1988-1989, working with the outside linebackers. During his time at Clemson he coached in the 1988 Citrus Bowl and the 1989 Gator Bowl.
His initial full-time coaching job was as the defensive ends coach at Middle Tennessee State University. He served in this capacity from 1990-1991. His next assignment was at Stephen F. Austin, serving as their linebackers coach from 1992-1995. He was then promoted to the defensive coordinator role, which he held from 1996-1997. He then served as the defensive coordinator and secondary coach for Central Florida from 1998-2001.
While at Central Florida in Orlando, Chizik frequently visited practice sessions of the NFL's Tampa Bay Buccaneers studying the Bucs' defensive scheme, the so-called ‘Tampa 2’, developed by then-Bucs head coach Tony Dungy, defensive coordinator Monte Kiffin and linebackers coach Lovie Smith.[1] Chizik later employed a very similar scheme at Auburn, where he served again as the defensive coordinator and secondary coach from 2002-04. During this time, he had some of the greatest successes of his career to date. He coached in three bowl games, the 2003 Capital One Bowl, 2004 Music City Bowl, and 2005 Sugar Bowl. He won the 2004 Broyles Award, which is given each year to the top assistant coach in the nation. His 2004 Auburn Tigers football team finished 13-0 that year, won the SEC, was ranked second in the nation, and played in a BCS bowl.
In 2005 he was hired by Texas to serve as their co-defensive coordinator, assistant head coach, and linebackers coach.[2] During his time with the Texas Longhorns, the team won the 2005 NCAA Division I-A national football championship by defeating USC in the 2006 Rose Bowl.
In November 2006, Chizik was hired to replace outgoing coach Dan McCarney as head football coach of Iowa State University. Chizik's current contract with ISU is a six-year deal worth a guaranteed $6.75 million. With incentives, the total could climb to more than $10 million. [3]
Gene is married to Jonna Chizik. They have identical twin daughters named Landry and Kennedy, who attended an acting camp in Austin Texas, and a son named Cally.
[edit] Coaching record
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl Game | Bowl Opponent | Outcome | Rank# |
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| Iowa State Cyclones (Big 12 Conference) (2007 — present) | ||||||||
| 2007 | Iowa State | 3-9 | 2-6 | |||||
| Career: | 3-9 | |||||||
| National Championship Conference Title | ||||||||
| †Indicates BCS bowl game. #Rankings from final Coaches Poll of the season. | ||||||||
[edit] References
- ^ Dallas Morning News: Defensive pursuit: Chizik getting UT's defense up to speed
- ^ Killian, Ryan. "Longhorns lose defensive coordinator", The Daily Texan, 28 November 2006. Retrieved on 2007-03-31.
- ^ Gene Chizik Named ISU Football Coach (HTML) (English). Cyclones.com (2006-11-27). Retrieved on 2006-11-28.
| Preceded by John Lovett |
Auburn University Defensive Coordinator 2002–2004 |
Succeeded by David Gibbs |
| Preceded by Greg Robinson |
University of Texas Defensive coordinator 2005–2006 (alongside Duane Akina) |
Succeeded by Larry Mac Duff |
| Preceded by Dan McCarney |
Iowa State Head Football coach 2007–present |
Succeeded by incumbent |
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