Bill Callahan (football coach)
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Callahan in 2015
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| Washington Redskins | |
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| Position: | Assistant head coach & offensive line coach |
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| Date of birth: | July 31, 1956 |
| Place of birth: | Chicago, Illinois |
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| College: | Benedictine |
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| Head coaching record | |
| Regular season: | NFL: 15–17 (.469) NCAA: 27–22 (.551) |
| Postseason: | NFL: 2–1 (.667) Bowl games: 1–1 (.500) |
| Career: | NFL: 17–18 (.486) NCAA: 28–23 (.549) |
| Coaching stats at PFR | |
William E. Callahan (born July 31, 1956) is an American football coach who is the Assistant Head Coach and offensive line coach for the Washington Redskins of the National Football League (NFL). He was formerly the head coach of the Oakland Raiders for the 2002 and 2003 seasons and led them to Super Bowl XXXVII.
Callahan was a four-year starter at quarterback at Illinois Benedictine College in Lisle, Illinois, where he was an NAIA honorable mention All-American in his final two seasons.
The Chicago native began his coaching career in 1978 with back to back year long stints as an assistant coach at Oak Lawn Community High School and De La Salle Institute. Callahan started his college coaching career shortly after in 1980 as a graduate assistant at University of Illinois before being promoted to full-time assistant in 1981, coaching tight ends, offensive line, quarterbacks and special teams through 1986.
Callahan served a two-year stint, 1987–1988, as offensive line coach at Northern Arizona University and one year as offensive coordinator of Southern Illinois in 1989. From 1990–1994, Callahan was offensive line coach at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He has been praised by former Wisconsin coach Barry Alvarez as being one of the primary reasons why the Badgers were able to turn their program around and eventually win three Rose Bowls in the 1990s. Alvarez cited Callahan specifically for his strong recruiting abilities.
At Southern Illinois in 1989, he led an offense that ran for 1,245 yards and threw for 2,569 yards with 19 TD. As of 2011, the 238 completions and 432 pass attempts were 2nd most in school history in both categories.
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