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Chuck Long

Chuck Long
Sport(s) Football
Biographical details
Born (1963-02-18) February 18, 1963 (age 53)
Norman, Oklahoma
Playing career
1981–1985 Iowa
1986–1989 Detroit Lions
1990 Los Angeles Rams
1991 Detroit Lions
Position(s) Quarterback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1995–1997 Iowa (DB)
1998–1999 Iowa (QB)
2000–2001 Oklahoma (QB/PGC)
2002–2005 Oklahoma (co-OC/QB)
2006–2008 San Diego State
2010–2011 Kansas (OC)
Head coaching record
Overall 9–27
College Football Hall of Fame
Inducted in 1999
Chuck Long
No. 16
Position: Quarterback
Personal information
Date of birth: (1963-02-18) February 18, 1963 (age 53)
Place of birth: Norman, Oklahoma
Height: 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight: 217 lb (98 kg)
Career information
College: Iowa
NFL Draft: 1986 / Round: 1 / Pick: 12
Career history
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
TD–INT: 19–28
Passing yards: 3,747
Passer Rating: 64.5
TD–INT: 19–28
Passing yards: 3,747
Passer Rating: 64.5

Charles Franklin "Chuck" Long, Jr. (born February 18, 1963) is an American football coach. He played quarterback in college at Iowa for Hayden Fry and professionally with the Detroit Lions and the Los Angeles Rams. He is an inductee of the College Football Hall of Fame. After his professional career, Chuck became the head football coach of San Diego State University, but was fired on November 23, 2008. Long also held a position as the offensive coordinator for the Kansas Jayhawks under head coach Turner Gill before Gill was fired in 2011. Later, Chuck became an analyst for the Big Ten Network. On September 11, 2014 Chuck was named the CEO and Executive Director of the Iowa Sports Foundation, the organization that runs the Iowa Games, the Senior Games and the Live Healthy Iowa challenge.

Born in Norman, Oklahoma, and raised in Wheaton, Illinois, Long attended Wheaton North High School and played football, basketball and baseball under Jim Rexilius. He led his team to the 1979 state title in football as the starting quarterback and was named to the all-state championship squad. Long also gathered all-state honors in 1980.

Still, Long was not heavily recruited out of high school, as Long averaged only five to six pass attempts per game. As a result, he did not receive his first recruiting call until Thanksgiving of his senior year. Just three schools looked into offering him a scholarship: Northern Illinois, Northwestern, and Iowa. Long eventually accepted a scholarship to play at Iowa for future Hall of Fame coach Hayden Fry.


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