Bruce Arians
Arians in 2016
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| Arizona Cardinals | |
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| Position: | Head coach |
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| Date of birth: | October 3, 1952 |
| Place of birth: | Paterson, New Jersey |
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| High school: | York (PA) William Penn |
| College: | Virginia Tech |
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| Regular season: | NCAA: 21–39 (.350) NFL: 45–21–1 (.679) |
| Postseason: | 1–2 (.333) |
| Career: | NCAA: 21–39 (.350) NFL: 46–23–1 (.664) |
| Coaching stats at PFR | |
Bruce Charles Arians (born October 3, 1952) is an American football coach who is the current head coach of the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League (NFL). He also served as the offensive coordinator and then interim head coach for the Indianapolis Colts during the 2012 season, when their head coach Chuck Pagano was diagnosed with leukemia. Arians guided the Colts to a 9–3 record over his tenure, which lasted from October 1 until Pagano's return on December 24. He has also been a head coach at the college level.
Arians was the offensive coordinator of the Pittsburgh Steelers from 2007 to 2011 after being promoted from wide receivers coach, a position that he had held with the team since the 2004 season. For his 9–3 record as the 2012's Colts interim head coach, Arians was named 2012's AP Head Coach of the Year. Following the 2014 season, in which the Cardinals posted an 11–5 record, Arians was named 2014's AP Head Coach of the Year.
A native of Paterson, New Jersey, Arians graduated from William Penn High School in York, Pennsylvania. Earlier, he attended York Catholic High School, where he was a standout scholastic quarterback.
Arians attended and played college football at Virginia Tech. As a senior in 1974, Arians was the starting quarterback in a wishbone offense for the Hokies football team. That season he completed 53 of 118 passing attempts (44.9% completion pct.) for 952 yards with three passing touchdowns and seven interceptions. He rushed for 243 yards and eight touchdowns. Arians holds the Virginia Tech school record for most QB rushing touchdowns in a season with 11, two more than Michael Vick. He was also the first white player to share a dorm room with a black player in VT history. His roommate was James Barber, father of Ronde and Tiki Barber.
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