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Position: | Quarterbacks coach |
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Date of birth: | October 16, 1973 |
Place of birth: | Denver, Colorado |
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High school: | Blue Valley (KS) |
College: | Florida |
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Brian Schottenheimer (born October 16, 1973) is an American football coach who is the current quarterbacks coach for the Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League (NFL). He previously served as the quarterbacks coach for the NFL's Washington Redskins and San Diego Chargers, before becoming the offensive coordinator for the NFL's New York Jets, St. Louis Rams, and the Georgia Bulldogs football team of the University of Georgia. His father, Marty Schottenheimer, was formerly the head coach of the Kansas City Chiefs and his uncle, Kurt Schottenheimer, was also the defensive backs coach for the Chiefs.
Schottenheimer was born in Denver, Colorado. He prepped at Blue Valley High School in Stilwell, Kansas, where he quarterbacked his team to the Kansas Class 5A state football championship as a senior in 1991, while earning first-team all-state and honorable mention high school All-American honors. He threw for 2,586 yards and 26 touchdowns in his career.
Schottenheimer first attended the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kansas, where he was a member of the Kansas Jayhawks football team for a single season in 1992. He transferred to the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, sat out a year as required by NCAA transfer rules, and then played for coach Steve Spurrier's Florida Gators football team from 1994 to 1996. Schottenheimer served as backup to starting quarterback Danny Wuerffel, and was a member of the Gators' 1996 Bowl Alliance national championship team. During his college playing career, he completed twenty-five of thirty-eight passes (65.8%) for 290 yards and two touchdowns, and also ran for a touchdown.